褚

褚 U+891A, 褚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-891A ← 褙 [U+8919] CJK Unified Ideographs 褛 → [U+891B]

Translingual

Han character

褚 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中十大日 (LJKA), four-corner 3426₄, composition ⿰衤者)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1121, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34457
• Dae Jaweon: page 1589, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3097, character 1
• Unihan data for U+891A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		褚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
觰	*rtaːʔ, *rtaː
諸	*tjaː, *tja
者	*tjaːʔ
堵	*tjaːʔ, *taːʔ
赭	*tjaːʔ
撦	*l̥ʰjaːʔ
扯	*tʰjaːʔ
闍	*djaː, *taː
奢	*hljaː
鍺	*toːlʔ
都	*taː
醏	*taː
覩	*taːʔ
睹	*taːʔ
暏	*taːʔ
賭	*taːʔ
帾	*taːʔ
楮	*taːʔ, *tʰaʔ
屠	*daː, *da
瘏	*daː
廜	*daː
鷵	*daː
緒	*ljaʔ
豬	*ta
猪	*ta
瀦	*ta
藸	*ta, *da
櫫	*ta
褚	*taʔ, *tʰaʔ
著	*taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ
箸	*tas, *das
儲	*da
躇	*da
櫧	*tja
藷	*tja, *djas
蠩	*tja
煮	*tjaʔ
渚	*tjaʔ
煑	*tjaʔ
陼	*tjaʔ
翥	*tjas
署	*djas
薯	*djas
曙	*djas
書	*hlja
暑	*hjaʔ
鐯	*taɡ
擆	*taɡ
櫡	*taɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *taʔ, *tʰaʔ): semantic 衣 (“clothing”) + phonetic 者 (OC *tjaːʔ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǔ (chu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thú / thír

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu³
    • Yale: chǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuu
    • Palladius: чу (ču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cyu²
    • Yale: chyú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thú
    • Tâi-lô: thú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tuo
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰu⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /tʰu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thír
    • Tâi-lô: thír
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɯ⁵⁵⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjoX

Rime
Character	褚
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑吕切
Baxter	trhjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiɔX/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭoX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	褚
Reading #	2/2
No.	16992
Phonetic component	者
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*tʰaʔ/

Definitions

褚

1. a surname

Compounds

• 顓褚寺 / 颛褚寺 (Zhuānchǔsì)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǔ (zhu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu⁵ / zyu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chu³
    • Yale: jǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juu
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cyu⁵ / zyu²
    • Yale: chyúh / jyú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsy⁵ / dzy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qu⁵ / ju²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː¹³/, /t͡syː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: trjoX

Rime
Character	褚
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丁吕切
Baxter	trjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ȶiɔX/
Wang Li	/ȶĭoX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*traʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*taʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	褚
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ trjoX ›
Old Chinese	/*traʔ/
English	to store, to heap
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	褚
Reading #	1/2
No.	16988
Phonetic component	者
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*taʔ/

Definitions

褚

1. silk wadding; stuffing in clothing

   • 上褚五十衣，中褚三十衣，下褚二十衣，遺王。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     上褚五十衣，中褚三十衣，下褚二十衣，遗王。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Shàng zhù wǔshí yī, zhōng zhǔ sānshí yī, xià zhǔ èrshí yī, wèi wáng. [Pinyin]

     [We] have (these silk-stuffed clothing) as gifts for Your Highness.

2. alternative form of 貯 / 贮 (zhù, “to collect; to store up; stored goods”)

   • 取我衣冠而褚之，取我田疇而伍之 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     取我衣冠而褚之，取我田畴而伍之 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     qǔ wǒ yīguān ér zhǔ zhī, qǔ wǒ tiánchóu ér wǔ zhī [Pinyin]

     [he] took the clothes we made and warehoused them; he took our farmland and divided them

3. bag; container for goods

   • 荀罃之在楚也，鄭賈人有將寘諸褚中以出。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     荀䓨之在楚也，郑贾人有将寘诸褚中以出。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Xún Yīng zhī zài Chǔ yě, Zhèng gǔrén yǒu jiāng zhì zhū zhǔ zhōng yǐ chū. [Pinyin]

     When Xun Ying was (a prisoner) in Chu, a merchant from Zheng offered to smuggle him out in one of his containers.

Compounds

• 褚衣

Japanese

Kanji

褚

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. bag

Readings

• Go-on: ちょ (cho)^{←ちよ (tyo, historical)}、しゃ (sha)^{←しや (sya, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょ (cho)^{←ちよ (tyo, historical)}、しゃ (sha)^{←しや (sya, historical)}
• Kun: わたいれ (wataire)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. vest
2. bag

Vietnamese

Han character

褚: Hán Việt readings: trử
褚: Nôm readings: chử

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