蹴鞠

Chinese

		carefully; kick; tread on carefully; kick; tread on; stamp	to bring up; to rear; surname
trad. (蹴鞠/蹴踘)		蹴	鞠/踘
simp. (蹴鞠)		蹴	鞠
alternative forms		蹙鞠 蹴毱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cùjū, cùjú

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˋ ㄐㄩ, ㄘㄨˋ ㄐㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk¹ guk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cùjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˋ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cùjyu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu⁴-chü¹
    • Yale: tsù-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuhjiu
    • Palladius: цуцзюй (cuczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cùjú
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˋ ㄐㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cùjyú
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu⁴-chü²
    • Yale: tsù-jyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuhjyu
    • Palladius: цуцзюй (cuczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵¹ t͡ɕy³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cuk¹ guk¹
    • Yale: chūk gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk⁷ guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: cug¹ gug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ kʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjuwk gjuwk

Rime
Character	蹴	鞠
Reading #	1/2	3/3
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	七宿切	渠竹切
Baxter	tshjuwk	gjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨuk̚/	/ɡɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiuk̚/	/ɡiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiuk̚/	/ɡiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰuwk̚/	/guwk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiuk̚/	/ɡiuk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭuk̚/	/ɡĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯uk̚/	/gi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cu	jú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cuk1	guk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰuɡ  ɡuɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蹴	鞠
Reading #	2/2	3/3
No.	7000	7021
Phonetic component	就	匊
Rime group	覺	覺
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	鼀	驧
Old Chinese	/*sʰuɡ/	/*ɡuɡ/
Notes		後世變毬

Noun

蹴鞠

1. cuju

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 足球 (“football; soccer”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蹴鞠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		足球, 足 in compounds
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	足球兒
	Taiwan	足球
	Harbin	足球兒
	Malaysia	足球
	Singapore	足球
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	足球兒
	Jinan	足球
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	足球, 蹴球
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	足球
	Xi'an	足球
	Xining	足球
	Xuzhou	足球, 足球兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	футбол
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	足球
	Ürümqi	足球兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	足球
	Wuhan	足球
	Guiyang	足球
	Guilin	足球
	Liuzhou	足球
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	足球
	Yangzhou	足球
Cantonese	Guangzhou	足球
	Hong Kong	足球
	Dongguan	足球
	Singapore (Guangfu)	足球
Gan	Lichuan	腳球
	Pingxiang	足球
Hakka	Meixian	足球
	Yudu	腳球
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	足球, 腳球
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	足球, 腳球
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	足球, 腳球
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	足球, 腳球
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	足球
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	腳球
Huizhou	Jixi	足球
Jin	Taiyuan	足球
	Xinzhou	足球
Northern Min	Jian'ou	足球
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	跤球
Southern Min	Xiamen	跤球
	Quanzhou	跤球
	Jinjiang	跤球
	Zhangzhou	跤球
	Taipei	跤球
	Kaohsiung	跤球
	Singapore (Hokkien)	跤球
	Manila (Hokkien)	跤球
	Chaozhou	足球
	Singapore (Teochew)	跤球
	Leizhou	跤球
	Haikou	跤球
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	足球
Wu	Shanghai	足球
	Shanghai (Chongming)	足球
	Suzhou	足球
	Danyang	足球
	Hangzhou	足球
	Ningbo	足球
	Wenzhou	足球
	Jinhua	足球
Xiang	Loudi	足球

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蹴	鞠
け Grade: S	まり Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ke̞ma̠ɾʲi]
• (Tokyo) けまり [kèmárí] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

蹴(け)鞠(まり) • (kemari) 

1. kemari, literally 'kickball'; an ancient Japanese ball game in which players co-operate to try to keep a deerskin ball in the air.

   Synonym: 蹴鞠 (shūkiku)

See also

• フットボール (futtobōru)

References

• “蹴^▲鞠”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026