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Translingual
Han character
術 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹人戈金弓 (HOICN) or 竹人戈木弓 (HOIDN), four-corner 21904, composition ⿴行术(G) or ⿲彳术亍(G) or ⿴行朮(HTJKV) or ⿲彳朮亍(HTJKV))
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1109, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34046
- Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 826, character 13
- Unihan data for U+8853
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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訹
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*slud
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怵
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*l̥ʰud
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朮
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*l'ud, *ɦljud
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炢
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*l'ud
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術
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*ɦljud
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述
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*ɦljud
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秫
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*ɦljud
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沭
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*ɦljud
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蒁
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*ɦrud
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɦljud) : semantic 行 (“street, path”) + phonetic 朮 (OC *l'ud, *ɦljud).
For the “to throw” definition, from English shoot.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): shù (shu4)
- (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): su2
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фу (fu, I) / шу (šu, I)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seot6
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): suut5
- Gan (Wiktionary): siit6
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): su̍t
- (Meixian, Guangdong): sud6
- Jin (Wiktionary): sueh4
- Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̆
- Eastern Min (BUC): sŭk
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soh7 / suoh7 / soeh7 / syeh7
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): su̍t
- (Teochew, Peng'im): sug8
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 8zeq
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xy6
Note:
- soh7/suoh7 - more common (e.g. 美術);
- soeh7/syeh7 - less common (e.g. 手術).
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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術
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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shù
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Middle Chinese
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‹ zywit ›
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Old Chinese
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/*Cə-lut/
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English
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technique
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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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術
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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11853
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Phonetic component
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术
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Rime group
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物
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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術
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Old Chinese
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/*ɦljud/
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Definitions
術
- (obsolete) street; avenue
- art; craft; skill; technique
- 醫術/医术 ― yīshù ― the art of healing
- 學術/学术 ― xuéshù ― scholarship; academics
- 美術/美术 ― měishù ― fine arts
- 技術/技术 ― jìshù ― technology
- method; tactics
- 權術/权术 ― quánshù ― political manoeuvre
- 心術/心术 ― xīnshù ― scheme; plotting
- Short for 手術/手术 (shǒushù, “surgery”), often used as suffix
- 碎石術/碎石术 ― suìshíshù ― lithotripsy
- 輸精管切除術/输精管切除术 ― shūjīngguǎn qièchúshù ― vasectomy
- † Alternative form of 述 (shù)
- (Hokkien) to dupe; to hoodwink; to scam
所有的錢攏予伊術了了。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
所有的钱拢予伊术了了。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]- Só͘-ū ê chîⁿ lóng hō͘ i su̍t liáu-liáu. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- He was hoodwinked by him out of all his money.
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to run quickly
術一下著到遮。 [Hokkien, trad.]
术一下着到遮。 [Hokkien, simp.]- Su̍t chi̍t-ē tio̍h kàu chiâ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- Run a bit and you'll get here.
- (Mainland China Hokkien) quickly; swiftly; at lightning speed
- 食甲術術吼/食甲术术吼 [Hokkien] ― chia̍h kah su̍t su̍t háu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to eat quickly (to eat with whispering sounds)
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to throw; to cast
- 術籃/术篮 [Hokkien] ― su̍t-nâ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to shoot
- (Quanzhou Hokkien) gesture; sign; signal
- 啞口拍術。/哑口拍术。 [Hokkien] ― Iak-kháu phah su̍t. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― The mute person made hand signals.
- Short for 術力口/术力口 (Shùlìkǒu, “VOCALOID”).
Synonyms
- (gesture): 手勢/手势 (shǒushì)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Shinjitai
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術
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Kyūjitai [1]
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術󠄁 術+󠄁 ? (Adobe-Japan1)
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術󠄃 術+󠄃 ? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
術
(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
- art
- technique
- skill
- means
- trick
- resources
- magic
Readings
- Go-on: じゅつ (jutsu, Jōyō)←じゆつ (zyutu, historical)、ずち (zuchi)
- Kan-on: しゅつ (shutsu)←しゆつ (syutu, historical)
- Kun: すべ (sube, 術)、のべる (noberu, 術べる)←のぶ (nobu, 術ぶ, historical)、ばけ (bake, 術)、みち (michi, 術)、わざ (waza, 術)
- Nanori: てだて (tedate)、みち (michi)、やす (yasu)、やすし (yasushi)
Compounds
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 術 (MC zywit). First cited in Japanese to 920.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
術 • (jutsu)
- technique
- art
- way, means
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
術 • (sube)
- means, way
References
- ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1912 (paper), page 1008 (digital)
- ^ “術”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 術 (MC zywit).
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
術 (eumhun 재주 술 (jaeju sul))
- hanja form? of 술 (“wits; brains; head”)
- hanja form? of 술 (“trick; trap; ruse; artifice”)
- hanja form? of 술 (“talent; skill; gift; knack”)
Compounds
Compounds
- 검술 (劍術, geomsul)
- 궁술 (弓術, gungsul)
- 기술 (技術, gisul)
- 도술 (道術, dosul)
- 마술 (魔術, masul)
- 무술 (武術, musul)
- 미술 (美術, misul)
- 산술 (算術, sansul)
- 상술 (商術, sangsul)
- 수술 (手術, susul)
- 술법 (術法, sulbeop)
- 시술 (施術, sisul)
- 심술 (心術, simsul)
- 역술 (曆術, yeoksul)
- 예술 (藝術, yesul)
- 요술 (妖術, yosul)
- 의술 (醫術, uisul)
- 전술 (戰術, jeonsul)
- 주술 (呪術, jusul)
- 침술 (鍼術, chimsul)
- 학술 (學術, haksul)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
術: Hán Việt readings: thuật, toại
- (usually in compounds) art; craft; skill; technique