樗

See also: 㯉 and 樺

樗 U+6A17, 樗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A17 ← 樖 [U+6A16] CJK Unified Ideographs 樘 → [U+6A18]

Translingual

Han character

樗 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+11, 15 strokes, Cangjie input 木一月尸 (DMBS), four-corner 4192₇, composition ⿰木雩)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 550, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15438
• Dae Jaweon: page 938, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1278, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6A17

Chinese

trad.		樗
simp. #		樗

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠	*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩	*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁	*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	*qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰʷl'a): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 雩 (OC *qʰʷla, *ɢʷla).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chū, shū

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ, ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chū
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹
    • Yale: chū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chu
    • Palladius: чу (ču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shu
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹
    • Yale: shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu
    • Palladius: шу (šu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: syu¹
    • Yale: syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjo

Rime
Character	樗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑居切
Baxter	trhjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiɔ/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷl'a/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	樗
Reading #	1/1
No.	15689
Phonetic component	于
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	攄
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷl'a/
Notes	原右從虖，集韻或作此同說文， 讀若華

Definitions

樗

1. Alternative term for 臭椿 (chòuchūn, “tree of heaven”).
2. used in 樗蒲 (“an ancient gambling game similar to throwing dice”)

Compounds

• 壽樗 / 寿樗
• 散樗
• 木木樗樗
• 杌樗
• 樗博
• 樗散
• 樗散材
• 樗朽
• 樗朽之材
• 樗材
• 樗村
• 樗櫟 / 樗栎
• 樗櫟庸材 / 樗栎庸材
• 樗櫪 / 樗枥
• 樗社
• 樗翁
• 樗蒲
• 樗蒱
• 樗蠶 / 樗蚕
• 樗醜 / 樗丑
• 樗里
• 樗鉛 / 樗铅
• 樗雞 / 樗鸡
• 櫟樗 / 栎樗
• 莊樗 / 庄樗

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 樗 – see 樺 (“birch”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 樺).

References

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “樗”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01813

Japanese

Kanji

樗

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. chinaberry (Melia azedarach)

Readings

• On (unclassified): ちょ (cho)
• Kun: おうち (ōchi, 樗)^{←あふち (afuti, あふち, historical)}、おおち (ōchi, 樗)、ぶな (buna)

Noun

Kanji in this term
樗
おうち Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 樗 – see the following entry.

【楝おうち】H [noun] synonym of 栴檀 (sendan, “bead tree, Melia azedarach”)

(This term, 樗, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “^▲樗”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

樗 (eumhun 가죽나무/저포 저 (gajungnamu/jeopo jeo))

1. tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
2. worthless thing
3. (board games) ancient board game similar to dice

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
樗

Hán Nôm

樗: Hán Việt readings: xư, hu
樗: Nôm readings: vụ

1. chữ Hán form of xư (“tree of heaven”)
2. chữ Nôm form of vụ (“spinning top”)

References

• Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation [Hội Bảo Tồn Di Sản Chữ Nôm] (since 1999), “樗”, in Nomfoundation.org‎^[2] (in English)