朿

See also: 束

朿 U+673F, 朿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-673F ← 朾 [U+673E] CJK Unified Ideographs 杀 → [U+6740]

Translingual

Han character

朿 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+2, 6 strokes, Cangjie input 木月 (DB), four-corner 5090₂, composition ⿻木冂)

Related characters

• 木, 責

Derived characters

• 拺, 洓, 栜, 䊂, 䟱, 刺, 敇, 棘, 茦, 策, 㭰, 㞖, 㢀, 㾊, 枣, 棗, 䔫

Additional Derived Characters

• 𠲋, 𪥱, 𫸮, 𢓣, 𢙀, 𰖁, 𣨁, 𬊃, 𤕹, 𤤹, 𨒪, 𤯡, 𧙞, 𧊸, 𰀮, 𧧒, 𧻕, 𨋵, 𫐛, 𨦉, 𥢉
• 𭣯, 𭭇, 𤫷, 𧠵, 𪲸, 𪀜, 𠷽, 𩂴, 𠄬, 𬅼, 𪲕, 𧵩, 𬃔, 𧑖, 𣝯, 𢛱, 䔫, 𬝸

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 510, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14441
• Dae Jaweon: page 894, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1153, character 3
• Unihan data for U+673F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		朿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 朿
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
債	*ʔsreːɡs, *ʔsreːɡ
積	*ʔseɡs, *ʔseɡ
刺	*sʰeɡs, *sʰeɡ
莿	*sʰeːɡs, *raːds
㓨	*sʰeɡs
朿	*sʰeɡs
漬	*zeɡs
耫	*zraːd, *zreːɡ
嘖	*ʔsraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ, *zreːɡ
栜	*sreːɡ
梀	*sreːɡ, *sʰloːɡ, *sloːɡ, *l̥ʰoɡ
拺	*sʰreːɡ, *sreːɡ
捒	*sreːɡ, *sroɡs, *sroɡs
幘	*ʔsreːɡ
簀	*ʔsreːɡ
嫧	*ʔsreːɡ, *sʰreːɡ, *sʰeɡ
謮	*ʔsreːɡ
責	*ʔsreːɡ
皟	*sʰreːɡ
憡	*sʰreːɡ
策	*sʰreːɡ
筴	*sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb
拺	*sʰreːɡ, *sreːɡ
賾	*zreːɡ
鰿	*zreːɡ, *ʔseɡ
擌	*sreːɡ
蹟	*ʔseɡ
襀	*ʔseɡ
磧	*sʰeɡ
洓	*sʰeɡ
績	*ʔseːɡ
勣	*ʔseːɡ
樍	*ʔseːɡ

Pictogram (象形) – a tree 木 with thorns.

Alternatively, according to Ji Xusheng (2012), it is a pictogram (象形) depicting a three-pointed spear.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 朿 – see 刺 (“a pointed structure which is able to pierce something; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 刺).

Japanese

Kanji

朿

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: とげ (toge)

Vietnamese

Han character

朿: Hán Việt readings: thứ
朿: Nôm readings: chích, thích, thứ

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