株

Translingual

Han character

株 (radical 75 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木竹十木 (DHJD), four-corner 4599₀, composition ⿰木朱)

1. measure word (numerary adjunct) for trees
2. root

References

• KangXi: page 523, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14723
• Dae Jaweon: page 911, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1199, character 10
• Unihan data for U+682A

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		株

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhū (zhu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹
• Min Nan (POJ): tu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ
    • Wade-Giles: chu¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ju
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu¹
    • Yale: jyū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tu
    • Tâi-lô: tu
    • IPA (Taipei): /tu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tu³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (株, reconstructed)
Character (株), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 知 (9) Final: 虞 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 陟輸切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʈɨo/	/ȶi̯u/	/ȶio/	/ʈio/	/ʈuə̆/	/ȶĭu/	/ȶio/

Old Chinese pronunciation (株, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
株								zhū								‹ trju ›								/*tro/								tree root, stem
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
株					17557					朱					侯					0					株					/*to/					朱轉註字

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Japanese

Kanji

株

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: ちゅう (chū)
• Kan’on: ちゅう (chū)
• Kan’yōon: しゅ (shu)
• Kun: かぶ (kabu)

Kanji in this term

株

かぶ Grade: 6

kun'yomi

Noun

株 (hiragana かぶ, romaji kabu)

1. stock (in a company)
2. share(s) of stock
3. stump of a tree

Suffix

株 (hiragana かぶ, romaji -kabu)

1. Abbreviation for 株式会社 (かぶしきかいしゃ, kabushiki kaisha, “stock company”); inc.

Coordinate terms

• 社 (しゃ, sha, “co.”)
• 有 (ゆう, yū, “Ltd.”)

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Korean

Hanja

株 (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune-Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

株 (chu, chò, châu)

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