屬

屬

See also: 属

屬 U+5C6C, 屬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C6C ← 屫 [U+5C6B] CJK Unified Ideographs 屭 → [U+5C6D]

Translingual

Han character

屬 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 尸水田戈 (SEWI) or 尸卜卜戈 (SYYI), four-corner 7722₇, composition ⿸尸⿱⿻丨⿱丷八蜀(GHTV) or ⿸尸⿱⿲冫丨⿱丿丶蜀(GHTV) or ⿸尸⿱⿲𠄠丨𠄠蜀(JK))

Derived characters

• 𭀔 囑 孎 灟 𢺡 曯 欘 爥 𬎠 矚 䙱 䌵 蠾 䠱 𫍘 钃 𮫫 𫚇 𪚌 劚 𣀻 𣀼 斸 𣥀 𪈺

References

• KangXi: page 304, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7821
• Dae Jaweon: page 602, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 982, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5C6C

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
襡	*toːʔ, *toːɡs, *doːʔ, *doːɡ, *djoɡ
噣	*toːɡs, *tuɡs, *rtoːɡ, *tjoɡ
斣	*toːɡs
歜	*sdoːmʔ, *tʰjoɡ
斀	*rtoːɡ
孎	*rtoːɡ, *toɡ
濁	*rdoːɡ
鐲	*rdoːɡ, *zroːɡ, *djoɡ
鸀	*rdoːɡ, *tjoɡ
擉	*sʰroːɡ
獨	*doːɡ
髑	*doːɡ
韣	*doːɡ, *tjoɡ, *djoɡ
斸	*toɡ
钃	*toɡ
欘	*toɡ
躅	*doɡ
蠋	*doɡ, *tjoɡ
燭	*tjoɡ
囑	*tjoɡ
矚	*tjoɡ
屬	*tjoɡ, *djoɡ
属	*tjoɡ, *djoɡ
蠾	*tjoɡ, *djoɡ
觸	*tʰjoɡ
臅	*tʰjoɡ
觕	*sʰlaː, *zlaːʔ, *tʰjoɡ
蜀	*djoɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjoɡ, *djoɡ) : semantic 㞑 (“tail”) + phonetic 蜀 (OC *djoɡ).

Pronunciation 1

trad.		屬
simp.		属
2nd round simp.		𰍱

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǔ (shu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): su̍k

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sug⁶

• Min Dong (BUC): sṳ̆k
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sio̍k / chiok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sog⁸

• Wu (Wiktionary): zoq (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shu³
    • Yale: shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuu
    • Palladius: шу (šu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk⁶
    • Yale: suhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: su̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: sug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /suk̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sʊk̚⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̆k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiok
    • Tâi-lô: tsiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciog
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sog⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: so̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sok̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zoq (T5)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /z̥ʊʔ¹²/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑɨok̚/

Rime
Character	屬
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	鍾 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	市玉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑuawk̚/
Li Rong	/ʑiok̚/
Wang Li	/ʑĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	suk6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-tok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djoɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	屬
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyowk ›
Old Chinese	/*N-tok/
English	be attached to
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	屬
Reading #	2/2
No.	11843
Phonetic component	蜀
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蜀
Old Chinese	/*djoɡ/

Definitions

屬

1. category; type; class

   金屬／金属  ―  jīnshǔ  ―  metal

2. kins folk; dependent; family members

   軍屬／军属  ―  jūnshǔ  ―  family members of soldiers

3. fellows; associates
4. subordinate; subaltern; adjutant; aide
5. to belong to

   不屬於我的東西／不属于我的东西  ―  bù shǔyú wǒ de dōngxi  ―  things that do not belong to me

6. to be under; to be subordinate to

   所屬部門／所属部门  ―  suǒshǔ bùmén  ―  department one is under

   英屬香港／英属香港  ―  Yīngshǔ Xiānggǎng  ―  British Hong Kong

   海南原屬廣東省。／海南原属广东省。  ―  Hǎinán yuán shǔ Guǎngdōng shěnɡ.  ―  Hainan was originally under Guangdong province.

7. to be

   如有雷同，純屬巧合 [MSC, trad.]
   如有雷同，纯属巧合 [MSC, simp.]

   rú yǒu léitóng, chún shǔ qiǎohé [Pinyin]

   Any similarity is purely coincidental.

8. to be born in the year of (one of the twelve animals)

   我屬虎，佢屬兔。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我属虎，佢属兔。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ suk⁶ fu², keoi⁵ suk⁶ tou³. [Jyutping]

   I was born in the year of the tiger; he was born in the year of the rabbit.

9. (taxonomy) genus

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 屬 (“to be born in the year of (one of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		屬
Mandarin	Taiwan	屬
	Luoyang	屬
	Wanrong	屬
	Yinchuan	屬
	Guilin	屬
	Yangzhou	屬
	Singapore	屬
Cantonese	Hong Kong	屬
Gan	Nanchang	屬
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	肖
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	肖
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	肖
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	肖
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	肖
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	肖
Huizhou	Jixi	肖
Min Dong	Fuzhou	肖
Min Nan	Xiamen	相
	Quanzhou	相
	Zhangzhou	相
	Tainan	相
	Penang (Hokkien)	相
	Singapore (Hokkien)	相
	Jieyang	相
	Haikou	席
Wu	Ningbo	肖
	Wenzhou	肖
	Jinhua	肖, 屬

