租

See also: 相

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

租 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹木月一 (HDBM), four-corner 2791₀, composition ⿰禾且)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 851, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24988
• Dae Jaweon: page 1275, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2599, character 2
• Unihan data for U+79DF

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		租

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 租
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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 *ʔsaː) : semantic 禾 + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

Land rent was paid in grain.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zū (zu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chû
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cho͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zū
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zu
    • Wade–Giles: tsu¹
    • Yale: dzū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzu
    • Palladius: цзу (czu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zou¹
    • Yale: jōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cho͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsu

Rime
Character	租
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	則吾切
Baxter	tsu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suo/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suo/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡so/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɔ/
Li Rong	/t͡so/
Wang Li	/t͡su/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡suo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zou1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	租
Reading #	1/1
No.	10396
Phonetic component	且
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	租
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 租

1. to rent; to hire; to charter
2. to rent out, to lease
3. rent payment
4. land tax

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

租

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): そ (so, Jōyō)
• Kun: みつぎ (mitsugi, 租)

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Korean

Hanja

租 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 租 (tô, to, tò)

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Readings

• Nôm: to, tô

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999