侏

Translingual

Han character

侏 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人竹十木 (OHJD), four-corner 2529₀, composition ⿰亻朱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 102, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 592
• Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 148, character 9
• Unihan data for U+4F8F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		侏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (朱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
咮	*tu, *tus, *tos, *tjo
株	*to
誅	*to
邾	*to
鼄	*to
跦	*to
袾	*to, *tʰjo
鴸	*to, *tjo
蛛	*to
殊	*to, *djo
趎	*do
珠	*tjo
朱	*tjo
侏	*tjo
絑	*tjo
祩	*tjo, *tjos
鮢	*tjo
硃	*tjo
姝	*tʰjo
銖	*djo
茱	*djo
洙	*djo
陎	*djo

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjo) : semantic 人 (“human”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhū (zhu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhu
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹
    • Yale: jū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ju
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zyu¹
    • Yale: jyū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
    • Tâi-lô: tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyu

Rime
Character	侏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	章俱切
Baxter	tsyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕio/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕio/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*to/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjo/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	侏
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhū
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyu ›
Old Chinese	/*to/
English	侏儒 zhūrú "dwarf"
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	侏
Reading #	1/1
No.	17570
Phonetic component	朱
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	朱
Old Chinese	/*tjo/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 侏

1. Used in 侏儒 (zhūrú).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōu (zhou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhou
    • Wade–Giles: chou¹
    • Yale: jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jou
    • Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 侏

1. Used in 侏張／侏张.

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Japanese

Kanji

侏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kun: あざむく (azamuku, 侏く); みじかい (mijikai, 侏い)

Compounds

Compound

• 侏儒(しゅじゅ) (shuju, “dwarf”)
• 侏離(しゅり) (shuri)
• 侏儒舞(ひきひとまい) (hikihitomai)

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Korean

Hanja

侏 (eum 주 (ju))

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Vietnamese

Han character

侏: Hán Nôm readings: thù

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References

• Nom Foundation