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礎

礎

See also: 础

Translingual

Han character

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

  1. foundation stone, plinth

References

  • KangXi: page 837, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24522
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1254, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: 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 *sŋ̥ʰraʔ, *sŋ̥ʰras
礎 *sŋ̥ʰraʔ
憷 *sŋ̥ʰraʔ
齼 *sŋ̥ʰraʔ
濋 *sŋ̥ʰraʔ
儊 *sŋ̥ʰras
綀 *sŋra
疎 *sŋra
疏 *sŋra, *sŋras
蔬 *sŋra
梳 *sŋra

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sŋ̥ʰraʔ) : semantic 石 ‎(“stone”) + phonetic 楚 ‎(OC *sŋ̥ʰraʔ, *sŋ̥ʰras) – 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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ʃʰɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈ͡ʂʰiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ʃʰiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈ͡ʂʰɨə̆X/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ʃʰiɔX/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ʃʰĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʈ͡ʂʰi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chǔ
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		 /*sŋ̥ʰraʔ/

Definitions

礎

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Japanese

Kanji

礎

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. cornerstone

Readings

Noun

礎 ‎(hiragana いしずえ, romaji ishizue)

  1. foundation stone

Korean

Hanja

礎 • ‎(cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune-Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

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