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紂
紂
See also: 纣
Translingual
Han character
紂 (radical 120 糸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女火木戈 (VFDI), four-corner 24900, composition ⿰糹寸)
References
- KangXi: page 915, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27239
- Dae Jaweon: page 1343, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3364, character 3
- Unihan data for U+7D02
Chinese
| trad. | 紂 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 纣 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (肘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 肘 | *tkuʔ |
| 疛 | *tuʔ, *dus |
| 紂 | *duʔ |
| 葤 | *duʔ |
| 酎 | *l'us |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
- Wade-Giles: chou4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zau6
- Yale: jauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzau6
- IPA (key): /t͡sɐu̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 紂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 除柳切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɖɨuX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɖiuX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȡiəuX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɖuwX/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȡiuX/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȡĭəuX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȡʱi̯ə̯uX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhòu |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 紂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
zhòu |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ drjuwX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[d]ruʔ/ |
| English | leather belt used on the rump of a horse hitched to a cart; name of last Shāng ruler |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 紂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17546 |
| Phonetic component |
肘 |
| Rime group |
幽 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
紂 |
| Old Chinese |
/*duʔ/ |
Definitions
紂
Japanese
Kanji
紂
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
紂 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune-Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
- Hán Việt: trụ
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