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組
組
See also: 组
Translingual
Han character
組 (radical 120 糸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女火月一 (VFBM), four-corner 27910, composition ⿰糹且)
References
- KangXi: page 921, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27374
- Dae Jaweon: page 1353, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3379, character 13
- Unihan data for U+7D44
Chinese
| trad. | 組 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 组 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 組
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|---|---|---|
| Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (且) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 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, OC *ʔsaːʔ) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zou2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chû
- Min Dong (BUC): cū
- Min Nan (POJ): chó͘ / cho͘
- Wu (Wiktionary): tsu (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ
- Wade-Giles: tsu3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuu
- IPA (key): /t͡su²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zou2
- Yale: jóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzou2
- IPA (key): /t͡sou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chû
- Hakka Romanization System: zu´
- Hagfa Pinyim: zu1
- IPA: /t͡su²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: cū
- IPA (key): /t͡su³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘
- Tâi-lô: tsóo
- Phofsit Daibuun: zor
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ⁵³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cho͘
- Tâi-lô: tsoo
- Phofsit Daibuun: zof
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: tsu (T2)
- IPA (key): /t͡sv̩ʷ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 組 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 則古切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡suoX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡suoX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡soX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/t͡sɔX/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡soX/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡suX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡suoX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zǔ |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 組 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10399 |
| Phonetic component |
且 |
| Rime group |
魚 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
祖 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ʔsaːʔ/ |
Definitions
組
- † to weave
- †thin and wide silk band
- to organise; to form
- group; team
- Classifier for sets and series.
- Classifier for groups of people.
- Classifier for batteries.
- A surname.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
組
Readings
- Goon: す (su)
- Kan’on: そ (so)
- On (unclassified): しょ (sho)
- Kun: くむ (組む, kumu), くみひも (kumihimo), くみ (kumi)
- Nanori: くむ (kumu), くみ (kumi)
Noun
Synonyms
- (class): クラス (kurasu)
Suffix
組 (hiragana ぐみ, romaji -gumi)
Korean
Hanja
組 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune-Reischauer cho, Yale co)
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