銖

See also: 铢

銖 U+9296, 銖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9296 ← 銕 [U+9295] CJK Unified Ideographs 銗 → [U+9297]

Translingual

Han character

銖 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金竹十木 (CHJD), four-corner 8519₀, composition ⿰釒朱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1305, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40383
• Dae Jaweon: page 1807, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4197, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9296

Chinese

trad.		銖
simp.		铢

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
咮	*tu, *tus, *tos, *tjo
株	*to
誅	*to
邾	*to
鼄	*to
跦	*to
袾	*to, *tʰjo
鴸	*to, *tjo
蛛	*to
殊	*to, *djo
趎	*do
珠	*tjo
朱	*tjo
侏	*tjo
絑	*tjo
祩	*tjo, *tjos
鮢	*tjo
硃	*tjo
姝	*tʰjo
銖	*djo
茱	*djo
洙	*djo
陎	*djo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “"baht" is a corruption of 末 (𰼤)?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhū (zhu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zu¹ / su⁵ / puag⁴ / puêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhu
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹
    • Yale: jū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ju
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zyu¹
    • Yale: jyū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
    • Tâi-lô: tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zw
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zu¹ / su⁵ / puag⁴ / puêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsu / sû / phuak / phuek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³³/, /su⁵⁵/, /pʰuak̚²/, /pʰuek̚²/

Note: puag4/puêg4 - "baht" (puêg4 - Chaozhou).

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• Middle Chinese: dzyu

Rime
Character	銖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	市朱切
Baxter	dzyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑio/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑuə̆/
Li Rong	/ʑio/
Wang Li	/ʑĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*djo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	銖
Reading #	1/1
No.	17581
Phonetic component	朱
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	殊
Old Chinese	/*djo/

Definitions

銖

1. (historical) zhu (an ancient Chinese unit of weight notionally equivalent to 100 millet seeds or 1/24 liang/tael, chiefly used for denominating small coins)
2. Thai baht (currency unit)
3. a surname

Synonyms

• (Thai baht): 泰銖／泰铢 (tàizhū), 泰幣／泰币 (tàibì), (Cantonese) 匹 (pat1)

Compounds

• 三銖錢 / 三铢钱
• 五銖錢 / 五铢钱
• 寸積銖累 / 寸积铢累
• 積銖累寸 / 积铢累寸
• 銖兩 / 铢两
• 銖兩悉稱 / 铢两悉称
• 銖積寸累 / 铢积寸累
• 銖銖校量 / 铢铢校量
• 錙銖 / 锱铢 (zīzhū)
• 錙銖必較 / 锱铢必较 (zīzhūbìjiào)
• 錙銖較量 / 锱铢较量

Japanese

Kanji

銖

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じゅ (ju)
• Kan-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kun: にぶい (nibui, 銖い)

Korean

Hanja

銖 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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