株

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株 U+682A, 株
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-682A
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Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

株 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木竹十木 (DHJD), four-corner 45990, composition ⿰木朱)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 523, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14723
  • Dae Jaweon: page 911, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1199, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+682A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 株

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (朱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
咮 *tu, *tus, *tos, *tjo
株 *to
誅 *to
邾 *to
鼄 *to
跦 *to
袾 *to, *tʰjo
鴸 *to, *tjo
蛛 *to
殊 *to, *djo
趎 *do
珠 *tjo
朱 *tjo
侏 *tjo
絑 *tjo
祩 *tjo, *tjos
鮢 *tjo
硃 *tjo
姝 *tʰjo
銖 *djo
茱 *djo
洙 *djo
陎 *djo

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *to) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo).

Etymology

Perhaps Austroasiatic; compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟhooʔ (“tree; wood”), whence Mon ဆု (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • du1 - vernacular;
  • zu1 - literary.
    Rime
    Character 株
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 知 (9)
    Final (韻) 虞 (24)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 陟輸切
    Baxter trju
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ʈɨo/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ʈio/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ȶio/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ʈuə̆/
    Li
    Rong         		/ȶio/
    Wang
    Li         		/ȶĭu/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ȶi̯u/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		zhū
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		zyu1
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 株
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		zhū
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ trju ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*tro/
    English tree root, stem

    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.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 株
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 17557
    Phonetic
    component         		朱
    Rime
    group         		侯
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		株
    Old
    Chinese         		/*to/
    Notes 朱轉註字

    Definitions

    株

    1. tree stump
      守株待兔  ―  shǒuzhūdàitù  ―  (literally) to watch a tree stump waiting for a rabbit
    2. plant
    3. Classifier for plants. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
    4. Classifier for viruses.
    5. root

