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芻
芻
See also: 刍
Translingual
Han character
芻 (radical 140 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 心山心山 (PUPU), four-corner 27427, composition ⿱⿹勹屮⿹勹屮)
References
- KangXi: page 1021, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30744
- Dae Jaweon: page 1480, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 260, character 1
- Unihan data for U+82BB
Chinese
| trad. | 芻 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 刍 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 芻
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (芻) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 煼 | *sʰroːʔ |
| 謅 | *sʰroːʔ, *ʔsru, *sʰru |
| 縐 | *sʰroːs, *ʔsrus |
| 鄒 | *ʔsru |
| 騶 | *ʔsru |
| 搊 | *ʔsruʔ, *sʰru, *ʔsro |
| 皺 | *ʔsrus |
| 篘 | *sʰru |
| 㑳 | *zrus, *ʔsro, *rnuːb |
| 趍 | *sʰlo, *l'al |
| 趨 | *sʰlo |
| 芻 | *sʰro |
| 犓 | *sʰro |
| 雛 | *zro |
| 鶵 | *zro |
| 媰 | *zro |
| 齺 | *zroːɡ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'u2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwu
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: co1
- Yale: chō
- Cantonese Pinyin: tso1
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 芻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 初 (19) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 測隅切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡ʃʰɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʈ͡ʂʰio/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡ʃʰio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʈ͡ʂʰuə̆/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡ʃʰio/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡ʃʰĭu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
chū |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 芻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
chú |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tsrhju › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[tsʰ]ro/ |
| English | grass for fuel or fodder |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 芻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1607 |
| Phonetic component |
芻 |
| Rime group |
侯 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
芻 |
| Old Chinese |
/*sʰro/ |
Definitions
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Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
芻 • (chu) (hangeul 추, revised chu, McCune-Reischauer ch'u, Yale chwu)
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