珠

珠	U+73E0, 珠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73E0

Translingual

Stroke order
Japan

Stroke order
Japan

Han character

珠 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一土竹十木 (MGHJD), four-corner 1519₀, composition ⿰𤣩朱)

Derived characters

𠺾, 𢟐, 𨪥, 𮄌, 𫂒

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 730, character 29
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20956
Dae Jaweon: page 1142, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1111, character 7
Unihan data for U+73E0

Chinese

simp. and trad.		珠

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
咮	tu, tus, tos, tjo
株	*to
誅	*to
邾	*to
鼄	*to
跦	*to
袾	to, tʰjo
鴸	to, tjo
蛛	*to
殊	to, djo
趎	*do
珠	*tjo
朱	*tjo
侏	*tjo
絑	*tjo
祩	tjo, tjos
鮢	*tjo
硃	*tjo
姝	*tʰjo
銖	*djo
茱	*djo
洙	*djo
陎	*djo

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjo): semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhū (zhu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chû
Jin (Wiktionary): zu¹
Northern Min (KCR): cṳ́
Eastern Min (BUC): ciŏ / ciŭ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zy¹ / zou¹ / ziu¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chu / chiu

(Teochew, Peng'im): zu¹ / ziu¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhū
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhu
  - Wade–Giles: chu¹
  - Yale: jū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ju
  - Palladius: чжу (čžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zyu¹
  - Yale: jyū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ju¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chû
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su²⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zu¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡su¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cṳ́
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ciŏ / ciŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suo⁵⁵/, /t͡sieu⁵⁵/

Note:

ciŏ - literary;
ciŭ - colloquial (usually written as 睭).

Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zy¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy⁵³³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔu⁵³³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ziu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siu⁵³³/

Note:

zy1 - literary;
zou1 - colloquial;
ziu1 - colloquial (used in 目珠).

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu / chiu
  - Tâi-lô: tsu / tsiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zw, ciw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁴⁴/, /t͡siu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su³³/, /t͡siu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/, /t͡siu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁴⁴/, /t͡siu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴/, /t͡siu⁴⁴/

Note:

chu - literary;
chiu - colloquial (usually written as 睭).

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: zu¹ / ziu¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsu / tsiu
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³³/, /t͡siu³³/

Note:

zu1 - literary;
ziu1 - colloquial (usually written as 睭).

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsy
  - MiniDict: tsy^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵³/

Middle Chinese: tsyu

Rime
Character	珠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	章俱切
Baxter	tsyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕio/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕio/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tjo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	珠
Reading #	1/1
No.	17568
Phonetic component	朱
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	朱
Old Chinese	/*tjo/

Definitions

珠

pearl (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆／颗 m)
pearl-like object; bead (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆／颗 m)

Compounds

References

“珠”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “珠”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 314.

Japanese

Kanji

珠

(Jōyō kanji)

pearl, gem, jewel

Readings

Go-on: す (su)
Kan-on: しゅ (shu, Jōyō)
Kun: たま (tama, 珠)

Compounds

耳珠(じじゅ) (jiju): tragus
真珠(しんじゅ) (shinju): pearl

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 珠 (MC tsyu).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	쥬ᇰ (Yale: cyù)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
Text	*Gloss (hun)*	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527	구슬〮 (Yale: kwùsúl)	쥬 (Yale: cyù)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕu]
Phonetic hangul: [주]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

珠

Wikisource

珠 (eumhun 구슬 주 (guseul ju))

pearl, gem, jewel
bead

Compounds

珠板 (주판, jupan)

Vietnamese

Han character

珠: Hán Nôm readings: châu, thậm, chau

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