What is “qiou”?
Apparently this character has been dubbed the character of the year (2018):
It's pronunciation is said to be:
qiou
but a lot of people claim it should just be pronounced the same as:
我
I can't find this character in the dictionary. What is it? Where did it come from?
characters
asked Dec 6 at 9:06
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Apparently this character has been dubbed the character of the year (2018):
It's pronunciation is said to be:
qiou
but a lot of people claim it should just be pronounced the same as:
我
I can't find this character in the dictionary. What is it? Where did it come from?
characters
asked Dec 6 at 9:06
user3306356♦
15.6k42568
1
qiou is not even a legal pinyin syllable
– 神秘德里克
Dec 6 at 9:15
ha I really hope that these newly coined characters could be easily typed. I like the feeling that character set is expanding(๑><๑）
– Toosky Hierot
Dec 6 at 11:38
Maybe, the character is newly coined, but 'qiu' or 'qiou' already existed in the northeast dialect very long time ago. We never know how to write it out, or there isn't such a character at all originally. I guess someone found it's funny and they invented a character, based off its meaning, for it then.
– dan
Dec 6 at 11:46
By the way, 'qiou' has several meanings, not just 穷 and 丑. For example, 别一天竟qiou在家里啊！ meaning 别天天都在家里呆着。
– dan
Dec 6 at 11:53
I've never seen this. So i am a rut now…
– xbh
Dec 6 at 12:20
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show 1 more comment
Apparently this character has been dubbed the character of the year (2018):
It's pronunciation is said to be:
qiou
but a lot of people claim it should just be pronounced the same as:
我
I can't find this character in the dictionary. What is it? Where did it come from?
characters
asked Dec 6 at 9:06
user3306356♦
15.6k42568
Apparently this character has been dubbed the character of the year (2018):
It's pronunciation is said to be:
qiou
but a lot of people claim it should just be pronounced the same as:
我
I can't find this character in the dictionary. What is it? Where did it come from?
characters
characters
asked Dec 6 at 9:06
user3306356♦
15.6k42568
asked Dec 6 at 9:06
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asked Dec 6 at 9:06
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asked Dec 6 at 9:06
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qiou is not even a legal pinyin syllable
– 神秘德里克
Dec 6 at 9:15
ha I really hope that these newly coined characters could be easily typed. I like the feeling that character set is expanding(๑><๑）
– Toosky Hierot
Dec 6 at 11:38
Maybe, the character is newly coined, but 'qiu' or 'qiou' already existed in the northeast dialect very long time ago. We never know how to write it out, or there isn't such a character at all originally. I guess someone found it's funny and they invented a character, based off its meaning, for it then.
– dan
Dec 6 at 11:46
By the way, 'qiou' has several meanings, not just 穷 and 丑. For example, 别一天竟qiou在家里啊！ meaning 别天天都在家里呆着。
– dan
Dec 6 at 11:53
I've never seen this. So i am a rut now…
– xbh
Dec 6 at 12:20
|
show 1 more comment
1
qiou is not even a legal pinyin syllable
– 神秘德里克
Dec 6 at 9:15
ha I really hope that these newly coined characters could be easily typed. I like the feeling that character set is expanding(๑><๑）
– Toosky Hierot
Dec 6 at 11:38
Maybe, the character is newly coined, but 'qiu' or 'qiou' already existed in the northeast dialect very long time ago. We never know how to write it out, or there isn't such a character at all originally. I guess someone found it's funny and they invented a character, based off its meaning, for it then.
– dan
Dec 6 at 11:46
By the way, 'qiou' has several meanings, not just 穷 and 丑. For example, 别一天竟qiou在家里啊！ meaning 别天天都在家里呆着。
– dan
Dec 6 at 11:53
I've never seen this. So i am a rut now…
– xbh
Dec 6 at 12:20
1
1
qiou is not even a legal pinyin syllable
– 神秘德里克
Dec 6 at 9:15
qiou is not even a legal pinyin syllable
– 神秘德里克
Dec 6 at 9:15
ha I really hope that these newly coined characters could be easily typed. I like the feeling that character set is expanding(๑><๑）
– Toosky Hierot
Dec 6 at 11:38
ha I really hope that these newly coined characters could be easily typed. I like the feeling that character set is expanding(๑><๑）
– Toosky Hierot
Dec 6 at 11:38
Maybe, the character is newly coined, but 'qiu' or 'qiou' already existed in the northeast dialect very long time ago. We never know how to write it out, or there isn't such a character at all originally. I guess someone found it's funny and they invented a character, based off its meaning, for it then.
