諸

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Translingual

Han character

諸 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜口十大日 (YRJKA), four-corner 0466₀, composition ⿰訁者)

Derived characters

• 儲(储), 𢥃, 㶆(𫞛), 櫧(槠), 𫧬, 䃴(𰧘), 䊰, 𮉘, 蠩, 藷(𫉄), 𣌆, 𠤌, 𣠖

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1172, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35691
• Dae Jaweon: page 1637, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3982, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8AF8

• Unihan data for U+FA22

• Unihan data for U+FABA

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjaː, *tja) : semantic 言 + phonetic 者 (OC *tjaːʔ).

Etymology

諸 (*ta, "many, all") is considered a dependent (non-adjunctive) pronoun, gradually replacing 多 (*tlai, “many, all”). The two may be cognate, and it may be conceivable that 諸 had branched off from 多 in the sense "all" as the pre-nominal proclitic with the loss of the final *-i in 多.

Probably also cognate with 都 (dū, “all”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

諸

1. many; each; every; all (forming plurals; especially for persons to whom respect is due)

   諸侯／诸侯  ―  zhūhóu  ―  all the feudal lords

   諸位／诸位  ―  zhūwèi  ―  all those present

   諸子百家／诸子百家  ―  zhūzǐbǎijiā  ―  Hundred Schools of Thought

   諸事不宜／诸事不宜  ―  zhū shì bù yí  ―  do not do anything today (used in Chinese almanacs)

2. Contraction of 之乎.

   • 湯放桀，武王伐紂，有諸？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     汤放桀，武王伐纣，有诸？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Tāng fàng Jié, Wǔwáng fá Zhòu, yǒu zhū?

     Was it so, that Tang banished Jie, and that King Wu smote Zhou?

3. Contraction of 之於／之于. it + into/onto/unto/than

   置諸死地／置诸死地  ―  zhì zhū sǐ dì  ―  to kill someone (lit. to put someone into the territory of death)

4. ^† sentence-final particle

   日居月諸、照臨下土 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
   日居月诸、照临下土 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

   rìjīyuèzhū, zhàolín xiàtǔ

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. ^† sentence-medial particle

   夫子之求之也，其諸異乎人之求之與 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   夫子之求之也，其诸异乎人之求之与 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

   fūzǐ zhī qiú zhī yě, qí zhū yì hū rén zhī qiú zhī yǔ

   The master's mode of asking information! - is it not different from that of other men?

6. a surname

Compounds

References

• “諸”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• (Min Nan) “Query for 諸”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Shinjitai	諸
Kyūjitai	諸 諸 or 諸+︀?
	諸󠄀 諸+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	諸󠄃 諸+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 諸)

1. various
2. many
3. several
4. together

Readings

• Go-on: しょ (sho, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しょ (sho, Jōyō)
• Kun: もろ (moro, 諸); もろもろ (moromoro, 諸)
• Nanori: つら (tsura); もり (mori); もろ (moro)

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Prefix

諸(しょ) • (sho-) 

1. various, all the

   琉(りゅう)球(きゅう)諸(しょ)言(げん)語(ご)

   Ryūkyū sho-gengo

   Ryukuan languages

References

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

諸 (eumhun 모두 제 (modu je))

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Etymology 2

Hanja

諸 (eumhun 김치 저 (gimchi jeo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

諸: Hán Nôm readings: chư, chơ, chưa, chã, chở, chứa, đã

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