取

Translingual

Han character

取 (radical 29 又+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸十水 (SJE), four-corner 1714₀, composition ⿰耳又)

1. take, receive, obtain
2. select

References

• KangXi: page 166, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3158
• Dae Jaweon: page 377, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 395, character 1
• Unihan data for U+53D6

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		取

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǔ (qu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi²
• Min Nan (POJ): chhú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ü³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheu
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi²
    • Yale: chéui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoei²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰɵy̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhú
    • Tâi-lô: tshú
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (取, reconstructed)
Character (取), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 清 (14) Final: 虞 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 七庾切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡sʰɨoX/	/t͡sʰi̯uX/	/t͡sʰioX/	/t͡sʰioX/	/t͡sʰuə̆X/	/t͡sʰĭuX/	/t͡sʰioX/
Character (取), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 清 (14) Final: 侯 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 蒼苟切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡sʰəuX/	/t͡sʰə̯uX/	/t͡sʰuX/	/t͡sʰəuX/	/t͡sʰəwX/	/t͡sʰəuX/	/t͡sʰəuX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (取, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
取								cǒu								‹ tshuwX ›								/*tsʰˤoʔ/								take
取								qǔ								‹ tshjuX ›								/*tsʰoʔ/								take
取								qù								‹ tshjuH ›								/*[ts]ʰoʔ-s/								take (a wife)
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
取					10626					取					侯					0										/*sʰloːʔ/
取					10656					取					侯					0					取					/*sʰloʔ/

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Japanese

Kanji

取

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. take, fetch, take up

Readings

• Goon: す (su)
• Kan’on: しゅ (shu)
• Kun: とる (toru)

Derived terms

• 取る (とる, toru)

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Korean

Hanja

取 (chwi) (hangeul 취, revised chwi, McCune-Reischauer ch'wi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

取 (thủ, thú)

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