楮

楮 U+696E, 楮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-696E ← 業 [U+696D] CJK Unified Ideographs 楯 → [U+696F]

Translingual

Han character

楮 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 木十大日 (DJKA), four-corner 4496₀, composition ⿰木者)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 541, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15172
• Dae Jaweon: page 928, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1223, character 9
• Unihan data for U+696E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		楮
alternative forms		柠

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
觰	*rtaːʔ, *rtaː
諸	*tjaː, *tja
者	*tjaːʔ
堵	*tjaːʔ, *taːʔ
赭	*tjaːʔ
撦	*l̥ʰjaːʔ
扯	*tʰjaːʔ
闍	*djaː, *taː
奢	*hljaː
鍺	*toːlʔ
都	*taː
醏	*taː
覩	*taːʔ
睹	*taːʔ
暏	*taːʔ
賭	*taːʔ
帾	*taːʔ
楮	*taːʔ, *tʰaʔ
屠	*daː, *da
瘏	*daː
廜	*daː
鷵	*daː
緒	*ljaʔ
豬	*ta
猪	*ta
瀦	*ta
藸	*ta, *da
櫫	*ta
褚	*taʔ, *tʰaʔ
著	*taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ
箸	*tas, *das
儲	*da
躇	*da
櫧	*tja
藷	*tja, *djas
蠩	*tja
煮	*tjaʔ
渚	*tjaʔ
煑	*tjaʔ
陼	*tjaʔ
翥	*tjas
署	*djas
薯	*djas
曙	*djas
書	*hlja
暑	*hjaʔ
鐯	*taɡ
擆	*taɡ
櫡	*taɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǔ (chu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu³
    • Yale: chǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuu
    • Palladius: чу (ču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cyu⁵
    • Yale: chyúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjoX, tuX

Rime
Character	楮	楮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	丑吕切	當古切
Baxter	trhjoX	tuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰɨʌX/	/tuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiɔX/	/tuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiɔX/	/toX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰɨə̆X/	/tɔX/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiɔX/	/toX/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭoX/	/tuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯woX/	/tuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chǔ	dǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyu2	dou2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*taːʔ/, /*tʰaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	楮	楮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16977	16993
Phonetic component	者	者
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	覩
Old Chinese	/*taːʔ/	/*tʰaʔ/

Definitions

楮

1. paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

   Synonyms: 構 / 构 (gòu), 榖 (gǔ)

2. paper

Compounds

• 亂言片楮 / 乱言片楮
• 寸楮
• 楮先生 (chǔxiānshēng)
• 楮券
• 楮幣 / 楮币
• 楮敬
• 楮知白
• 楮紙 / 楮纸 (chǔzhǐ)
• 楮葉 / 楮叶
• 楮錢 / 楮钱 (chǔqián)
• 楮鏹 / 楮镪
• 楮墨
• 片楮
• 用代楮敬
• 筆楮難窮 / 笔楮难穷
• 簡策楮墨 / 简策楮墨
• 莫辨楮葉 / 莫辨楮叶

Japanese

Kanji

楮

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. paper mulberry

Readings

• Go-on: ちょ (cho)^{←ちよ (tyo, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょ (cho)^{←ちよ (tyo, historical)}
• Kun: かぞ (kazo, 楮)、こうぞ (kōzo, 楮)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
楮
こうぞ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

/kamiso/ → /*kaũzo/ → /kauzo/ → /kɔːzo/ → /koːzo/

A shift from 紙(かみ)麻(そ) (kamiso), a compound of 紙(かみ) (kami, “paper”) + 麻(そ) (-so, “hemp; fiber”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーぞ [kòózó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːzo̞]

Noun

楮(こうぞ) or 楮(コウゾ) • (kōzo) ^{←かうぞ (kauzo)?}

1. Japanese paper mulberry, Broussonetia × kazinoki

   Synonym: 栲 (taku)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as コウゾ (kōzo).

Derived terms

• 楮(こうぞ)紙(がみ) (kōzogami)
• 蔓(ツル)楮(コウゾ) (tsurukōzo)
• 姫(ヒメ)楮(コウゾ) (himekōzo)

References

• “^▲楮”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

楮 (eum 저 (jeo))

1. paper mulberry (닥나무, 꾸지나무)
2. paper
3. paper money

Synonyms

• (paper mulberry): 構
• (paper mulberry): 榖

Vietnamese

Han character

楮: Hán Nôm readings: dó

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