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湊
湊
See also: 凑
Translingual
Han character
湊 (radical 85 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水手大大 (EQKK), four-corner 35134, composition ⿰氵奏)
References
- KangXi: page 636, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17822
- Dae Jaweon: page 1043, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1666, character 9
- Unihan data for U+6E4A
Chinese
| trad. | 湊 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 凑 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 湊
|
|---|
| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (奏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 奏 | *ʔsoːs |
| 凑 | *sʰoːs |
| 腠 | *sʰoːs |
| 輳 | *sʰoːs |
| 楱 | *sʰoːs, *zoːs |
| 湊 | *sʰoːs |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄡˋ
- Wade-Giles: ts'ou4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsow
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: cau3
- Yale: chau
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsau3
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| 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 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡sʰəuH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡sʰəuH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡sʰəuH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/t͡sʰəwH/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡sʰuH/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡sʰəuH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡sʰə̯uH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
còu |
| 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
Japanese
Kanji
湊
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Proper noun
湊 (hiragana みなと, romaji Minato)
- A surname.
Korean
Hanja
湊 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune-Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
- Hán Việt: tấu
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