柷

Translingual

Han character

柷 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木口竹山 (DRHU), four-corner 4691₀, composition ⿰木兄)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 521, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14667
• Dae Jaweon: page 909, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1183, character 6
• Unihan data for U+67F7

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		柷

柷

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 柷
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
祝	*tjuɡs, *tjuɡ
呪	*tjus
咒	*tjus
柷	*tjuɡ, *tʰjuɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chù, zhù (chu⁴, zhu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˋ, ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu⁴
    • Yale: chù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuh
    • Palladius: чу (ču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhù
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴
    • Yale: jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zuk¹
    • Yale: jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhuwk, tsyuwk

Rime
Character	柷	柷
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	昌六切	之六切
Baxter	tsyhuwk	tsyuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨuk̚/	/t͡ɕɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiuk̚/	/t͡ɕiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiuk̚/	/t͡ɕiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰuwk̚/	/cuwk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiuk̚/	/t͡ɕiuk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭuk̚/	/t͡ɕĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯uk̚/	/t͡ɕi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chu	zhu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cuk1	zuk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjuɡ/, /*tʰjuɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	柷	柷
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17654	17655
Phonetic component	祝	祝
Rime group	覺	覺
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	粥	俶
Old Chinese	/*tjuɡ/	/*tʰjuɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 柷

1. an ancient percussion instrument made of wood

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

柷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しゅく (shuku)

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Korean

Hanja

柷 (eum 축 (chuk))

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Vietnamese

Han character

柷: Hán Nôm readings: chúc

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