麈

Translingual

Han character

麈 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+5, 16 strokes, cangjie input 戈心卜土 (IPYG), four-corner 0021₄, composition ⿸鹿主)

1. species of deer, an elk
2. fly-whisk

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1509, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47616
• Dae Jaweon: page 2038, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4729, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9E88

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Chinese

trad.		麈
simp. #		麈

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǔ, yǔ (zhu³, yu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ, ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu²

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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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yü³
    • Yale: yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu²
    • Yale: yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyuX

Rime
Character	麈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	之庾切
Baxter	tsyuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕioX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuə̆X/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕioX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjoʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	麈
Reading #	1/1
No.	17619
Phonetic component	主
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	主
Old Chinese	/*tjoʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 麈

1. a kind of deer
2. to whisk; to dust

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Japanese

Kanji

麈

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しゅ (shu), す (su)
• Kun: おうじか (oujika)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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