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)

bind, control, restrain
bale, bundle

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
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

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 (POJ): sok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - 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/

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

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Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Goon: そく (soku)
Kan’on: しょく (shoku)
Kun: たば (taba), たばねる (束ねる, tabaneru), つか (tsuka), つかねる (束ねる, tsukaneru)

Compounds[edit]

結束 (けっそく) (kessoku): union, unity
拘束 (こうそく) (kōsoku): restriction, restraint
装束 (しょうぞく) (shōzoku): costume, attire
束帯 (そくたい) (sokutai): old ceremonial court dress
束 (そく)に立 (た)つ (soku ni tatsu)
束縛 (そくばく) (sokubaku): restraint, shackles
束髪 (そくはつ) (sokuhatsu): bundling one's hair, or the hair so bundled; a pompadour-like traditional Japanese hairstyle for women
電束 (でんそく) (densoku): electric flux
波束 (はそく) (hasoku): wave packet
約束 (やくそく) (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

それは一束十円 (ひとたばじゅうえん)の値段 (ねだん)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)い手紙 (てがみ)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]

札束 (さつたば) (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
花束 (はなたば) (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) lattice

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
↑ ^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 978-4-14-011112-3

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 4-385-13905-9

[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 978-4-14-011112-3

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References[edit]

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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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