侏

侏	U+4F8F, 侏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F8F

← 侎
[U+4F8E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

侐 →
[U+4F90]

Translingual

Han character

侏 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人竹十木 (OHJD), four-corner 2529₀, composition ⿰亻朱)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 102, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 592
Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 148, character 9
Unihan data for U+4F8F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		侏

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjo): semantic 人 (“human”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhū (zhu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chu

(Teochew, Peng'im): zu¹

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
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zu¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³³/

Middle Chinese: tsyu

Rime
Character	侏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	章俱切
Baxter	tsyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕio/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕio/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*to/

(Zhengzhang): /*tjo/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	侏
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhū
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyu ›
Old Chinese	/*to/
English	侏儒 zhūrú "dwarf"
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	侏
Reading #	1/1
No.	17570
Phonetic component	朱
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	朱
Old Chinese	/*tjo/

Definitions

侏

Used in 侏儒 (zhūrú).

Compounds

侏儒 (zhūrú)
侏儒症 (zhūrúzhèng)
侏儒觀戰 / 侏儒观战
侏羅 / 侏罗 (Zhūluó)
侏羅山脈 / 侏罗山脉
侏羅系 / 侏罗系
侏羅紀 / 侏罗纪 (Zhūluó Jì)
侏離 / 侏离

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōu (zhou¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄡ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhou
  - Wade–Giles: chou¹
  - Yale: jōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jou
  - Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

侏

Used in 侏張 / 侏张.

Compounds

侏張 / 侏张

Japanese

Kanji

侏

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: す (su)
Kan-on: しゅ (shu)
Kun: あざむく (azamuku, 侏く)、みじかい (mijikai, 侏い)

Compounds

Compound

侏儒(しゅじゅ) (shuju, “dwarf”)
侏離(しゅり) (shuri)
侏儒舞(ひきひとまい) (hikihitomai)

Korean

Hanja

侏 (eum 주 (ju))

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Vietnamese

Han character

侏: Hán Nôm readings: thù

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References

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