銃

See also: 铳

Translingual

Han character

銃 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金卜戈山 (CYIU) or 難難金卜戈 (XXCYI), four-corner 8011₃, composition ⿰金充)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1304, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40359
• Dae Jaweon: page 1806, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4202, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9283

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Chinese

trad.		銃
simp.		铳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
統	*tʰuːŋs
充	*l̥ʰjuŋ
珫	*tʰjuŋ
茺	*tʰjuŋ
銃	*tʰjuŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chòng (chong⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung³
• Eastern Min (BUC): ché̤ṳng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhèng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cêng³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chòng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung⁴
    • Yale: chùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chonq
    • Palladius: чун (čun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cung³
    • Yale: chung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ché̤ṳng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰøyŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhèng
    • Tâi-lô: tshìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cêng³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhuwngH

Rime
Character	銃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	充仲切
Baxter	tsyhuwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨuŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiuŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiuŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰuwŋH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiuŋH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭuŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯uŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjuŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	銃
Reading #	1/1
No.	1494
Phonetic component	充
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	銃
Old Chinese	/*tʰjuŋs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 銃

1. An old type of gun.

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Japanese

Kanji

銃

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. a gun

Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しゆう (syuu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: じゅう (jū, Jōyō)^{←じゆう (zyuu, historical)}
• Kun: つつ (tsutsu, 銃)

Compounds

Compounds

• 拳(けん)銃(じゅう) (kenjū): handgun
• 小(しょう)銃(じゅう) (shōjū): rifle
• 機(き)関(かん)銃(じゅう) (kikanjū): machine gun
• 銃(じゅう)創(そう) (jūsō): a bullet wound
• 銃(じゅう)傷(しょう) (jūshō): a bullet wound
• 銃(じゅう)撃(げき) (jūgeki): shooting at someone

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
銃
じゅう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じゅ​う [júꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨᵝː]

Noun

銃(じゅう) • (jū) 

1. gun (firearm)

   銃(じゅう)を撃(う)つ

   jū o utsu

   to fire a gun

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
銃
つつ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Noun

銃(つつ) • (tsutsu) 

1. Alternative spelling of 筒: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   捧(ささ)げ銃(つつ)

   sasage tsutsu

   present arms

   • 1898, (deprecated template usage) 国木田独歩, 『鹿狩り』

     かれこれするうちに昼時分(ひるじぶん)になったが鹿(しか)らしいものも来(こ)ない、たちまち谷(たに)を一(ひと)つ越(こ)えたすぐむこうの山(やま)の尾(お)で銃(つつ)の音(おと)がしたと思(おも)うと白(しろ)い煙(けむ)が見(み)えた。

     Karekore suru uchi ni hirujibun ni natta ga shika rashii mono mo konai, tachimachi tani o hitotsu koeta sugu mukō no yama no o de tsutsu no oto ga shita to omou to shiroi kemu ga mieta.

     (please add an English translation of this example)

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Korean

Hanja

銃 • (chong) (hangeul 총)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 銃 (súng)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.