殂

殂 U+6B82, 殂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B82 ← 殁 [U+6B81] CJK Unified Ideographs 殃 → [U+6B83]

Translingual

Han character

殂 (Kangxi radical 78, 歹+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一弓月一 (MNBM), four-corner 1721₀, composition ⿰歹且)

1. to die

Derived characters

• 𣹖 𮏭

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 579, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16408
• Dae Jaweon: page 971, character 37
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1383, character 16
• Unihan data for U+6B82

Chinese

trad.		殂
simp. #		殂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 殂
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
虘	*zaːl, *zaː
蔖	*zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ
摣	*rnaː, *ʔsraː
袓	*ʔsjaː, *zaʔ
怚	*ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ
罝	*ʔsjaː
謯	*ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ
姐	*ʔsjaːʔ
抯	*ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː
飷	*ʔsjaːʔ
且	*sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa
趄	*sʰjaːs, *sʰa
笡	*sʰjaːs
查	*ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː
柤	*ʔsraː
樝	*ʔsraː
皻	*ʔsraː
渣	*ʔsraː
楂	*zraː
苴	*zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa
駔	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ
租	*ʔsaː
蒩	*ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa
祖	*ʔsaːʔ
組	*ʔsaːʔ
珇	*ʔsaːʔ
靻	*ʔsaːʔ
粗	*sʰaː, *zaːʔ
徂	*zaː
殂	*zaː
麆	*zaːʔ, *zras
伹	*zaːʔ, *sʰa
蛆	*ʔsa, *sʰa
沮	*ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra
咀	*ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ
疽	*sʰa
雎	*sʰa
狙	*sʰa, *sʰas
岨	*sʰa
砠	*sʰa
坥	*sʰa, *sʰas
刞	*sʰas
覰	*sʰas
覷	*sʰas
跙	*zaʔ
筯	*das
菹	*ʔsra
葅	*ʔsra
阻	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
俎	*ʔsraʔ
詛	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
鉏	*zra, *zraʔ
豠	*zra
鋤	*zra
耡	*zra, *zras
齟	*zraʔ
助	*zras

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zaː): semantic 歹 + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cú (cu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): cù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cú
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cú
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu²
    • Yale: tsú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tswu
    • Palladius: цу (cu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cou⁴
    • Yale: chòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzu

Rime
Character	殂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	昨胡切
Baxter	dzu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuo/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zuo/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɔ/
Li Rong	/d͡zo/
Wang Li	/d͡zu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	殂
Reading #	1/1
No.	10406
Phonetic component	且
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	徂
Old Chinese	/*zaː/

Definitions

殂

1. to die
2. (Eastern Min, generally of animals) to die suddenly, to drop dead

Compounds

• 夭殂
• 崩殂 (bēngcú)
• 殂落 (cúluò)
• 殂謝 / 殂谢 (cúxiè)

Japanese

Kanji

殂

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぞ (zo)
• Kan-on: そ (so)
• Kun: しぬ (shinu, 殂ぬ)

Korean

Hanja

殂 (eum 조 (jo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

殂: Hán Nôm readings: tò, tồ, trồ, tùa

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References

• Nom Foundation