    Synonyms

    • (plant):
    • (classifier for plants):
    Dialectal synonyms of 棵 (“(classifier for plants)”)
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 本, 株
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 棵, 株
    Mandarin Beijing 棵
    Taiwan 棵
    Ulanhot 棵
    Tongliao 棵
    Chifeng 棵
    Bayanhot 棵
    Hulunbuir (Hailar) 棵
    Yantai (Muping) 棵
    Jinan 棵
    Luoyang 棵
    Wanrong 棵
    Xi'an 個, 棵
    Yinchuan 棵
    Lanzhou 棵
    Xining 棵
    Ürümqi 棵
    Wuhan 棵
    Chengdu 根, 窩
    Guiyang 棵
    Guilin 蔸
    Liuzhou 蔸, 樖
    Nanning (Fujian) 蔸
    Xuzhou 棵
    Yangzhou 棵
    Nanjing 棵
    Hefei 棵
    Nantong 棵
    Singapore 棵
    Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 個
    Cantonese Guangzhou 樖, 蔸
    Hong Kong 樖
    Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 樖, 蔸
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 樖
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 樖
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 樖
    Macau 樖
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 樖
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 樖
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 樖
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 樖
    Foshan 樖
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 樖
    Foshan (Shunde) 樖
    Foshan (Sanshui) 樖
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 樖
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 樖
    Zhuhai (Qianshan) 樖
    Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 蔸, 樖
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 蔸
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 蔸
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 蔸
    Taishan 蔸
    Kaiping (Chikan) 蔸
    Enping (Niujiang) 蔸
    Heshan (Yayao) 蔸
    Dongguan 蔸
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 樖
    Qingyuan 樖
    Fogang 樖
    Yingde (Hanguang) 樖
    Yangshan 蔸
    Lianshan (Butian) 蔸
    Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 蔸
    Shaoguan 樖
    Shaoguan (Qujiang) 樖
    Renhua 蔸
    Lechang 樖
    Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 樖
    Sihui 樖
    Guangning 條
    Deqing 樖
    Huaiji 蔸
    Fengkai (Nanfeng) 樖
    Yunfu 樖
    Xinxing 樖
    Luoding 樖
    Yunan (Pingtai) 樖
    Yangjiang 蔸
    Xinyi 樖
    Lianjiang 棵
    Nanning 樖, 蔸
    Wuzhou 樖
    Yulin 樖, 蔸
    Hepu (Lianzhou) 條
    Guiping 樖
    Mengshan (Xihe) 樖
    Beiliu (Tangliao) 蔸
    Baise 樖
    Bobai 蔸
    Lingshan 蔸
    Pubei 蔸
    Qinzhou 蔸
    Beihai 蔸
    Ningming 樖
    Hengzhou 蔸
    Hezhou (Pumen) 棵
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 樖
    Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 樖
    Gan Nanchang 蔸, 棵
    Lichuan 頭, 棵
    Pingxiang 隻, 蔸
    Hakka Meixian 條, 墩
    Xingning 條, 頭, 樖
    Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 蔸
    Huidong (Daling) 樖
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 樖
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 樖
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 樖
    Wuhua (Shuizhai) 條
    Wuhua (Huacheng) 條
    Wuhua (Changbu) 條
    Wuhua (Mianyang) 條
    Heyuan (Bendihua) 堆
    Wengyuan 鬥
    Shaoguan (Qujiang) 樖
    Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 根
    Liannan 蔸
    Conghua (Lütian) 樖
    Jiexi 頭
    Luhe 堆
    Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 支
    Changting 蔸
    Wuping 頭
    Wuping (Yanqian) 頭
    Wuping (Pingyu) 頭
    Liancheng 蔸, 叢
    Ninghua 頭
    Yudu 頭
    Ningdu 頭
    Ruijin 頭
    Shicheng 頭
    Shangyou (Shexi) 頭
    Tonggu (Sandu) 蔸
    Ganzhou (Panlong) 蔸
    Dayu 蔸
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 頭
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 頭
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 頭
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 頭
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 頭
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 頭
    Hong Kong 樖
    Yangxi (Tangkou) 蔸
    Yangchun (Sanjia) 蔸
    Xinyi (Sihe) 樖
    Xinyi (Qianpai) 樖
    Gaozhou (Xindong) 條
    Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 頭
    Huazhou (Xin'an) 條
    Lianjiang (Shijiao) 條
    Lianjiang (Qingping) 條
    Mengshan (Xihe) 樖
    Luchuan 樖
    Luchuan (Daqiao) 條
    Beiliu (Tang'an) 條
    Mashan (Pianlian) 條
    Sabah (Longchuan) 樖
    Senai (Huiyang) 樖
    Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 頭
    Singkawang 頭
    Huizhou Jixi 棵
    Jin Taiyuan 朳, 棵
    Pingyao 朳
    Xinzhou 蔔
    Taibus (Baochang) 棵
    Linhe 苗
    Jining 棵
    Hohhot 棵
    Baotou 棵
    Dongsheng 苗
    Haibowan 棵
    Northern Min Jian'ou 叢
    Jian'ou (Dikou) 蔸
    Songxi 叢
    Zhenghe 叢
    Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 枝
    Jianyang 叢, 枝
    Wuyishan 叢
    Pucheng (Shibei) 叢
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 蔸
    Changle 蔸
    Fuqing 蔸
    Pingtan 蔸
    Yongtai 蔸
    Gutian 蔸
    Fu'an 蔸
    Ningde 蔸
    Shouning 蔸, 蓬
    Zhouning 蔸
    Fuding 蔸
    Southern Min Xiamen 叢
    Quanzhou 叢
    Jinjiang 叢
    Yongchun 叢
    Zhangzhou 叢
    Zhangzhou (Changtai) 叢
    Taipei 叢
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 叢
    Kaohsiung 叢
    Yilan 叢
    Changhua (Lukang) 叢
    Taichung 叢
    Tainan 叢
    Hsinchu 叢
    Kinmen 叢
    Penghu (Magong) 叢
    Penang (Hokkien) 叢
    Singapore (Hokkien) 叢
    Manila (Hokkien) 叢
    Longyan 頭
    Zhangping (Yongfu) 叢
    Datian 蔸
    Pingnan (Shangdu) 樖
    Chaozhou 叢
    Shantou 叢
    Jieyang 叢, 蔸
    Bangkok (Teochew) 叢
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 叢
    Leizhou 叢
    Haikou 叢
    Puxian Min Putian 蔸
    Xianyou 蔸
    Central Min Yong'an 叢
    Sanyuan 叢
    Shaxian 叢
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 樖
    Sanxiang 樖
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 樖, 蔸
    Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 蔸, 樖
    Shehua Fu'an 蔸
    Fuding 蔸
    Luoyuan 蔸
    Sanming 蔸
    Shunchang 蔸
    Hua'an 蔸
    Guixi (Zhangping) 蔸
    Cangnan 蔸
    Jingning 蔸
    Lishui 蔸
    Longyou 蔸
    Fengshun 蔸
    Wu Shanghai 棵
    Shanghai (Chongming) 棵
    Suzhou 棵
    Wuxi 棵
    Danyang 棵
    Hangzhou 棵
    Ningbo 棵
    Wenzhou 株
    Jinhua 根
    Xiang Changsha 棵, 隻
    Xiangtan 線
    Loudi 蔸
    Shuangfeng 隻
    Quanzhou 棵

    Compounds

    Descendants

    • → Proto-Tai: *toːᴬ

    Japanese

    Kanji

    株

    (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings

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    Etymology 1

    Kanji in this term
    株
    かぶ
    Grade: 6
    kun’yomi

    From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kampu. Cognate with Kunigami 株 (khabū), Northern Amami-Oshima 株 (gabu), Okinawan 株 (kabu).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    株(かぶ) • (kabu) 

    1. stump of a tree
    2. stock (in a company)
    3. share(s) of stock
    4. (virology) variant; strain
      デルタ株(かぶ)
      deruta-kabu
      delta variant (COVID-19)

    Suffix

    株(かぶ) • (-kabu) 

    1. Abbreviation for 株(かぶ)式(しき)会(がい)社(しゃ) (kabushiki gaisha, “stock company”); inc.
    Coordinate terms

    Etymology 2

    Kanji in this term
    株
    しゅ
    Grade: 6
    kan’yōon

    From Middle Chinese 株 (trju).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    株(しゅ) • (shu) 

    1. stump of a tree
    Derived terms
    Derived terms

    Etymology 3

    Kanji in this term
    株
    くい
    Grade: 6
    kun’yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 株 – see the following entry.
    【くい】
    stake, pile, post
    Alternative spellings
    杭, 杙
    (This term, 株, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Etymology 4

    Kanji in this term
    株
    くいぜ
    Grade: 6
    kun’yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 株 – see the following entry.
    【くいぜ】
    stump
    Alternative spellings
    杭, 杙
    (This term, 株, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

    Korean

    Hanja

    株 (eumhun 그루 주 (geuru ju))

    1. Hanja form? of 주 (“stump of a tree”).

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    株: Hán Nôm readings: chò, châu, chu

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