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Translingual
Han character
束 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木中 (DL), four-corner 50906, composition ⿻木口)
Derived characters
- 㑛, 凁, 娕, 悚, 梀, 殐, 涑, 疎, 竦, 綀, 脨, 觫, 誎, 踈, 辣, 鋉 (𨱈), 餗 (𫗧), 駷, 㻋, 䀳
- 剌, 勅, 欶, 敕, 賴 (赖), 辢, 頼, 鵣, 㩽, 𧆄, 𣜋
- 速, 趚
- 𠁃, 𰀟
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 512, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14480
- Dae Jaweon: page 898, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1158, character 3
- Unihan data for U+675F
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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涑
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*sloː, *sloːɡ, *sloɡ
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鏉
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*sloː, *sloːɡs, *srus
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摗
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*sloː
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駷
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*sloːʔ, *sloŋʔ
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嗽
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*sloːɡs, *sroːɡ, *sloːɡ
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瘶
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*sloːɡs
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欶
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*sloːɡs, *sroːɡ
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漱
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*sloːɡs, *srus
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捒
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*sreːɡ, *sroɡs, *sroɡs
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悚
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*sloŋʔ
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竦
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*sloŋʔ
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娕
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*sʰroːɡ
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梀
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*sreːɡ, *sʰloːɡ, *sloːɡ, *l̥ʰoɡ
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速
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*sloːɡ
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餗
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*sloːɡ
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殐
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*sloːɡ
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遬
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*sloːɡ
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蔌
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*sloːɡ
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樕
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*sloːɡ
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藗
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*sloːɡ
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誎
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*sʰloɡ
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束
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*hljoɡ
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Ideogram (指事) – bag tied at both ends (earlier forms were often vertically symmetric). See also 東 and 柬.
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): shù, sù (shu4, su4)
- (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ, ㄙㄨˋ
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cuk1
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): cuuk2
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): suk / sok
- (Meixian, Guangdong): cug5
- Eastern Min (BUC): sók
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): sok
- (Teochew, Peng'im): sog4
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7soq
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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束
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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shù
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Middle Chinese
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‹ syowk ›
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Old Chinese
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/*s-tʰok/
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English
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bind; bundle
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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束
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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11893
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Phonetic component
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束
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Rime group
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屋
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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束
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Old Chinese
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/*hljoɡ/
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Definitions
束
- to bind; to tie up
- 束縛/束缚 ― shùfù ― to bind; to tie up
- (now in compounds) to control; to restrain
- 拘束 ― jūshù ― restraint; inhibited; constraint
- (now in compounds) end
- 結束/结束 ― jiéshù ― end
- bunch; bundle; bale
- 光束 ― guāngshù ― light beam
- (geometry) pencil (family of geometric objects with a common property)
- 平面束 ― píngmiànshù ― pencil of planes
- Classifier for objects in bunches or bundles, such as bouquets of flowers. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- 一束玫瑰 ― yī shù méiguī ― a bouquet of roses
- a surname
Synonyms
- 主宰 (zhǔzǎi)
- 主張/主张 (zhǔzhāng) (archaic)
- 克制 (kèzhì)
- 克治 (kèzhì) (literary)
- 制禦/制御 (zhìyù) (literary)
- 制約/制约 (zhìyuē)
- 君 (jūn) (literary)
- 執掌/执掌 (zhízhǎng)
- 壓制/压制 (yāzhì)
- 壓抑/压抑 (yāyì)
- 局 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 局限 (júxiàn)
- 左右 (zuǒyòu)
- 把
- 抑制 (yìzhì)
- 把持 (bǎchí)
- 把控 (bǎkòng)
- 把攬/把揽 (bǎlǎn)
- 抵制 (dǐzhì)
- 拘束 (jūshù)
- 按 (àn)
- 按捺 (ànnà) (usually in the negative)
- 控 (literary, or in compounds)
- 控制 (kòngzhì)
- 掌控 (zhǎngkòng)
- 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
- 提控 (tíkòng) (literary)
- 撥弄/拨弄 (bōnòng)
- 撙節/撙节 (zǔnjié)
- 操控 (cāokòng)
- 操縱/操纵 (cāozòng)
- 擺佈/摆布 (bǎibù)
- 擺治/摆治 (bǎizhì) (regional)
- 支配 (zhīpèi)
- 收斂/收敛 (shōuliǎn)
- 束縛/束缚 (shùfù)
- 柄 (literary, or in compounds)
- 框 (kuàng)
- 禁錮/禁锢 (jìngù) (figurative)
- 積壓/积压 (jīyā) (figurative)
- 節制/节制 (jiézhì)
- 節撙/节撙 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 管制 (guǎnzhì)
- 管束 (guǎnshù)
- 約束/约束 (yuēshù)
- 統御/统御 (tǒngyù) (literary)
- 統治/统治 (tǒngzhì)
- 羈束/羁束 (jīshù) (literary)
- 裁 (cái) (literary, or in compounds)
- 遏抑 (èyì) (literary)
- 鎮/镇 (zhèn)
- 限 (xiàn)
- 限乏 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 限制 (xiànzhì)
- 駕/驾 (jià)
- 駕馭/驾驭 (jiàyù) (figurative)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
束
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to cling to something and climb upwards (of a person)
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to bind or tie tightly
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to absorb (moisture, etc.)
Synonyms
- 吸 (xī)
- 吸取 (xīqǔ)
- 吸收 (xīshōu)
- 抽取 (chōuqǔ)
- 攝/摄 (literary, or in compounds)
- 攝取/摄取 (shèqǔ)
- 汲 (jí) (literary, or in compounds)
- 汲取 (jíqǔ)
- 燥 (Hokkien)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
束
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
- bunch
- to bind
- to end
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Counter
束 • (-taba)
- counter for bundles
- それは一束十円の値段でした
- sore wa hitotaba jū en no nedan deshita
- They cost 10 yen a bundle
Noun
束 • (taba)
- bundle, bunch, batch, sheaf, coil
- 彼は古い手紙を束にした
- kare wa furui tegami o taba ni shita
- He bound old letters into a bundle
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
束 • (tsuka)
- handbreadth, bundle
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Counter
束 • (-soku)
- large bundles
Noun
束 • (soku)
- (algebra, order theory) lattice
- Synonym: ラティス (ratisu)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
束 (eumhun 묶을 속 (mukkeul sok))
- hanja form? of 속 (“bunch; to bind”)
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
束: Hán Nôm readings: thút, súc, thót, thúc, thóc, thắt
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