蹴球

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Chinese

		carefully; kick; tread on carefully; kick; tread on; stamp	ball; sphere
simp. and trad. (蹴球)		蹴	球
alternative forms		蹴毬／蹴球

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cùqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cùqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cùcióu
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻu⁴-chʻiu²
  - Yale: tsù-chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuhchyou
  - Palladius: цуцю (cucju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

蹴球

(rare) ancient Chinese ball game; appeared after cuju.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蹴	球
しゅう Grade: S	きゅう Grade: 3
kan’yōon	kan’on

Etymology

Unclear. Either from Middle Chinese 蹴球 (MC tshjuwk gjuw, literally “kick + ball”), or a coinage in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements as a compound of 蹴 (shū, “kick”) +‎ 球 (kyū, “ball”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅうきゅう (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

蹴(しゅう)球(きゅう) • (shūkyū) ^{←しうきう (siukiu)^?}

(rare) soccer
Synonyms: サッカー (sakkā), ア式蹴球 (a-shiki shūkyū)
(rare) football
Synonym: フットボール (futtobōru)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
蹴	球

Noun

蹴球 • (chukgu) (hangeul 축구)

Hanja form^? of 축구 (“soccer”).

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