銃

Translingual

Han character

銃 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金卜戈山 (CYIU) or 難難金卜戈 (XXCYI), four-corner 8011₃, composition ⿰釒充)

Derived characters

• 𧀏

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1304, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40359
• Dae Jaweon: page 1806, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4202, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9283

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰjuŋs) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 充 (OC *l̥ʰjuŋ).

Pronunciation

Definitions

銃

1. blunderbuss
2. (Eastern Min, Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka) gun; firearm (Classifier: 支 mn)

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

Others:

• → Zhuang: cungq (“gun”)

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. gun

Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しゆう (syuu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: じゅう (jū, Jōyō)^{←じゆう (zyuu, historical)}
• Kun: つつ (tsutsu, 銃)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

銃

Wikipedia ^ja

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じゅ​う (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

銃(じゅう) • (jū) ^{←じゆう (zyuu)?}

1. gun (firearm)

   銃(じゅう)を撃(う)つ

   jū o utsu

   to fire a gun

Etymology 2

Noun

銃(つつ) • (tsutsu) 

1. gun, firearm

   捧(ささ)げ銃(つつ)

   sasage tsutsu

   present arms

   • 1898, 国木田独歩(くにきだどっぽ) [Kunikida Doppo], 鹿狩(しかが)り (Shikagari)‎:

     かれこれするうちに昼時分(ひるじぶん)になったが鹿(しか)らしいものも来(こ)ない、たちまち谷(たに)を一(ひと)つ越(こ)えたすぐむこうの山(やま)の尾(お)で銃(つつ)の音(おと)がしたと思(おも)うと白(しろ)い煙(けむ)が見(み)えた。

     Karekore suru uchi ni hirujibun ni natta ga shika rashii mono mo konai, tachimachi tani o hitotsu koeta sugu mukō no yama no o de tsutsu no oto ga shita to omou to shiroi kemu ga mieta.

     (please add an English translation of this example)

References

Korean

Hanja

銃 • (chong) (hangeul 총)

1. gun, rifle, firearm

Vietnamese

Han character

銃: Hán Nôm readings: súng, xúng

1. gun, firearm

References