湊

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See also: 凑, and 溱

湊	U+6E4A, 湊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E4A

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

湊 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水手大大 (EQKK), four-corner 3513₄, composition ⿰氵奏)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 636, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17822
Dae Jaweon: page 1043, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1666, character 9
Unihan data for U+6E4A

Chinese

trad.		湊/凑
simp.		凑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 湊
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (奏) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
奏	*ʔsoːs
凑	*sʰoːs
腠	*sʰoːs
輳	*sʰoːs
楱	sʰoːs, zoːs
湊	*sʰoːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰoːs) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 奏 (OC *ʔsoːs).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): còu (cou⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄡˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): цу (cu, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cau³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ceu¹
Eastern Min (BUC): cháiu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhàu / chhò / chhò͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): cou³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsheu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: còu
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: còu
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻou⁴
  - Yale: tsòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsow
  - Palladius: цоу (cou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: цу (cu, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cau³
  - Yale: chau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ceo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ceu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeu³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cháiu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑu²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhàu
  - Tâi-lô: tshàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaux
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò
  - Tâi-lô: tshò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhox
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔ²¹/

Note:

chhàu - vernacular;
chhò/chhò͘ - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: cou³
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshòu
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou²¹³/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsheu
  - MiniDict: tsheu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsheu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɤ³⁴/

Middle Chinese: tshuwH

Rime
Character	湊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	倉奏切
Baxter	tshuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰəu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəw^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰu^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰəu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	còu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sʰoːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	湊
Reading #	1/1
No.	17913
Phonetic component	奏
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	輳
Old Chinese	/*sʰoːs/

Definitions

湊

to gather together; to assemble
to approach; to come closer; to draw near
to be close; to be near
to happen by chance
(Cantonese) to look after; to babysit
我係阿婆湊大。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我系阿婆凑大。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ngo⁵ hai⁶ aa³ po⁴ cau³ daai⁶.
I was raised by my grandma.

Synonyms

(to gather together):

(to approach):

守 (shǒu)
挨 (āi)
挨著／挨着 (āizhe)
接觸／接触 (jiēchù)
搭倚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
攏／拢 (lǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
攏邊／拢边 (long³ bienn¹) (Xiang)
沾
涉獵／涉猎 (shèliè)
觸及／触及 (chùjí)
近前 (jìnqián) (literary)
靠攏／靠拢 (kàolǒng)
靠近 (kàojìn)

(to be close):

倚近 (Hokkien)
傍依 (bàngyī)
傍邊／傍边 (bàngbiān) (colloquial)
向邇／向迩 (xiàng'ěr) (literary)
把 (colloquial)
挨近 (āijìn)
挨邊／挨边 (āibiān) (colloquial, to be close to an age or number)
接 (jiē)
接近 (jiējìn)
擦 (cā)
比鄰／比邻 (bǐlín) (literary)
瀕於／濒于 (bīnyú) (of something undesirable)
瀕臨／濒临 (bīnlín)
相鄰／相邻 (xiānglín)
臨近／临近 (línjìn)
親近／亲近 (qīnjìn)
鄰近／邻近 (línjìn)
附 (fù)
靠近 (kàojìn)

References

“湊”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 湊

湊

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

port, harbor
to gather together, to congregate

Readings

Go-on: す (su)
Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←そう (sou, historical)}
Kun: みなと (minato, 湊)、あつまる (atsumaru, 湊まる)

Proper noun

湊(みなと) • (Minato)

a surname

Korean

Hanja

湊 (eum 주 (ju))

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Vietnamese

Han character

湊: Hán Nôm readings: tấu

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References

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