術

See also 术

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 行 + phonetic 朮

In the middle of a road.

Han character

術 (radical 144 行+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹人戈金弓 (HOICN), 竹人戈木弓 (HOIDN), four-corner 2190₄, composition ⿴行术)

1. art, craft, skill, special feat
2. method, technique

References

• KangXi: page 1109, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34046
• Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 826, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8853

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Cantonese

Hanzi

術 (simplified 术, jyutping seot6, Yale seut6)

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Japanese

Kanji

術 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Noun

術 (hiragana じゅつ, romaji jutsu)

1. art
2. way; means

Readings

• On: じゅつ (jutsu)
• Kun: みち (michi), すべ (sube), わざ (waza)

Compounds

馬術 (うまじゅつ, umajutsu): a horseback rider; an equestrian 医術 (いじゅつ, ijutsu) 技術 (ぎじゅつ, gijutsu) 芸術 (げいじゅつ, geijutsu) 権謀術数 (けんぼうじゅっすう, kenbōjussū) 幻術 (げんじゅつ, genjutsu): illusionary techniques 施術 (せじゅつ, sejutsu) 手術 (しゅじゅつ, shujutsu)

祝術 (しゅうじゅつ, shūjutsu): white magic 呪術 (じゅじゅつ, jujutsu): black magic 柔術 (じゅうじゅつ, jūjutsu) 術業 (じゅつぎょう, jutsugyō) 術計 (じゅっけい, jukkei) 術後 (じゅつご, jutsugo) 術語 (じゅつご, jutsugo) 体術 (たいじゅつ, taijutsu): martial arts; unarmed combat

術策 (じゅっさく, jussaku) 術式 (じゅつしき, jutsushiki) 術数 (じゅっすう, jussū) 術知 (じゅつち, jutsuchi) 術中 (じゅつちゅう, jutsuchū) 戦術 (せんじゅつ, senjutsu) 忍術 (にんじゅつ, ninjutsu)

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Korean

Hanja

術 (hangeul 술, revised sul, McCune-Reischauer sul, Yale swul)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

術 (simplified 术, pinyin shù (shu4), Wade-Giles shu⁴)

Noun

術 (traditional, Pinyin shù, simplified 术)

1. art; skill; technique
2. 醫術 the art of healing
3. method; tactics
4. 權術 political manoeuvre

Compounds

• 妖術

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Vietnamese

Han character

術 (thuật)