– dan
Dec 6 at 11:46
Maybe, the character is newly coined, but 'qiu' or 'qiou' already existed in the northeast dialect very long time ago. We never know how to write it out, or there isn't such a character at all originally. I guess someone found it's funny and they invented a character, based off its meaning, for it then.
– dan
Dec 6 at 11:46
By the way, 'qiou' has several meanings, not just 穷 and 丑. For example, 别一天竟qiou在家里啊！ meaning 别天天都在家里呆着。
– dan
Dec 6 at 11:53
By the way, 'qiou' has several meanings, not just 穷 and 丑. For example, 别一天竟qiou在家里啊！ meaning 别天天都在家里呆着。
– dan
Dec 6 at 11:53
I've never seen this. So i am a rut now…
– xbh
Dec 6 at 12:20
I've never seen this. So i am a rut now…
– xbh
Dec 6 at 12:20
|
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The character is made up for a dialectical word qiǔ.
Constructed as「⿱穷土」, the definition is dirt-poor (「穷」到吃「土」), and the prescribed reading qiou is a Fanqie-like combination of 「穷」(qiong, poor) and「丑」(chou, awkward, messed-up, ugly), because the bottom of the character resembles「丑」.
The reading「我」(I, me) is a further joke:
「我」就是「穷到吃土」or「我」就是「又穷又丑」.
(Self-deprecatingly) What is dirt poor or both poor and ugly? ME!
The word qiǔ may be written using a real character「糗」(congealed, used to describe cooked grain food like rice porridge or wheat noodles that's been left out for too long). It is said that the modern uses of qiǔ is derived from the original meaning via semantic extension:
「糗」(rice or noodles that's been left out too long) > 「呆」(idle, dazed)
「糗」(congealed food that's no longer suitable to eat) > 「醜」(ugly, unpleasant)
See the baidu reference. However, this may be folk etymology.
answered Dec 6 at 9:25
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https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/qiou-new-chinese-character-means-dirt-poor-and-ugly-and-people-are-relating-hard-1958619
A new Chinese character, invented by netizens, has become massively popular on social media this week - especially among self-mocking millennials. According to Shanghaiist, the character 'qiou' is a combination of three characters - 'qiong', meaning poor, 'chou', meaning ugly, and 'tu', meaning earth. Taken together, the character essentially means "poor as dirt and ugly."
You can see this so call character as '穷' overlap 土 (imply 'dirt poor' )
The lower part of '穷' is '力'
'力' overlap 土 is 丑, therefore the whole thing not only imply 'dirt poor', it also imply 'dirt poor and ugly'
The reading is the mix of 穷 and 丑
穷 /qiong2/
丑 /chou3/
reading of 我 is a joke: 写作'穷丑' 读作 '我' (written as '穷丑' read as '我') = "I am the definition of poor and ugly"
Since 穷 is a simplified character, the origin of this made-up character should be Mainland China.
You can't find it in dictionary because it is not a real character.
answered Dec 6 at 9:40
Tang Ho
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The character is made up for a dialectical word qiǔ.
Constructed as「⿱穷土」, the definition is dirt-poor (「穷」到吃「土」), and the prescribed reading qiou is a Fanqie-like combination of 「穷」(qiong, poor) and「丑」(chou, awkward, messed-up, ugly), because the bottom of the character resembles「丑」.
The reading「我」(I, me) is a further joke:
「我」就是「穷到吃土」or「我」就是「又穷又丑」.
(Self-deprecatingly) What is dirt poor or both poor and ugly? ME!
The word qiǔ may be written using a real character「糗」(congealed, used to describe cooked grain food like rice porridge or wheat noodles that's been left out for too long). It is said that the modern uses of qiǔ is derived from the original meaning via semantic extension:
「糗」(rice or noodles that's been left out too long) > 「呆」(idle, dazed)
「糗」(congealed food that's no longer suitable to eat) > 「醜」(ugly, unpleasant)
See the baidu reference. However, this may be folk etymology.
answered Dec 6 at 9:25
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The character is made up for a dialectical word qiǔ.
