珠

Translingual

Han character

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

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

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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).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 珠

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

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Japanese

Kanji

珠

(Jōyō kanji)

1. pearl, gem, jewel

Readings

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

Compounds

Compounds

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

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Korean

Hanja

珠 • (ju)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 주 (revised: ju, McCune–Reischauer: chu, Yale: cwu)
  • Name (hangeul): 구슬
    

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Compounds

• 珠板 (주판, jupan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 珠 (châu, thậm, chau)

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