註

See also: 注

Translingual

Han character

註 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜土 (YRYG), four-corner 0061₄, composition ⿰言主)

Related characters

• 注 (Orthodox form in mainland China, also considered its simplified form)
• 𬣣 (Nonstandard form in simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1152, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35340
• Dae Jaweon: page 1619, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3957, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8A3B

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Chinese

trad.		註/注*
simp.		注*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
飳	*tʰoːʔ
妵	*tʰoːʔ
黈	*tʰoːʔ
蘣	*tʰoːʔ
罜	*doːɡ, *tjos
拄	*toʔ
柱	*toʔ, *doʔ
駐	*tos
註	*tos, *tjos
鉒	*tos
軴	*tos
住	*tos, *dos
跓	*doʔ
嵀	*doʔ
主	*tjoʔ
麈	*tjoʔ
宔	*tjoʔ
炷	*tjoʔ, *tjos
注	*tjos
疰	*tjos
蛀	*tjos
霔	*tjos

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tos, *tjos) : semantic 訁／讠 + phonetic 主 (OC *tjoʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhù (zhu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chù

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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: zyu³
    • Yale: jyu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chu
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chù
    • Tâi-lô: tsù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyuH, trjuH

Rime
Character	註	註
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	之戍切	中句切
Baxter	tsyuH	trjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨoH/	/ʈɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕioH/	/ʈioH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕioH/	/ȶioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuə̆H/	/ʈuə̆H/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕioH/	/ȶioH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭuH/	/ȶĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯uH/	/ȶi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhù	zhù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu3	zyu3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tos/, /*tjos/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	註	註
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17610	17625
Phonetic component	主	主
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	註	注
Old Chinese	/*tos/	/*tjos/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 註

1. to annotate; to comment

   註釋／注释  ―  zhùshì  ―  to annotate

2. to record; to register

   註冊／注册  ―  zhùcè  ―  to register

3. comment; note; annotation

   備註／备注  ―  bèizhù  ―  remark

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Japanese

Kanji

註

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: ちゅう (chū)^{←ちゆう (tyuu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)^{←ちゆう (tyuu, historical)}
• Kun: ときあかす (tokiakasu, 註す); とく (toku); しるす (shirusu)

Compounds

• 註解
• 註釈
• 註文

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Korean

Hanja

註 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 註 (chú, chua)

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