竺

Translingual

Han character

竺 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹一一 (HMM), four-corner 8810₁, composition ⿱𥫗二)

Derived characters

• 𬵚

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 877, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25842
• Dae Jaweon: page 1306, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2947, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7AFA

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Chinese

trad.		竺
simp. #		竺

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
竺	*tuːɡ, *tuːɡ, *tuɡ
篤	*tuːɡ
竹	*tuɡ
筑	*tuɡ, *duɡ
築	*tuɡ
茿	*tuɡ

Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tuːɡ, *tuːɡ, *tuɡ) : phonetic 𥫗 (OC *tuɡ) + semantic 二 ― thick.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǔ (du³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tu³
    • Yale: dǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duu
    • Palladius: ду (du)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: duk¹
    • Yale: dūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tuwk, towk

Rime
Character	竺	竺
Reading #	1/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)	沃 (6)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	丁木切	冬毒切
Baxter	tuwk	towk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuk̚/	/tuok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tuk̚/	/tuok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tuk̚/	/tok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/təwk̚/	/tawk̚/
Li Rong	/tuk̚/	/tok̚/
Wang Li	/tuk̚/	/tuok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/tuk̚/	/tuok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	du	du
Expected Cantonese Reflex	duk1	duk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tuːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	竺	竺
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	17585	17586
Phonetic component	竹	竹
Rime group	屋	覺
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	𣫔	篤
Old Chinese	/*tuːɡ/	/*tuːɡ/
Notes		後作篤

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 竺

1. ^† Original form of 篤／笃 (dǔ, “thick; sincere; serious”).
2. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 毒 (dú, “to loathe; to detest”).
3. (historical) An ancient placename.

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 竺

1. ^† bamboo
2. Short for 天竺 (Tiānzhú, “India”).
3. (by extension) relating to India or Buddhism; Buddhist
4. Name of a mountain in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.
5. (historical, music) Name of an ancient musical instrument.
6. commonly adopted by early Buddhist monks.

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Japanese

Kanji

竺

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. bamboo

Readings

• On (unclassified): とく (toku); ちく (chiku); じく (jiku)
• Kun: あつい (atsui, 竺い); たけ (take, 竺)
• Nanori: あつし (atsushi)

Proper noun

竺(あつし) or 竺(proper) • (atsushi or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|あつし]]

1. a male given name

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Korean

Hanja

竺 • (chuk, dok) (hangeul 축, 독, revised chuk, dok, McCune–Reischauer ch'uk, tok, Yale chwuk, tok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

竺 (trúc)

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