術

See also: 术

§Translingual

§Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 行 + phonetic 朮

In the middle of a road.

§Han character

術 (radical 144 行+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹人戈金弓 (HOICN), 竹人戈木弓 (HOIDN), four-corner 2190₄, composition ⿴行术)

1. art, craft, skill, special feat
2. method, technique

§References

• KangXi: page 1109, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34046
• Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 826, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8853

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§Chinese

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trad.		術
simp.		术

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shù (shu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seot⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): su̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ
    • Wade-Giles: shu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seot⁶
    • Yale: seuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soet⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɵt̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su̍t
    • Tâi-lô: su̍t
    • IPA (Taipei): /sut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sut̚¹²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (術, reconstructed)
Character (術), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 船 (27) Final: 術 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 食聿切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʑiuɪt̚/	/d͡ʑʰi̯uĕt̚/	/d͡ʑiuĕt̚/	/ʑʷit̚/	/ʑwit̚/	/d͡ʑĭuĕt̚/	/ʑjuet̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (術, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
術								shù								‹ zywit ›								/*Cə-lut/								technique
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
術					11853					术					物					2					術					/*ɦljud/

§Noun

術

1. art; skill; technique
2. 醫術 the art of healing
3. method; tactics
4. 權術 political manoeuvre

§Compounds

• 妖術
• 武術

§References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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§Japanese

§Kanji

術

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

§Noun

術 (hiragana じゅつ, romaji jutsu)

1. art
2. way; means

§Readings

• On: じゅつ (jutsu)
• Kun: すべ (sube)

§Compounds

馬術 (うまじゅつ, umajutsu): a horseback rider; an equestrian 医術 (いじゅつ, ijutsu) 技術 (ぎじゅつ, gijutsu) 芸術 (げいじゅつ, geijutsu) 権謀術数 (けんぼうじゅっすう, kenbōjussū) 幻術 (げんじゅつ, genjutsu): illusionary techniques 施術 (せじゅつ, sejutsu) 手術 (しゅじゅつ, shujutsu)

祝術 (しゅうじゅつ, shūjutsu): white magic 呪術 (じゅじゅつ, jujutsu): black magic 柔術 (じゅうじゅつ, jūjutsu) 術業 (じゅつぎょう, jutsugyō) 術計 (じゅっけい, jukkei) 術後 (じゅつご, jutsugo) 術語 (じゅつご, jutsugo) 体術 (たいじゅつ, taijutsu): martial arts; unarmed combat

術策 (じゅっさく, jussaku) 術式 (じゅつしき, jutsushiki) 術数 (じゅっすう, jussū) 術知 (じゅつち, jutsuchi) 術中 (じゅつちゅう, jutsuchū) 戦術 (せんじゅつ, senjutsu) 忍術 (にんじゅつ, ninjutsu)

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§Korean

§Hanja

術 (sul) (hangeul 술, revised sul, McCune-Reischauer sul, Yale swul)

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§Vietnamese

§Han character

術 (thuật)

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