術

See also: 术

Translingual

Han character

術 (Kangxi 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 ⿲彳术亍(G) or ⿲彳朮亍(HTJKV))

Derived characters

• 𣻚, 𦸇, 𪨜

Related characters

• 术 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1109, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34046
• Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 826, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8853

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Chinese

trad.		術
simp.		术*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
訹	*slud
怵	*l̥ʰud
朮	*l'ud, *ɦljud
炢	*l'ud
術	*ɦljud
述	*ɦljud
秫	*ɦljud
沭	*ɦljud
蒁	*ɦrud

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɦljud) : semantic 行 + phonetic 朮 (OC *l'ud, *ɦljud).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shù (shu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seot⁶
• Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̆
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): su̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sug⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shù
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴
    • Yale: shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh
    • Palladius: шу (šu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seot⁶
    • Yale: seuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵt̚²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su̍t
    • Tâi-lô: su̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sut
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sut̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sut̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sut̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sug⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: su̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suk̚⁴/

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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 (Hokkien)	/sut̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/suʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/sy²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/suk̚⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/tut̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: zywit

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
Baxter	zywit
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seot6

• 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/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 術

1. art; craft; skill; technique

   醫術／医术  ―  yīshù  ―  the art of healing

2. method; tactics

   權術／权术  ―  quánshù  ―  political manoeuvre

3. Short for 手術／手术 (shǒushù, “surgery”).

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #7864”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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Japanese

Kanji

術

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. art
2. technique
3. skill
4. means
5. trick
6. resources
7. magic

Readings

• Go-on: じゅつ (jutsu, Jōyō)^{←じゆつ (zyutu, historical)}; ずち (zuchi)
• Kan-on: しゅつ (shutsu)^{←しゆつ (syutu, historical)}
• Kun: すべ (sube, 術); ばけ (bake, 術)

Compounds

Compounds

• 馬(ば)術(じゅつ) (bajutsu): horseback riding, equestrianism
• 医(い)術(じゅつ) (ijutsu)
• 技(ぎ)術(じゅつ) (gijutsu)
• 芸(げい)術(じゅつ) (geijutsu)
• 権(けん)謀(ぼう)術(じゅっ)数(すう) (kenbō jussū)
• 幻(げん)術(じゅつ) (genjutsu): illusion, sleight of hand, magic tricks
• 施(せ)術(じゅつ) (sejutsu)
• 手(しゅ)術(じゅつ) (shujutsu)
• 呪(じゅ)術(じゅつ) (jujutsu): black magic
• 柔(じゅう)術(じゅつ) (jūjutsu)
• 術(じゅつ)業(ぎょう) (jutsugyō)
• 術(じゅっ)計(けい) (jukkei)
• 術(じゅつ)後(ご) (jutsugo)
• 術(じゅつ)語(ご) (jutsugo)
• 体(たい)術(じゅつ) (taijutsu): martial arts, unarmed combat
• 術(じゅっ)策(さく) (jussaku)
• 術(じゅつ)式(しき) (jutsushiki)
• 術(じゅっ)数(すう) (jussū)
• 術(じゅつ)知(ち) (jutsuchi)
• 術(じゅつ)中(ちゅう) (jutsuchū)
• 戦(せん)術(じゅつ) (senjutsu)
• 忍(にん)術(じゅつ) (ninjutsu)

Etymology 1

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

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

Noun

術(じゅつ) • (jutsu) 

1. technique
2. art
3. way, means

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
術
すべ Grade: 5
kun'yomi

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

Noun

術(すべ) • (sube) 

1. means, way

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. wits, brains, head
2. trick, trap, ruse, artifice
3. talent, skill, gift, knack

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 術 (thuật)

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