秬

秬	U+79EC, 秬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79EC

← 秫
[U+79EB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

秭 →
[U+79ED]

Translingual

Han character

秬 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹木尸尸 (HDSS), four-corner 2191₇, composition ⿰禾巨)

black millet (Cenchrus americanus, syn. Pennisetum glaucum; pearl millet)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 852, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25002
Dae Jaweon: page 1276, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2593, character 6
Unihan data for U+79EC

Chinese

trad.		秬
simp. ^#		秬

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 秬
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
柜	*kaʔ
渠	*ɡa
磲	*ɡa
蕖	*ɡa
蟝	*ɡa
璖	*ɡa
巨	*ɡaʔ
距	*ɡaʔ
拒	*ɡaʔ
苣	*ɡaʔ
炬	*ɡaʔ
詎	ɡaʔ, ɡas
鉅	*ɡaʔ
秬	*ɡaʔ
粔	*ɡaʔ
駏	*ɡaʔ
歫	*ɡaʔ
矩	*kʷaʔ
榘	*kʷaʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
  - Wade–Giles: chü⁴
  - Yale: jyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
  - Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: geoi⁶
  - Yale: geuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: goey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kú
  - Tâi-lô: kú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ku⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ku⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ku⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: gjoX

Rime
Character	秬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其吕切
Baxter	gjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨʌ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɔ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɔ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ɡiɔ^X/
Wang Li	/ɡĭo^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯wo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	秬
Reading #	1/1
No.	7054
Phonetic component	巨
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡaʔ/

Definitions

秬

black millet (Cenchrus americanus, syn. Pennisetum glaucum; pearl millet)

Japanese

Kanji

秬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): きょ (kyo)
Kun: くろきび (kurokibi)

Korean

Hanja

秬 (eum 거 (geo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

秬: Hán Nôm readings: cự

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