杼

杼 U+677C, 杼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-677C ← 杻 [U+677B] CJK Unified Ideographs 杽 → [U+677D]

Translingual

Han character

杼 (radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木弓戈弓 (DNIN) or X木弓戈弓 (XDNIN), four-corner 4792₂, composition ⿰木予)

References

• KangXi: page 514, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14513
• Dae Jaweon: page 901, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1176, character 4
• Unihan data for U+677C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		杼

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (予) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
野	*laːʔ, *ɦljaʔ
壄	*laːʔ
序	*ljaʔ
抒	*ljaʔ, *hlja, *ɦljaʔ
芧	*l'aʔ
杼	*l'aʔ, *ɦljaʔ
墅	*ɦljaːʔ
舒	*hlja
紓	*hlja, *ɦljaʔ
妤	*la
伃	*la
予	*la, *laʔ
預	*las
忬	*las
豫	*las
蕷	*las
澦	*las

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhù, shù (zhu⁴, shu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ, ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyu⁵
    • Yale: chyúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɖɨʌ^X/, /ʑɨʌ^X/▼

Rime
Character	杼	杼
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直吕切	神與切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨʌX/	/ʑɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiɔX/	/ʑiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɔX/	/ʑiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖɨə̆X/	/ʑɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ȡiɔX/	/d͡ʑiɔX/
Wang Li	/ȡĭoX/	/d͡ʑĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯woX/	/d͡ʑʰi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhù	shù

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'aʔ/, /*ɦljaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	杼	杼
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15727	15735
Phonetic component	予	予
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		紓
Old Chinese	/*l'aʔ/	/*ɦljaʔ/

Definitions

杼

1. shuttle of a loom

   • 昔孟母，擇鄰處，子不學，斷機杼。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     昔孟母，择邻处，子不学，断机杼。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Three Character Classic, circa 13^th century CE

     Xī Mèngmǔ, zé lín chù, zǐ bù xué, duàn jīzhù. [Pinyin]

     Of old, the mother of Mencius
     chose a neighbourhood;
     and when her child would not learn,
     she broke the shuttle from the loom.

2. narrow
3. long-headed
4. a scrub oak
5. thin

Compounds

• 別出機杼／别出机杼
• 投杼
• 投杼之惑
• 投杼之疑

• 投杼市虎
• 曾母投杼
• 杼軸／杼轴
• 杼軸其空／杼轴其空

• 機杼／机杼
• 機杼一家／机杼一家
• 獨出機杼／独出机杼
• 自出機杼／自出机杼

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Japanese

Kanji

杼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ちょ (cho), しょ (sho)
• Kun: ひ (hi), どんぐり (donguri)

Noun

杼 (hiragana ひ, rōmaji hi)

1. Alternative form of 梭

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Korean

Hanja

杼 • (jeo) (hangeul 저, revised jeo, McCune–Reischauer chŏ, Yale ce)

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Vietnamese

Han character

杼: Hán Việt readings: trữ

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References

• Nom Foundation