礎

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See also: 础
礎 U+790E, 礎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-790E
← 礍
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 礏 →

Translingual

Stroke order
Traditional Chinese
and
Japanese

Han character

礎 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 一口木木人 (MRDDO), four-corner 14681, composition ⿰石楚)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 837, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24522
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1254, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2458, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+790E

Chinese

trad. 礎
simp. 础

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (疋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
疋 *ŋraːʔ, *sŋra, *sŋraʔ
蝑 *sŋas, *sŋa
壻 *sŋeːs
婿 *sŋeːs
胥 *sŋa, *sŋaʔ
稰 *sŋa, *sŋaʔ
楈 *sŋa, *sŋaʔ
諝 *sŋa, *sŋaʔ
湑 *sŋa, *sŋaʔ
揟 *sŋa
醑 *sŋaʔ
糈 *sŋaʔ, *sŋraʔ
楚 *sŋ̊ʰraʔ, *sŋ̊ʰras
礎 *sŋ̊ʰraʔ
憷 *sŋ̊ʰraʔ
齼 *sŋ̊ʰraʔ
濋 *sŋ̊ʰraʔ
儊 *sŋ̊ʰras
綀 *sŋra
疎 *sŋra
疏 *sŋra, *sŋras
蔬 *sŋra
梳 *sŋra

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sŋ̊ʰraʔ): semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 楚 (OC *sŋ̊ʰraʔ, *sŋ̊ʰras) – a kind of stone, a plinth.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 礎
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 初 (19)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 創舉切
Baxter tsrhjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ʃʰɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈ͡ʂʰiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ʃʰiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈ͡ʂʰɨə̆X/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ʃʰiɔX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ʃʰĭoX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		co2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 礎
Reading # 1/1
No. 11782
Phonetic
component 		疋
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		楚
Old
Chinese 		/*sŋ̊ʰraʔ/

Definitions

礎

  1. plinth
  2. foundation; base
  3. basis; cornerstone

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

礎

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. cornerstone

Readings

  • Go-on: しょ (sho)
  • Kan-on: そ (so, Jōyō)
  • Kun: いしずえ (ishizue, 礎, Jōyō)
  • Nanori: もとい (motoi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
礎
いしずえ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 礎 – see the following entry.
【いしずえ】
foundation stone
(figurative) foundation (of a field of study, etc.)
(This term, 礎, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 礎 (MC tsrhjoX). Recorded as Middle Korean 초〮 (chwó) (Yale: chwó) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

礎 (eumhun 주춧돌 초 (juchutdol cho))

  1. hanja form? of 초 (“cornerstone”)

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
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