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宙
宙
Translingual
Han character
宙 (radical 40 宀+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十中田 (JLW), four-corner 30602, composition ⿱宀由)
References
- KangXi: page 283, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7108
- Dae Jaweon: page 559, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 921, character 2
- Unihan data for U+5B99
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
宙 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (由) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 袖 | *ljɯwɢs |
| 岫 | *ljɯwɢs |
| 牰 | *ljɯwɢs, *lɯwɢs |
| 抽 | *l̥ʰɯw |
| 妯 | *l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ |
| 紬 | *l'ɯw |
| 怞 | *l'ɯw |
| 鮋 | *l'ɯw, *ɦljɯw, *lɯw |
| 菗 | *rlɯw |
| 宙 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 胄 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 冑 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 伷 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 駎 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 油 | *lɯw, *lɯwɢs |
| 由 | *lɯw |
| 蚰 | *lɯw |
| 秞 | *lɯw |
| 邮 | *lɯw |
| 釉 | *lɯwɢs |
| 柚 | *lɯwɢs, *l'ɯwɢ |
| 鼬 | *lɯwɢs |
| 苖 | *l'ɯːwɢ, *l̥ʰɯwɢ |
| 笛 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 迪 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 頔 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 軸 | *l'ɯwɢ |
| 舳 | *l'ɯwɢ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zau6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiu
- Min Dong (BUC): dêu
- Min Nan (POJ): tiū / tiǔ
- 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)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiu
- Hakka Romanization System: qiu
- Hagfa Pinyim: qiu4
- IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯u⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: dêu
- IPA (key): /tiɛu²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 宙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 直祐切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɖɨuH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɖiuH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȡiəuH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɖuwH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȡiuH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȡĭəuH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȡʱi̯ə̯uH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhòu |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 宙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15519 |
| Phonetic component |
由 |
| Rime group |
奧 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
胄 |
| Old Chinese |
/*l'ɯwɢs/ |
Definitions
宙
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
宙
- mid-air
Readings
Korean
Hanja
宙 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune-Reischauer chu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
宙 (trụ)
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