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U+52A9, 助
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52A9

[U+52A8]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+52AA]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 19, +5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月一大尸 (BMKS), four-corner 74127, composition )

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 146, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2313
  • Dae Jaweon: page 330, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 368, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+52A9

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
alternative forms
𦔳
𧴧
𤋰
𠡎

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *zras): phonetic (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa) + semantic (strong arm) – to help with one’s strength.

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • câe̤ - vernacular;
  • cô - literary.
  • Southern Min
  • Wu
  • Xiang

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
    Harbin /ʈ͡ʂu⁵³/
    Tianjin /t͡su⁵³/
    Jinan /ʈ͡ʂu²¹/
    Qingdao /ʈ͡ʂu⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂu³¹²/
    Xi'an /p͡fu⁴⁴/
    Xining /ʈ͡ʂv̩²¹³/
    Yinchuan /t͡su¹³/
    Lanzhou /p͡fu¹³/
    Ürümqi /ʈ͡ʂu²¹³/
    Wuhan /t͡səu³⁵/
    Chengdu /t͡su¹³/
    Guiyang /t͡su²¹³/
    Kunming /t͡su²¹²/
    Nanjing /t͡su⁴⁴/
    Hefei /t͡su⁵³/
    Jin Taiyuan /t͡su⁴⁵/
    Pingyao /t͡sz̩ʷ³⁵/
    Hohhot /t͡su⁵⁵/
    Wu Shanghai /zu²³/
    Suzhou /zəu³¹/
    Hangzhou /d͡zu¹³/
    Wenzhou /zɤu²²/
    Hui Shexian /t͡sʰu²²/
    Tunxi /t͡sʰəu¹¹/
    Xiang Changsha /t͡sʰəu⁵⁵/
    Xiangtan /d͡zəɯ²¹/
    Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰu²¹/
    Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/
    Taoyuan /t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sɔ²²/
    Nanning /t͡sɔ²²/
    Hong Kong /t͡sɔ²²/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡sɔ²²/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡sou²⁴²/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡su⁴⁴/
    Shantou (Teochew) /t͡so³⁵/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /to³³/ 訓佐

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (20)
    Final () (22)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter dzrjoH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /d͡ʒɨʌH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ɖ͡ʐiɔH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /d͡ʒiɔH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ɖ͡ʐɨə̆H/
    Li
    Rong
    /d͡ʒiɔH/
    Wang
    Li
    /d͡ʒĭoH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /ɖ͡ʐʱi̯woH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    zhù
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    zo6
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    zhù
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ dzrjoH ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*[dz]ra-s/
    English help (v.)

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 10457
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*zras/

    Definitions[edit]

    1. to help; to aid; to assist

    Synonyms[edit]

    Antonyms[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Descendants[edit]

    • Thai: ช่วย (chûai)

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    (すけ) (suke

    1. assistance

    Prefix[edit]

    (じょ) (jo-

    1. help
    2. assistant

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    (eumhun 도울 (doul jo))

    1. Hanja form? of (help).

    Compounds[edit]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    : Hán Nôm readings: trợ, rợ, chợ, chữa, đợ

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