冑

See also: 胄

Translingual

Han character

冑 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中田月 (LWB) or 難中田月 (XLWB), four-corner 5022₇, composition ⿱由冃)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 129, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1537
• Dae Jaweon: page 291, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2059, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5191

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Chinese

trad.		冑
simp.		胄*
alternative forms		𩊄 䩜

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
袖	*ljɯwɢs
岫	*ljɯwɢs
牰	*ljɯwɢs, *lɯwɢs
抽	*l̥ʰɯw
妯	*l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ
紬	*l'ɯw
怞	*l'ɯw
鮋	*l'ɯw, *ɦljɯw, *lɯw
菗	*rlɯw
宙	*l'ɯwɢs
胄	*l'ɯwɢs
冑	*l'ɯwɢs
伷	*l'ɯwɢs
駎	*l'ɯwɢs
油	*lɯw, *lɯwɢs
由	*lɯw
蚰	*lɯw
秞	*lɯw
邮	*lɯw
釉	*lɯwɢs
柚	*lɯwɢs, *l'ɯwɢ
鼬	*lɯwɢs
苖	*l'ɯːwɢ, *l̥ʰɯwɢ
笛	*l'ɯːwɢ
迪	*l'ɯːwɢ
頔	*l'ɯːwɢ
軸	*l'ɯwɢ
舳	*l'ɯwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòu (zhou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòu
    • Wade–Giles: chou⁴
    • Yale: jòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
    • Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zau⁶
    • Yale: jauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiū
    • Tâi-lô: tiū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiu³³/

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• Middle Chinese: drjuwH

Rime
Character	冑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直祐切
Baxter	drjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwH/
Li Rong	/ȡiuH/
Wang Li	/ȡĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l]ru-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯwɢs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	冑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhòu
Middle Chinese	‹ drjuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*[l]ru-s/
English	helmet
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	冑
Reading #	1/1
No.	15521
Phonetic component	由
Rime group	奧
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	胄
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯwɢs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 冑

1. helmet worn by warriors in ancient times

See also

• (not to be confused with) 胄 (zhòu, “descendant”)

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Japanese

Kanji

冑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. helmet

Readings

• On (unclassified): ちゅう (chū)
• Kun: かぶと (kabuto); よろい (yoroi)

Noun

冑(かぶと) • (kabuto) 

1. Alternative form of 兜

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Korean

Hanja

冑 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu)

1. (투구 주, tugu-): helmet (especially, made of iron)

Usage notes

• 胄 (맏아들 주, mad-adeul ju) eldest son, heir (hence, similar but after all different from this entry, 冑)

Synonyms

• 兜 (두, du)

Compounds

• 甲冑 (갑주, gapju) armor and helmet

See also

• 甲 (갑, gap) armor