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U+6A1E, 樞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A1E

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 75, +11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木尸口口 (DSRR), four-corner 41916, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 550, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15450
  • Dae Jaweon: page 938, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1276, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6A1E

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰjo) : semantic + phonetic (OC *qoː, *kʰo).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • su/chhu - literary;
  • khi/thi - vernacular (俗).

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (24)
Final () (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyhu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕʰɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕʰio/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕʰio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cʰuə̆/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕʰio/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕʰĭu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕʰi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cyu1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shū shū
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔuw › ‹ tsyhu ›
Old
Chinese
/*qˁ(r)o/ /*t.qʰ(r)o/
English a kind of elm pivot

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10604
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰjo/

Definitions

  1. door hinge
  2. pivot
  3. center of power

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. pivot
  2. door

Readings

  • Go-on: (su)
  • Kan-on: しゅ (shu)
  • Kan’yō-on: すう ()
  • Kun: とぼそ (toboso, )からくり (karakuri, )

Korean

Hanja

(chu, u) (hangeul , )

  1. door hinge
  2. pivot
  3. center of power

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: xu, su, , , , , khu, , xụ

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