注

See also: 註

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tjos): semantic 氵 + phonetic 主 ‎(OC *tjoʔ)

Han character

注 (radical 85 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水卜土 (EYG), four-corner 3011₄, composition ⿰氵主)

References

• KangXi: page 618, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17316
• Dae Jaweon: page 1013, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1592, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6CE8

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Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		注

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhù (zhu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chu
• Min Nan (POJ): chù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu³
    • Yale: jyu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chu
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu⁴
    • IPA: /t͡su⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chù
    • Tâi-lô: tsù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zux
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕɨo^H/▼

Rime
Character	注
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	之戍切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕioH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuə̆H/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕioH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhù

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*tro(ʔ)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjos/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	注
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhù
Middle Chinese	‹ trjuH ›
Old Chinese	/*tro(ʔ)-s/
English	to conduct water
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	注
Reading #	1/1
No.	17622
Phonetic component	主
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	注
Old Chinese	/*tjos/

Verb

注

1. to pour into, to fill

   注射  ―  zhùshè  ―  injection

   注入  ―  zhùrù  ―  to pour into

2. to concentrate, to pay attention

   注視 / 注视  ―  zhùshì  ―  to look attentively

   專注 / 专注  ―  zhuānzhù  ―  to concentrate completely

   注意  ―  zhùyì  ―  to pay attention

Noun

注

1. (gambling) stake

   賭注 / 赌注  ―  dǔzhù  ―  stake

Classifier

注

1. measure word for sums of money, business deals

Compounds

• 轉注／转注 (zhuǎnzhù)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 注 – see 註. (This character, 注, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 註.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

References

• 注 in CEDICT on MDBG

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Japanese

Kanji

注

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. to pour

Readings

• Goon: す (su) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: しゅ (shu) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’yōon: ちゅう (chū)
• Kun: そそぐ (sosogu)

Compounds

• 脚注 (きゃくちゅう) ‎(kyakuchū): footnote
• 注解 (ちゅうかい) ‎(chūkai)
• 注釈 (ちゅうしゃく) ‎(chūshaku)
• 注文 (ちゅうもん) ‎(chūmon)
• 注意 (ちゅうい) ‎(chūi)
• 注射 (ちゅうしゃ) ‎(chūsha)

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Korean

Hanja

注 • ‎(ju) (hangeul 주, McCune-Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: chú

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