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Translingual
Han character
樞 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木尸口口 (DSRR), four-corner 41916, composition ⿰木區)
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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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摳
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*kʰoː, *kʰo
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彄
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*kʰoː
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剾
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*kʰoː, *qoː
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謳
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*qoː
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歐
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*qoː, *qoːʔ
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區
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*qoː, *kʰo
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鷗
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*qoː
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甌
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*qoː
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漚
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*qoː, *qoːs
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瞘
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*qoː
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嘔
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*qoː, *qoːʔ
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櫙
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*qoː
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膒
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*qoː
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蓲
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*qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos
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醧
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*qoː, *qas
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鏂
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*qoː
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毆
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*qoːʔ
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塸
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*qoːʔ
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貙
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*kʰl'o
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樞
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*kʰjo
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驅
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*kʰo, *kʰos
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軀
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*kʰo
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嶇
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*kʰo
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鰸
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*kʰo
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敺
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*kʰo
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傴
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*qoʔ
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嫗
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*qos
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饇
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*qos
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰjo) : semantic 木 + phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo).
Pronunciation
Note:
- su/chhu - literary;
- khi/thi - vernacular (俗).
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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樞
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樞
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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shū
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shū
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ʔuw ›
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‹ tsyhu ›
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Old Chinese
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/*qˁ(r)o/
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/*t.qʰ(r)o/
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English
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a kind of elm
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pivot
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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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樞
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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10604
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Phonetic component
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區
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Rime group
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侯
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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樞
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Old Chinese
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/*kʰjo/
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Definitions
樞
- door hinge
- pivot
- center of power
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
樞
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 枢)
- pivot
- door
Readings
Korean
Hanja
樞 • (chu, u) (hangeul 추, 우)
- door hinge
- pivot
- center of power
Vietnamese
Han character
樞: Hán Nôm readings: xu, su, sù, xô, xù, xũ, khu, xó, xụ
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