桕

桕 U+6855, 桕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6855 ← 桔 [U+6854] CJK Unified Ideographs 桖 → [U+6856]

Translingual

Han character

桕 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木竹難 (DHX), composition ⿰木臼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 526, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14778
• Dae Jaweon: page 915, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1200, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6855

Chinese

simp. and trad.		桕

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
臼	*ɡuʔ
齨	*ɡuʔ
桕	*ɡuʔ
舅	*ɡuʔ
舊	*ɡʷɯs
匶	*ɡʷɯs
閰	*kuɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiù (jiu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiòu
    • Wade–Giles: chiu⁴
    • Yale: jyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow
    • Palladius: цзю (czju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau⁵
    • Yale: káuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯¹³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	桕
Reading #	1/1
No.	6979
Phonetic component	臼
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	舅
Old Chinese	/*ɡuʔ/
Notes	集韻𣓌後起字（手冊誤列舅後未加説明）

Definitions

桕

1. tallow tree

Compounds

• 烏桕／乌桕 (wūjiù)

 

Japanese

Kanji

桕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: ぶな (buna)

Vietnamese

Han character

桕: Hán Nôm readings: cữu

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References

• Nom Foundation