束

束	U+675F, 束 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-675F

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

束 (radical 75, 木+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木中 (DL), four-corner 5090₆, composition ⿻木口)

Derived characters[edit]

速

References[edit]

KangXi: page 512, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14480
Dae Jaweon: page 898, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1158, character 3
Unihan data for U+675F

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		束

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 束
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 (束) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
涑	sloː, sloːɡ, *sloɡ
鏉	sloː, sloːɡs, *srus
摗	*sloː
駷	sloːʔ, sloŋʔ
嗽	sloːɡs, sroːɡ, *sloːɡ
瘶	*sloːɡs
欶	sloːɡs, sroːɡ
漱	sloːɡs, srus
捒	sreːɡ, sroɡs, *sroɡs
悚	*sloŋʔ
竦	*sloŋʔ
娕	*sʰroːɡ
梀	sreːɡ, sʰloːɡ, sloːɡ, l̥ʰoɡ
速	*sloːɡ
餗	*sloːɡ
殐	*sloːɡ
遬	*sloːɡ
蔌	*sloːɡ
樕	*sloːɡ
藗	*sloːɡ
誎	*sʰloɡ
束	*hljoɡ

Ideogram (指事) – bag tied at both ends (earlier forms were often vertically symmetric).

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shù (shu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): suk / sok
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): sok

(Teochew, Peng'im): sog⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ
  - Wade–Giles: shu⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cuk¹
  - Yale: chūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: cug¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: suk / sok
  - Hakka Romanization System: sug` / sog`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sug⁵ / sog⁵
  - IPA: /suk̚²/, /sok̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok
  - Tâi-lô: sok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sog⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sok
  - IPA ^(key): /sok̚²/

Middle Chinese: /ɕɨok̚/▼

Rime
Character	束
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	書玉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕuawk̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiok̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shu

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s-tʰok/

(Zhengzhang): /*hljoɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	束
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shù
Middle Chinese	‹ syowk ›
Old Chinese	/*s-tʰok/
English	bind; bundle
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	束
Reading #	1/1
No.	11893
Phonetic component	束
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	束
Old Chinese	/*hljoɡ/

Definitions[edit]

束

to bind; to tie up
- 束縛 / 束缚 ― shùfù ― to bind; to tie up
to control; to restrain
- 拘束 ― jūshù ― restraint; inhibited; constraint
end
- 結束 / 结束 ― jiéshù ― end
bunch; bundle; bale
Classifier for objects in bunches or bundles, such as bouquets of flowers.
- 一束玫瑰 ― yī shù méiguī ― a bouquet of roses
A surname.

Compounds[edit]

保護管束／保护管束
光束 (guāngshù)
大束 (Dàshù)
局束
拘拘束束
拘束 (jūshù)
拴束 (shuānshù)
收束 (shōushù)
整束
束之高閣／束之高阁 (shùzhīgāogé)
束修
束帛
束帶頂冠／束带顶冠
束手 (shùshǒu)
束手就擒 (shùshǒujiùqín)
束手就縛／束手就缚
束手待斃／束手待毙 (shùshǒu dàibì)
束手旁觀／束手旁观
束手束腳／束手束脚
束手無措／束手无措
束手無策／束手无策 (shùshǒuwúcè)

束髮／束发 (shùfà)
束髮封帛／束发封帛
束髮金冠／束发金冠 (shùfà jīnguān)
案兵束甲
檢束／检束 (jiǎnshù)
無拘無束／无拘无束
無束無拘／无束无拘
筋不束骨
管束 (guǎnshù)
粒米束薪
約束／约束 (yuēshù)
結束／结束 (jiéshù)
結束語／结束语 (jiéshùyǔ)
維管束／维管束 (wéiguǎnshù)
縛束／缚束
羈束／羁束
能束
裝束／装束 (zhuāngshù)
要束
鈐束／钤束

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Go-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
Kan-on: しょく (shoku)
Kun: たば (taba, 束, Jōyō); たばねる (tabaneru, 束ねる); つか (tsuka, 束); つかねる (tsukaneru, 束ねる)

Compounds[edit]

結 (けっ)束 (そく) (kessoku): union, unity
拘 (こう)束 (そく) (kōsoku): restriction, restraint
装 (しょう)束 (ぞく) (shōzoku): costume, attire
束 (そく)帯 (たい) (sokutai): old ceremonial court dress
束 (そく)に立 (た)つ (soku ni tatsu)
束 (そく)縛 (ばく) (sokubaku): restraint, shackles
束 (そく)髪 (はつ) (sokuhatsu): bundling one's hair, or the hair so bundled; a pompadour-like traditional Japanese hairstyle for women
電 (でん)束 (そく) (densoku): electric flux
波 (は)束 (そく) (hasoku): wave packet
約 (やく)束 (そく) (yakusoku): arrangement, convention

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
束
たば Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) たば [táꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
- IPA^(key): [ta̠ba̠]

Alternative forms[edit]

把

Counter[edit]

束 (hiragana たば, rōmaji -taba)

counter for bundles
それは一 (ひと)束 (たば)十 (じゅう)円 (えん)の値 (ね)段 (だん)でした
sore wa hitotaba jū en no nedan deshita
They cost 10 yen a bundle

Noun[edit]

束 (hiragana たば, rōmaji taba)

bundle, bunch, batch, sheaf, coil
彼 (かれ)は古 (ふる)い手 (て)紙 (がみ)を束 (たば)にした
kare wa furui tegami o taba ni shita
He bound old letters into a bundle

Derived terms[edit]

札 (さつ)束 (たば) (satsutaba): wad of bills
束 (たば)になって掛 (か)かる (taba ni natte kakaru): attack all in a bunch
束 (たば)ねる (tabaneru): tie up in a bundle
花 (はな)束 (たば) (hanataba): bunch of flowers

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
束
つか Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) つか [tsùkáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
- IPA^(key): [t͡sɨ̥ᵝka̠]

Noun[edit]

束 (hiragana つか, rōmaji tsuka)

handbreadth, bundle

Derived terms[edit]

束 (つか)の間 (ま) (tsukanoma): brief space of time

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
束
そく Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) そく [sóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [so̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Counter[edit]

束 (hiragana そく, rōmaji -soku)

large bundles

Noun[edit]

束 (hiragana そく, rōmaji soku)

(mathematics, order theory) lattice

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

束 • (sok) (hangeul 속, revised sok, McCune–Reischauer sok, Yale sok)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

束 (thút, súc, thót, thúc, thóc)

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[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 2.0 ^2.1 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Counter[edit]

Noun[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Counter[edit]

Noun[edit]

References[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

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