壴

壴	U+58F4, 壴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58F4

← 壳
[U+58F3]

CJK Unified Ideographs

壵 →
[U+58F5]

Translingual

Han character

壴 (Kangxi radical 33, 士+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 土口廿 (GRT), four-corner 4010₈, composition ⿱十豆)

Derived characters

㛸, 𫹙, 䐍, 𪤱, 𪟌, 尌, 彭, 𭐕, 鼓, 鼔, 𮮦, 㰻, 皷, 壾, 𨲗, 𧒕, 𧰕, 𧰘, 𧰠, 𧰡, 𧰣, 𭙤, 喜, 嘉

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 243, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5649
Dae Jaweon: page 483, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 439, character 6
Unihan data for U+58F4

Chinese

simp. and trad.		壴

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 壴
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
壴	*tos
廚	*do
躕	*do
櫥	*do
幮	*do
樹	djoʔ, djos
澍	tjos, djos
尌	*djos

Pictogram (象形).

A drum 口 with two ends, a base and feathers 土 on top. In the Kangxi radical 鼓, a hand holding a stick to hit the drum is also visible. See also the bottom component of 豊 in its original version.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhù (zhu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhù
  - Wade–Giles: chu⁴
  - Yale: jù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
  - Palladius: чжу (čžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zyu³
  - Yale: jyu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzy³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ju³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³³/

Middle Chinese: trjuH

Rime
Character	壴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	中句切
Baxter	trjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈio^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶio^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuə̆^H/
Li Rong	/ȶio^H/
Wang Li	/ȶĭu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*t<r>oʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*tos/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	壴
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ trju^H ›
Old Chinese	/*t<r>oʔ-s/
English	stand for musical instruments
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	壴
Reading #	1/1
No.	17640
Phonetic component
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	註
Old Chinese	/*tos/

Definitions

壴

(obsolete) drum
a surname

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 壴 – see 鼓 (“drum; to drum; to beat a drum; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 鼓).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 壴 – see 臌. (This character is the second-round simplified form of 臌).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

壴

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ちゅう (chū)、しゅ (shu)
Kun: たてる (tateru)

Korean

Hanja

壴 (eumhun 북 주 (buk ju))

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