Constructed as「⿱穷土」, the definition is dirt-poor (「穷」到吃「土」), and the prescribed reading qiou is a Fanqie-like combination of 「穷」(qiong, poor) and「丑」(chou, awkward, messed-up, ugly), because the bottom of the character resembles「丑」.
The reading「我」(I, me) is a further joke:
「我」就是「穷到吃土」or「我」就是「又穷又丑」.
(Self-deprecatingly) What is dirt poor or both poor and ugly? ME!
The word qiǔ may be written using a real character「糗」(congealed, used to describe cooked grain food like rice porridge or wheat noodles that's been left out for too long). It is said that the modern uses of qiǔ is derived from the original meaning via semantic extension:
「糗」(rice or noodles that's been left out too long) > 「呆」(idle, dazed)
「糗」(congealed food that's no longer suitable to eat) > 「醜」(ugly, unpleasant)
See the baidu reference. However, this may be folk etymology.
answered Dec 6 at 9:25
droooze
6,6061719
add a comment |
The character is made up for a dialectical word qiǔ.
Constructed as「⿱穷土」, the definition is dirt-poor (「穷」到吃「土」), and the prescribed reading qiou is a Fanqie-like combination of 「穷」(qiong, poor) and「丑」(chou, awkward, messed-up, ugly), because the bottom of the character resembles「丑」.
The reading「我」(I, me) is a further joke:
「我」就是「穷到吃土」or「我」就是「又穷又丑」.
(Self-deprecatingly) What is dirt poor or both poor and ugly? ME!
The word qiǔ may be written using a real character「糗」(congealed, used to describe cooked grain food like rice porridge or wheat noodles that's been left out for too long). It is said that the modern uses of qiǔ is derived from the original meaning via semantic extension:
「糗」(rice or noodles that's been left out too long) > 「呆」(idle, dazed)
「糗」(congealed food that's no longer suitable to eat) > 「醜」(ugly, unpleasant)
See the baidu reference. However, this may be folk etymology.
answered Dec 6 at 9:25
droooze
6,6061719
The character is made up for a dialectical word qiǔ.
Constructed as「⿱穷土」, the definition is dirt-poor (「穷」到吃「土」), and the prescribed reading qiou is a Fanqie-like combination of 「穷」(qiong, poor) and「丑」(chou, awkward, messed-up, ugly), because the bottom of the character resembles「丑」.
The reading「我」(I, me) is a further joke:
「我」就是「穷到吃土」or「我」就是「又穷又丑」.
(Self-deprecatingly) What is dirt poor or both poor and ugly? ME!
The word qiǔ may be written using a real character「糗」(congealed, used to describe cooked grain food like rice porridge or wheat noodles that's been left out for too long). It is said that the modern uses of qiǔ is derived from the original meaning via semantic extension:
「糗」(rice or noodles that's been left out too long) > 「呆」(idle, dazed)
「糗」(congealed food that's no longer suitable to eat) > 「醜」(ugly, unpleasant)
See the baidu reference. However, this may be folk etymology.
answered Dec 6 at 9:25
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answered Dec 6 at 9:25
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https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/qiou-new-chinese-character-means-dirt-poor-and-ugly-and-people-are-relating-hard-1958619
A new Chinese character, invented by netizens, has become massively popular on social media this week - especially among self-mocking millennials. According to Shanghaiist, the character 'qiou' is a combination of three characters - 'qiong', meaning poor, 'chou', meaning ugly, and 'tu', meaning earth. Taken together, the character essentially means "poor as dirt and ugly."
You can see this so call character as '穷' overlap 土 (imply 'dirt poor' )
The lower part of '穷' is '力'
'力' overlap 土 is 丑, therefore the whole thing not only imply 'dirt poor', it also imply 'dirt poor and ugly'
The reading is the mix of 穷 and 丑
穷 /qiong2/
丑 /chou3/
reading of 我 is a joke: 写作'穷丑' 读作 '我' (written as '穷丑' read as '我') = "I am the definition of poor and ugly"
Since 穷 is a simplified character, the origin of this made-up character should be Mainland China.
