術

See also: 术

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɦljud): 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) or 竹人戈木弓 (HOIDN), four-corner 2190₄, composition ⿴行术 (G) or ⿴行朮 (JK))

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

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
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sut
    • IPA (Taipei): /sut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sut̚¹²¹/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 術
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʂu⁵³/
	Tianjin	/su⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʂu²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʃu⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂu⁴²/
	Xi'an	/fu²⁴/
	Xining	/fv̩⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ʂu¹³/
	Lanzhou	/fu⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/ɕy²¹³/
	Chengdu	/su¹³/
	Guiyang	/su²¹/
	Kunming	/ʂu³¹/
	Nanjing	/ʂuʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/ʂuəʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/suəʔ⁵⁴/
	Pingyao	/suʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/suəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/zoʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/zəʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/zz̩ʷəʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/jy²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕyʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/səu⁵/ 技～ /siu¹¹/ 手～
Xiang	Changsha	/ɕy²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/ɕy⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/sɨʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/sut̚⁵/
	Taoyuan	/sut̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/søt̚²/
	Nanning	/ɬɐt̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/søt̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/sut̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/suʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/sy²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/suk̚⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/tut̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʑiuɪt̚/▼

Rime
Character	術
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	術 (52)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	食聿切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑiuɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑʷit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑjuet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑwit̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiuĕt̚/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭuĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯uĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shú

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*Cə-lut/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljud/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	術
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shù
Middle Chinese	‹ zywit ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə-lut/
English	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	術
Reading #	1/1
No.	11853
Phonetic component	术
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	術
Old Chinese	/*ɦljud/

Noun

術

1. art; skill; technique

   醫術 / 医术  ―  yīshù  ―  the art of healing

2. method; tactics

   權術 / 权术  ―  quánshù  ―  political manoeuvre

Compounds

• 術士／术士
• 術業／术业
• 術語／术语 (shùyǔ)
• 妖術／妖术 (yāoshù)
• 武術／武术 (wǔshù)

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #7864”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji

術

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: じゅつ (jutsu), ずち (zuchi) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: しゅつ (shutsu) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kun: すべ (sube) (non-Jōyō reading), ばけ (bake) (non-Jōyō reading)

Compounds

Compounds

馬術 (ばじゅつ) ‎(bajutsu): horseback riding, equestrianism 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) ‎(kenbō jussū): 幻術 (げんじゅつ) ‎(genjutsu): illusion, sleight of hand, magic tricks 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):

Kanji in this term
術
じゅつ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) じゅつ​ [jùtsúꜜ] (Odaka - [2])
• (Tokyo) じゅ​つ [júꜜtsù] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɯᵝt͡sɯᵝ]

Noun

術 ‎(hiragana じゅつ, romaji jutsu)

1. technique
2. art
3. way, means

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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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