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Translingual
Han character
侏 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人竹十木 (OHJD), four-corner 25290, composition ⿰亻朱)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 102, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 592
- Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 148, character 9
- Unihan data for U+4F8F
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 咮
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*tu, *tus, *tos, *tjo
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| 株
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*to
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| 誅
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*to
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| 邾
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*to
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| 鼄
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*to
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| 跦
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*to
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| 袾
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*to, *tʰjo
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| 鴸
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*to, *tjo
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| 蛛
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*to
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| 殊
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*to, *djo
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| 趎
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*do
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| 珠
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*tjo
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| 朱
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*tjo
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| 侏
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*tjo
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| 絑
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*tjo
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| 祩
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*tjo, *tjos
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| 鮢
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*tjo
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| 硃
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*tjo
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| 姝
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*tʰjo
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| 銖
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*djo
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| 茱
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*djo
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| 洙
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*djo
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| 陎
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*djo
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjo) : semantic 人 (“human”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo).
Pronunciation 1
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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侏
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zhū
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsyu ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*to/
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| English
|
侏儒 zhūrú "dwarf"
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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侏
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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17570
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Phonetic
component
|
朱
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Rime
group
|
侯
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Rime
subdivision
|
0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
朱
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Old
Chinese
|
/*tjo/
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Definitions
侏
- Used in 侏儒 (zhūrú).
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
侏
- Used in 侏張／侏张.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
侏
(Hyōgai kanji)
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
侏 (eum 주 (ju))
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Vietnamese
Han character
侏: Hán Nôm readings: thù
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References