苴
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Translingual
Han character
苴 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿月一 (TBM), four-corner 44107, composition ⿱艹且)
Derived chracters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1024, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30813
- Dae Jaweon: page 1484, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3190, character 5
- Unihan data for U+82F4
Chinese
| trad. | 苴 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 苴 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 苴 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 虘 | *zaːl, *zaː |
| 蔖 | *zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ |
| 摣 | *rnaː, *ʔsraː |
| 袓 | *ʔsjaː, *zaʔ |
| 怚 | *ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ |
| 罝 | *ʔsjaː |
| 謯 | *ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ |
| 姐 | *ʔsjaːʔ |
| 抯 | *ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː |
| 飷 | *ʔsjaːʔ |
| 且 | *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa |
| 趄 | *sʰjaːs, *sʰa |
| 笡 | *sʰjaːs |
| 查 | *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː |
| 柤 | *ʔsraː |
| 樝 | *ʔsraː |
| 皻 | *ʔsraː |
| 渣 | *ʔsraː |
| 楂 | *zraː |
| 苴 | *zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa |
| 駔 | *ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ |
| 租 | *ʔsaː |
| 蒩 | *ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa |
| 祖 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 組 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 珇 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 靻 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 粗 | *sʰaː, *zaːʔ |
| 徂 | *zaː |
| 殂 | *zaː |
| 麆 | *zaːʔ, *zras |
| 伹 | *zaːʔ, *sʰa |
| 蛆 | *ʔsa, *sʰa |
| 沮 | *ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra |
| 咀 | *ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ |
| 疽 | *sʰa |
| 雎 | *sʰa |
| 狙 | *sʰa, *sʰas |
| 岨 | *sʰa |
| 砠 | *sʰa |
| 坥 | *sʰa, *sʰas |
| 刞 | *sʰas |
| 覰 | *sʰas |
| 覷 | *sʰas |
| 跙 | *zaʔ |
| 筯 | *das |
| 菹 | *ʔsra |
| 葅 | *ʔsra |
| 阻 | *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras |
| 俎 | *ʔsraʔ |
| 詛 | *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras |
| 鉏 | *zra, *zraʔ |
| 豠 | *zra |
| 鋤 | *zra |
| 耡 | *zra, *zras |
| 齟 | *zraʔ |
| 助 | *zras |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa): semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
- Wade–Giles: chü1
- Yale: jyū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
- Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔ
- Wade–Giles: chü3
- Yale: jyǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeu
- Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zeoi1 / zeoi2 / ceoi1
- Yale: jēui / jéui / chēui
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey1 / dzoey2 / tsoey1
- Guangdong Romanization: zêu1 / zêu2 / cêu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sɵy̯³⁵/, /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: tsjo, tsjoX, tshjo
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsa/, /*ʔsaʔ/, /*sʰa/
Definitions
苴
- (archaic) female hemp plant; seed-bearing hemp
- (archaic) seeds of female hemp
- (archaic) coarse; rough
- (archaic) grass insole; pad in shoe
- (literary) to patch; to mend
- (archaic) to wrap
- a surname
Usage notes
漢語大字典 (ed. 2) assigns pronunciation jū to all senses listed above, while 重編國語辭典修訂本 (online ed. 6) gives jǔ for sense 6 as well as the word 芭苴 (“Musa”), and jū for all other senses.
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chá
- Wade–Giles: chʻa2
- Yale: chá
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: char
- Palladius: ча (ča)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: caa1 / caa4
- Yale: chā / chàh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa1 / tsaa4
- Guangdong Romanization: ca1 / ca4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰaː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: dzrae
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*zraː/
Definitions
苴
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎ
- Wade–Giles: cha3
- Yale: jǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaa
- Palladius: чжа (čža)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂä²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zaa2 / zaa3
- Yale: já / ja
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa2 / dzaa3
- Guangdong Romanization: za2 / za3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡saː³⁵/, /t͡saː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
苴
Compounds
- 土苴 (chǎzhǎ)
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sié
- Wade–Giles: hsieh2
- Yale: syé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shye
- Palladius: се (se)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
苴
- (historical) Only used in 羊苴咩.
Compounds
Etymology 5
| trad. | 苴 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 苴 | |
| alternative forms | 埾 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū
Definitions
苴
- (Southern Min) to lay something on a surface
- (Southern Min) cushion; pad
Etymology 6
| For pronunciation and definitions of 苴 – see 菹 (“salted or pickled vegetables”). (This character is a variant form of 菹). |
Etymology 7
| For pronunciation and definitions of 苴 – see 菹 (“salted or pickled vegetables”). (This character is a variant form of 葅, which is in turn a variant form of 菹). |
Etymology 8
| For pronunciation and definitions of 苴 – see 蒩. (This character is a variant form of 蒩). |
Etymology 9
| For pronunciation and definitions of 苴 – see 柤 (“hawthorn”). (This character is a variant form of 柤). |
References
- “Entry #5471”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- “Entry #5983”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
- “苴”, 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
苴
- husk
- bract
- straw wrapper
- souvenir gift
- bribe
Readings
Korean
Hanja
苴 • (jeo) (hangeul 저, revised jeo, McCune–Reischauer chŏ, Yale ce)
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Vietnamese
Han character
苴: Hán Nôm readings: thư, tra, tư
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