羜

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *daʔ) : semantic 羊 (“sheep”) + phonetic 宁 (OC *da, *daʔ)

Han character

羜 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿手十一弓 (TQJMN), four-corner 8352₁, composition ⿰羊宁)

1. lamb

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 952, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28467
• Dae Jaweon: page 1395, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3131, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7F9C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		羜

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
貯	*taʔ
詝	*taʔ
柠	*tʰaʔ
宁	*da, *daʔ
佇	*daʔ
竚	*daʔ
苧	*daʔ
紵	*daʔ
羜	*daʔ
眝	*daʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhù (zhu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhù
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴
    • Yale: jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cyu⁵
    • Yale: chyúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: drjoX

Rime
Character	羜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直吕切
Baxter	drjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ȡiɔX/
Wang Li	/ȡĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*daʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	羜
Reading #	1/1
No.	17637
Phonetic component	宁
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*daʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 羜

1. ^† five-month-old lamb

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Japanese

Kanji

羜

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. lamb

Readings

• On (unclassified): ちょ (cho), じょ (jo), しょ (sho)
• Kun: こひつじ (kohitsuji)

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Korean

Hanja

羜 • (jeo) (hangeul 저, revised jeo, McCune–Reischauer chŏ, Yale ce)

1. 새끼 양: lamb, lambkin