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U+5B99, 宙
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B99

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 40, +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十中田 (JLW), four-corner 30602, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 283, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7108
  • Dae Jaweon: page 559, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 921, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5B99

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *l'ɯwɢs) : semantic (roof) + phonetic (OC *lɯw). It originally represented the farthest place accessible by boat or vehicle and, by extension, came to express the idea of spatial expansion or vastness.[1]

References

  1. ^ Digital Shinjigen 2017

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to (zhóu, “axle”)?”

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (11)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter drjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɖɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖiuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȡiəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖuwH/
Li
Rong
/ȡiuH/
Wang
Li
/ȡĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȡʱi̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zau6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 15519
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l'ɯwɢs/

Definitions

  1. (obsolete) (of a house) ridgepole and beams
  2. (obsolete, except in 宇宙) infinite time
  3. (obsolete) heaven, sky
  4. (geology) eon (geochronologic unit)

Compounds

References

  • ”, 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–
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 312.

Japanese

Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. mid-air

Readings

  • Go-on: じゅう ()ぢう (diu, historical)
  • Kan-on: ちゅう (chū, Jōyō)ちう (tiu, historical)
  • Kun: そら (sora, ) (mo, )

Etymology

Kanji in this term
ちゅう
Grade: 6
kan'on

Noun

(ちゅう) (chū

  1. mid-air

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC drjuwH).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun (jip ju))

  1. hanja form? of (infinite time in 우주 (宇宙, uju, “space”))
  2. hanja form? of (house; ridgepole; pillar)

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: trụ

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