See also:
U+695A, 楚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-695A

[U+6959]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+695B]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 75, +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木木弓卜人 (DDNYO), four-corner 44801, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 539, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15141
  • Dae Jaweon: page 927, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1244, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+695A

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms

𣕑
𣗂

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions
   

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *sŋ̊ʰraʔ, *sŋ̊ʰras) : semantic (forest; grove; woods) + phonetic (OC *ŋraːʔ, *sŋra, *sŋraʔ).

Etymology

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Schuessler (2007) proposes an Austroasiatic origin; compare Proto-Austroasiatic *ɟrla(ː)ʔ (thorn).

Pronunciation

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  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹³/
Tianjin /t͡sʰu¹³/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁴²/
Qingdao /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵³/
Xi'an /t͡sʰou⁵³/
Xining /ʈ͡ʂʰv̩⁵³/
Yinchuan /t͡sʰu⁵³/
Lanzhou /p͡fʰu⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡sʰəu⁴²/
Chengdu /t͡sʰu⁵³/
Guiyang /t͡sʰu⁴²/
Kunming /t͡sʰu⁵³/
Nanjing /t͡sʰu²¹²/
Hefei /t͡sʰʊ²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰu⁵³/
Pingyao /t͡sʰz̩ʷ⁵³/
Hohhot /t͡sʰu⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /t͡sʰu³⁵/
Suzhou /t͡sʰəu⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /t͡sʰu⁵³/
Wenzhou /t͡sʰɤu³⁵/
Hui Shexian /t͡sʰu³⁵/
Tunxi /t͡sʰəu³¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡sʰəu⁴¹/
Xiangtan /t͡sʰəɯ²¹/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰu²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰz̩³¹/
Taoyuan /t͡sʰu³¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰɔ³⁵/
Nanning /t͡sʰɔ³⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰɔ³⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡sʰɔ⁵³/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡sʰu³²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡sʰu²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sʰo⁵³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /su²¹³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (19) (19)
Final () (22) (22)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsrhjoX tsrhjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ʃʰɨʌX/ /t͡ʃʰɨʌH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈ͡ʂʰiɔX/ /ʈ͡ʂʰiɔH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ʃʰiɔX/ /t͡ʃʰiɔH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈ͡ʂʰɨə̆X/ /ʈ͡ʂʰɨə̆H/
Li
Rong
/t͡ʃʰiɔX/ /t͡ʃʰiɔH/
Wang
Li
/t͡ʃʰĭoX/ /t͡ʃʰĭoH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯woX/ /ʈ͡ʂʰi̯woH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chǔ chù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
co2 co3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chǔ chǔ chǔ
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsrhjoX › ‹ tsrhjoX › ‹ tsrhjoX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[s.r̥]aʔ/ /*s.r̥aʔ/ /*s.r̥aʔ/
English arrange in order thorns name of a state

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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 11781 11786
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sŋ̊ʰraʔ/ /*sŋ̊ʰras/

Definitions

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  1. (obsolete) Vitex; Chinese chaste tree (Vitex negundo)
    Synonym: 牡荆 (mǔjīng)
  2. (obsolete) thick growth of weeds or trees
  3. (historical) punishment cane
  4. (historical) to beat with a punishment cane
  5. painful; suffering
      ―  tòngchǔ  ―  in great pain
      ―  chǔ  ―  suffering; misery
  6. neat; clear; orderly; arranged
      ―  qīngchǔ  ―  clear
  7. bright; gorgeous
  8. (obsolete) vulgar; unrefined
  9. (~國) (historical) Chu (an ancient Chinese viscounty and kingdom along the Yangtze River during the Zhou dynasty)
  10. modern-day Hubei and Hunan (where the state of Chu was located)
  11. (specifically) Hubei
  12. a surname

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. whip
  2. cane

Readings

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Hanja

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(cho) (hangeul , revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

  1. name of feudal state
  2. clear

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: sở, sỡ

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