You can't find it in dictionary because it is not a real character.
answered Dec 6 at 9:40
Tang Ho
26.4k1440
add a comment |
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/qiou-new-chinese-character-means-dirt-poor-and-ugly-and-people-are-relating-hard-1958619
A new Chinese character, invented by netizens, has become massively popular on social media this week - especially among self-mocking millennials. According to Shanghaiist, the character 'qiou' is a combination of three characters - 'qiong', meaning poor, 'chou', meaning ugly, and 'tu', meaning earth. Taken together, the character essentially means "poor as dirt and ugly."
You can see this so call character as '穷' overlap 土 (imply 'dirt poor' )
The lower part of '穷' is '力'
'力' overlap 土 is 丑, therefore the whole thing not only imply 'dirt poor', it also imply 'dirt poor and ugly'
The reading is the mix of 穷 and 丑
穷 /qiong2/
丑 /chou3/
reading of 我 is a joke: 写作'穷丑' 读作 '我' (written as '穷丑' read as '我') = "I am the definition of poor and ugly"
Since 穷 is a simplified character, the origin of this made-up character should be Mainland China.
You can't find it in dictionary because it is not a real character.
answered Dec 6 at 9:40
Tang Ho
26.4k1440
add a comment |
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/qiou-new-chinese-character-means-dirt-poor-and-ugly-and-people-are-relating-hard-1958619
A new Chinese character, invented by netizens, has become massively popular on social media this week - especially among self-mocking millennials. According to Shanghaiist, the character 'qiou' is a combination of three characters - 'qiong', meaning poor, 'chou', meaning ugly, and 'tu', meaning earth. Taken together, the character essentially means "poor as dirt and ugly."
You can see this so call character as '穷' overlap 土 (imply 'dirt poor' )
The lower part of '穷' is '力'
'力' overlap 土 is 丑, therefore the whole thing not only imply 'dirt poor', it also imply 'dirt poor and ugly'
The reading is the mix of 穷 and 丑
穷 /qiong2/
丑 /chou3/
reading of 我 is a joke: 写作'穷丑' 读作 '我' (written as '穷丑' read as '我') = "I am the definition of poor and ugly"
Since 穷 is a simplified character, the origin of this made-up character should be Mainland China.
You can't find it in dictionary because it is not a real character.
answered Dec 6 at 9:40
Tang Ho
26.4k1440
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/qiou-new-chinese-character-means-dirt-poor-and-ugly-and-people-are-relating-hard-1958619
A new Chinese character, invented by netizens, has become massively popular on social media this week - especially among self-mocking millennials. According to Shanghaiist, the character 'qiou' is a combination of three characters - 'qiong', meaning poor, 'chou', meaning ugly, and 'tu', meaning earth. Taken together, the character essentially means "poor as dirt and ugly."
You can see this so call character as '穷' overlap 土 (imply 'dirt poor' )
The lower part of '穷' is '力'
'力' overlap 土 is 丑, therefore the whole thing not only imply 'dirt poor', it also imply 'dirt poor and ugly'
The reading is the mix of 穷 and 丑
穷 /qiong2/
丑 /chou3/
reading of 我 is a joke: 写作'穷丑' 读作 '我' (written as '穷丑' read as '我') = "I am the definition of poor and ugly"
Since 穷 is a simplified character, the origin of this made-up character should be Mainland China.
You can't find it in dictionary because it is not a real character.
answered Dec 6 at 9:40
Tang Ho
26.4k1440
edited Dec 6 at 19:25
answered Dec 6 at 9:40
Tang Ho
26.4k1440
answered Dec 6 at 9:40
Tang Ho
26.4k1440
answered Dec 6 at 9:40
Tang Ho
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qiou is not even a legal pinyin syllable
– 神秘德里克
Dec 6 at 9:15
ha I really hope that these newly coined characters could be easily typed. I like the feeling that character set is expanding(๑><๑）
– Toosky Hierot
Dec 6 at 11:38
Maybe, the character is newly coined, but 'qiu' or 'qiou' already existed in the northeast dialect very long time ago. We never know how to write it out, or there isn't such a character at all originally. I guess someone found it's funny and they invented a character, based off its meaning, for it then.
– dan
Dec 6 at 11:46
By the way, 'qiou' has several meanings, not just 穷 and 丑. For example, 别一天竟qiou在家里啊！ meaning 别天天都在家里呆着。
– dan
Dec 6 at 11:53
I've never seen this. So i am a rut now…
– xbh
Dec 6 at 12:20