珠

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珠 U+73E0, 珠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73E0
← 珟
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 珡 →

Translingual

Stroke order
Japan
Stroke order
Japan

Han character

珠 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一土竹十木 (MGHJD), four-corner 15190, composition ⿰𤣩朱)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 730, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20956
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1142, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1111, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+73E0

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 珠

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (朱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
咮 *tu, *tus, *tos, *tjo
株 *to
誅 *to
邾 *to
鼄 *to
跦 *to
袾 *to, *tʰjo
鴸 *to, *tjo
蛛 *to
殊 *to, *djo
趎 *do
珠 *tjo
朱 *tjo
侏 *tjo
絑 *tjo
祩 *tjo, *tjos
鮢 *tjo
硃 *tjo
姝 *tʰjo
銖 *djo
茱 *djo
洙 *djo
陎 *djo

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjo) : semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • ciŏ - literary;
  • ciŭ - colloquial (usually written as 睭).
Note:
  • chu - literary;
  • chiu - colloquial (usually written as 睭).
Note:
  • zu1 - literary;
  • ziu1 - colloquial (usually written as 睭).
Rime
Character 珠
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 章俱切
Baxter tsyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕɨo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕio/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/cuə̆/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕio/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕĭu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zyu1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 珠
Reading # 1/1
No. 17568
Phonetic
component 		朱
Rime
group 		侯
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		朱
Old
Chinese 		/*tjo/

Definitions

珠

  1. pearl (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆／颗 m)
  2. pearl-like object; bead (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆／颗 m)

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

珠

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. pearl, gem, jewel

Readings

  • Go-on: す (su)
  • Kan-on: しゅ (shu, Jōyō)
  • Kun: たま (tama, 珠)

Compounds

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 珠 (MC tsyu).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 쥬ᇰ (Yale: cyù)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 구슬〮 (Yale: kwùsúl) 쥬 (Yale: cyù)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

珠 (eumhun 구슬 주 (guseul ju))

  1. pearl, gem, jewel
  2. bead

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

珠: Hán Nôm readings: châu, thậm, chau

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