株

株 U+682A, 株 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-682A ← 栩 [U+6829] CJK Unified Ideographs 栫 → [U+682B]

Translingual

Han character

株 (radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木竹十木 (DHJD), four-corner 4599₀, composition ⿰木朱)

References

• KangXi: page 523, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14723
• Dae Jaweon: page 911, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1199, character 10
• Unihan data for U+682A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		株

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (朱) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
咮	*tu, *tus, *tos, *tjo
株	*to
誅	*to
邾	*to
鼄	*to
跦	*to
袾	*to, *tʰjo
鴸	*to, *tjo
蛛	*to
殊	*to, *djo
趎	*do
珠	*tjo
朱	*tjo
侏	*tjo
絑	*tjo
祩	*tjo, *tjos
鮢	*tjo
硃	*tjo
姝	*tʰjo
銖	*djo
茱	*djo
洙	*djo
陎	*djo

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *to): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhū (zhu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chu / ti / tu / lu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ju
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu¹
    • Yale: jyū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
    • Tâi-lô: tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti
    • Tâi-lô: ti
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dy
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /ti⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tu
    • Tâi-lô: tu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tu⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lu
    • Tâi-lô: lu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lw
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lu⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʈɨo/▼

Rime
Character	株
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	陟輸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈio/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuə̆/
Li Rong	/ȶio/
Wang Li	/ȶĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhū

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tro/

  (Zhengzhang): /*to/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	株
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhū
Middle Chinese	‹ trju ›
Old Chinese	/*tro/
English	tree root, stem
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	株
Reading #	1/1
No.	17557
Phonetic component	朱
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	株
Old Chinese	/*to/
Notes	朱轉註字

Definitions

株

1. tree stump

   守株待兔  ―  shǒuzhūdàitù  ―  Literally: “to watch a tree stump waiting for a rabbit”.

2. Classifier for trees, similar to 棵.
3. Classifier for viruses.
4. root

Compounds

• 伏櫪守株／伏枥守株
• 分株繁殖
• 劣株
• 守株伺兔
• 守株待兔 (shǒuzhūdàitù)
• 幼株
• 朽株枯木
• 杜門株守／杜门株守

• 枯木朽株
• 株塊／株块
• 株守 (zhūshǒu)
• 株式會社／株式会社 (zhūshì huìshè)
• 株戮
• 株林
• 株距 (zhūjù)
• 株送徒

• 株連／株连 (zhūlián)
• 根株
• 植株
• 病株
• 雄株
• 雌雄同株
• 雌雄異株／雌雄异株

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Japanese

Kanji

株

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ちゅう (chū)
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)
• Kan’yō-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kun: かぶ (kabu, 株, Jōyō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
株
かぶ Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) かぶ [kàbú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠bɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

株 (hiragana かぶ, rōmaji kabu)

1. stump of a tree
2. stock (in a company)
3. share(s) of stock

Suffix

株 (hiragana かぶ, rōmaji -kabu)

1. Abbreviation for 株式会社 (かぶしきがいしゃ) (kabushiki gaisha, “stock company”); inc.

Coordinate terms

• 社 (しゃ) (sha): co.
• 有 (ゆう) (yū): Ltd.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
株
しゅ Grade: 6
kan’yōon

From Middle Chinese 株 (trju).

Pronunciation

• Kan’yōyomi
  • (Tokyo) しゅ​ [shúꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝ]

Noun

株 (hiragana しゅ, rōmaji shu)

1. stump of a tree

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 岩 (がん)株 (しゅ) (ganshu)
• 雌 (し)雄 (ゆう)異 (い)株 (しゅ) (shiyūishu)
• 雌 (し)雄 (ゆう)同 (どう)株 (しゅ) (shiyūdōshu)
• 雌 (し)雄 (ゆう)別 (べっ)株 (しゅ) (shiyūbesshu)
• 守 (しゅ)株 (しゅ) (shushu)
• 株 (しゅ)を削 (けず)り根 (ね)を掘 (ほ)る (shu o kezuri ne o horu)

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Korean

Hanja

株 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

株 (chò, châu, chu)

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