冑

See also: 胄

冑	U+5191, 冑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5191

← 冐
[U+5190]

CJK Unified Ideographs

冒 →
[U+5192]

Translingual

Han character

冑 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中田月 (LWB) or 難中田月 (XLWB), four-corner 5022₇, composition ⿱由冃)

Derived characters

𰼾

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 129, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1537
Dae Jaweon: page 291, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2059, character 9
Unihan data for U+5191

Chinese

trad.		冑
simp.		胄^*
alternative forms		𩊄䩜

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
袖	*ljɯwɢs
岫	*ljɯwɢs
牰	ljɯwɢs, lɯwɢs
抽	*l̥ʰɯw
妯	l̥ʰɯw, l'ɯwɢ
紬	*l'ɯw
怞	*l'ɯw
鮋	l'ɯw, ɦljɯw, *lɯw
菗	*rlɯw
宙	*l'ɯwɢs
胄	*l'ɯwɢs
冑	*l'ɯwɢs
伷	*l'ɯwɢs
駎	*l'ɯwɢs
油	lɯw, lɯwɢs
由	*lɯw
蚰	*lɯw
秞	*lɯw
邮	*lɯw
釉	*lɯwɢs
柚	lɯwɢs, l'ɯwɢ
鼬	*lɯwɢs
苖	l'ɯːwɢ, l̥ʰɯwɢ
笛	*l'ɯːwɢ
迪	*l'ɯːwɢ
頔	*l'ɯːwɢ
軸	*l'ɯwɢ
舳	*l'ɯwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'ɯwɢs): semantic 冃 + phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhòu (zhou⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zau⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhòu
  - Wade–Giles: chou⁴
  - Yale: jòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
  - Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zau⁶
  - Yale: jauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiū
  - Tâi-lô: tiū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiu²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiu³³/

Middle Chinese: drjuwH

Rime
Character	冑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直祐切
Baxter	drjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuw^H/
Li Rong	/ȡiu^H/
Wang Li	/ȡĭəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[l]ru-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯwɢs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	冑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhòu
Middle Chinese	‹ drjuw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[l]ru-s/
English	helmet
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	冑
Reading #	1/1
No.	15521
Phonetic component	由
Rime group	奧
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	胄
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯwɢs/

Definitions

冑

(historical) helmet worn by warriors in ancient times

Compounds

介冑 (jièzhòu)
壓冑子 / 压冑子
甲冑 (jiǎzhòu)
貝冑 / 贝冑
躬擐甲冑

Japanese

Kanji

冑

(Hyōgai kanji)

helmet

Readings

Go-on: じゅう (jū)
Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)
Kun: かぶと (kabuto, 冑)、よろい (yoroi, 冑)

Noun

冑(かぶと) • (kabuto)

alternative form of 兜

Korean

Hanja

冑 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu)

(투구 주, tugu-): helmet (especially, made of iron)

Usage notes

胄 (맏아들 주, mad-adeul ju) eldest son, heir (hence, similar but after all different from this entry, 冑)

Synonyms

兜 (두, du)

Compounds

甲冑 (갑주, gapju) armor and helmet