筑

See also: 築

筑 U+7B51, 筑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B51 ← 筐 [U+7B50] CJK Unified Ideographs 筒 → [U+7B52]

Translingual

Han character

筑 (radical 118 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹一竹弓 (HMHN) or 竹一弓十 (HMNJ), four-corner 8811₇, composition ⿱𥫗巩)

Derived characters

• 築

References

• KangXi: page 883, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26002
• Dae Jaweon: page 1312, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2963, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7B51

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Chinese

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 竹 (“bamboo”) + 巩 (“work”) – building by working with bamboo.

Also from Simplified from 築 (elimination of 木) (by elimination of 木).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		筑
alt. forms		𣽆 𥬑 𥬶 𥬾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhù, zhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ, ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ
    • Wade-Giles: chu²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹
    • Yale: jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɖɨuk̚/, /ʈɨuk̚/▼

Rime
Character	筑	筑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直六切	張六切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuk̚/	/ʈɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuk̚/	/ʈiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiuk̚/	/ȶiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwk̚/	/ʈuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ȡiuk̚/	/ȶiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ȡĭuk̚/	/ȶĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯uk̚/	/ȶi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhú	zhu

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*tuɡ/, /*duɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	筑	筑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17590	17593
Phonetic component	竹	竹
Rime group	覺	覺
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	竹	逐
Old Chinese	/*tuɡ/	/*duɡ/
Notes		漢縣

Definitions

筑

1. (music) an ancient zither-like instrument
2. Guiyang

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 筑 – see 築 (“to build”). (This character, 筑, is the simplified form of 築.)

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

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)

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Japanese

Kanji

筑

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ちく (chiku)
• Kun: ひろう (hirou)

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Korean

Hanja

筑 • (chuk) (hangeul 축, revised chuk, McCune-Reischauer ch'uk, Yale chwuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: trúc

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