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, 篫, 𥯹, 𥰺, 𥳎, 𣽆

References

• KangXi: page 883, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26002
• Dae Jaweon: page 1312, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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) and phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tuɡ, *duɡ): phonetic 竹 (OC *tuɡ, “bamboo”) + 𢀜 (“to hold”).

Also simplified from 築 (elimination of 木).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		筑
alternative forms		𥬑 𥬶 𥬾

“Guiyang”

Short for 貴筑／贵筑, the former name of Guiyang.

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
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ
    • Wade–Giles: chu2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹
    • Yale: jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʈɨuk̚/

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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tuɡ/

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

Definitions

筑

1. (music) an ancient zither-like instrument

   • 至易水之上，既祖，取道，高漸離擊筑，荊軻和而歌，為變徵之聲，士皆垂淚涕泣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     至易水之上，既祖，取道，高渐离击筑，荆轲和而歌，为变征之声，士皆垂泪涕泣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, circa 91 BCE

     Zhì Yì Shuǐ zhīshàng, jì zǔ, qǔ dào, Gāo Jiànlí jí zhú, Jīng Kē hè ér gē, wèi biànzhǐ zhī shēng, shì jiē chuílèi tìqì. [Pinyin (Taiwanese Mandarin)]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. Alternative name for 貴陽／贵阳 (Guìyáng, “Guiyang”).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		筑
alternative forms		𥬑 𥬶 𥬾 𣽆 𣵸

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ
    • Wade–Giles: chu2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹
    • Yale: jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɖɨuk̚/

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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*duɡ/

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

Definitions

筑

1. Name of a river.

Etymology 3

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

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia 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), B03194

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Japanese

Kanji

筑

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ちく (chiku)

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Korean

Hanja

筑 (eum 축 (chuk))

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Vietnamese

Han character

筑: Hán Nôm readings: trúc

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