Compounds

Derived terms from 屬

一家眷屬／一家眷属 下屬／下属 (xiàshǔ) 不屬／不属 僚屬／僚属 (liáoshǔ) 卑親屬／卑亲属 天屬／天属 官屬／官属 家屬／家属 (jiāshǔ) 專屬海域／专属海域 尊親屬／尊亲属 屬下／属下 (shǔxià) 屬人法／属人法 屬員／属员 屬國／属国 (shǔguó) 屬地／属地 (shǔdì) 屬地法／属地法 屬實／属实 (shǔshí) 屬性／属性 (shǔxìng) 屬於／属于 (shǔyú)

屬格／属格 (shǔgé) 屬相／属相 (shǔxiang) 屬車／属车 役屬／役属 從屬／从属 (cóngshǔ) 戚屬／戚属 所屬／所属 (suǒshǔ) 支屬／支属 有情人終成眷屬／有情人终成眷属 (yǒuqíngrén zhōngchéng juànshǔ) 歸屬／归属 (guīshǔ) 法屬印度支那／法属印度支那 (Fǎshǔ Yìndùzhīnà) 法屬圭亞那／法属圭亚那 (Fǎshǔ Guīyànà) 直屬／直属 (zhíshǔ) 直系親屬／直系亲属 (zhíxì qīnshǔ) 眷屬／眷属 (juànshǔ) 神仙眷屬／神仙眷属 私屬／私属 聯屬／联属 肖屬／肖属

舊屬／旧属 藩屬／藩属 (fānshǔ) 要作神仙眷屬，先作柴米夫妻／要作神仙眷属，先作柴米夫妻 親屬／亲属 (qīnshǔ) 親屬稱謂／亲属称谓 親屬語言／亲属语言 軍屬／军属 (jūnshǔ) 連屬／连属 部屬／部属 (bùshǔ) 配屬／配属 (pèishǔ) 金屬／金属 (jīnshǔ) 附屬／附属 (fùshǔ) 附屬品／附属品 (fùshǔpǐn) 附屬國／附属国 (fùshǔguó) 附屬物／附属物 (fùshǔwù) 隸屬／隶属 (lìshǔ) 領屬／领属 (lǐngshǔ) 類屬／类属 龍頭屬老成／龙头属老成

See also

• (Taxonomy) 生物分類學／生物分类学; 域 (yù, “domain”), 界 (jiè, “kingdom”), 門／门 (mén, “phylum”), 綱／纲 (gāng, “class”), 目 (mù, “order”), 科 (kē, “family”), 屬／属 (shǔ, “genus”), 種／种 (zhǒng, “species”) ^{(Category: zh:Taxonomy)}

Pronunciation 2

trad.		屬
simp.		属

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǔ (zhu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹
• Min Dong (BUC): cé̤ṳk
• Wu (Wiktionary): tsoq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chu³
    • Yale: jǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juu
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹
    • Yale: jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cé̤ṳk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡søyʔ²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tsoq (T4)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕɨok̚/

Rime
Character	屬
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	鍾 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	之欲切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuawk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiok̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjoɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	屬
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyowk ›
Old Chinese	/*tok/
English	attach (v.t.)
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	屬
Reading #	1/2
No.	11831
Phonetic component	蜀
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	燭
Old Chinese	/*tjoɡ/

Definitions

屬

1. ^† to join; to combine
2. ^† to compose; to write
3. ^† to gather; to congregate
4. ^† Alternative form of 囑／嘱 (zhǔ, “to entrust”).
5. ^† Alternative form of 囑／嘱 (zhǔ, “to exhort; to urge”).
6. ^† excuse; justification
7. ^† Alternative form of 矚／瞩 (zhǔ, “to concentrate one's attention on”).
8. ^† to wear; to bear
9. ^† to be related with
10. ^† to follow
11. ^† Alternative form of 注 (zhù, “to pour”).

Compounds

Derived terms from 屬

冠蓋相屬／冠盖相属 吐屬／吐属 屬令／属令 屬和／属和 屬垣／属垣 屬垣有耳／属垣有耳 屬對／属对 屬屬／属属

屬意／属意 (zhǔyì) 屬文／属文 (zhǔwén) 屬望／属望 屬毛離裡／属毛离里 屬目／属目 屬綴／属缀 屬纊／属纩 屬者／属者

屬耳目／属耳目 屬草稿／属草稿 屬託／属托 屬辭比事／属辞比事 岡連嶺屬／冈连岭属 延屬／延属 相屬／相属 連屬／连属

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Japanese

Shinjitai	属
Kyūjitai	屬

Kanji

屬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 属)

1. Kyūjitai form of 属
2. (taxonomy) genus

Readings

• Go-on: しょく (shoku)^{←しよく (syoku, historical)}; ぞく (zoku)^{←ぞく (zoku, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょく (shoku)^{←しよく (syoku, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ぞく (zoku)
• Kun: さかん (sakan, 屬); つく (tsuku, 屬く); つける (tsukeru, 屬ける); つづく (tsuzuku, 屬く); つづける (tsuzukeru, 屬ける); つづる (tsuzuru, 屬る); やから (yakara, 屬)
• Nanori: つら (tsura); まさ (masa); やす (yasu)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 屬 – see the following entry.

【属ぞく】5 [noun] (taxonomy) a genus

(This term, 屬, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Related terms

• (Taxonomy) 生物(せいぶつ)の分類(ぶんるい) (seibutsunobunrui); ドメイン (domein, “domain”), 界(かい) (kai, “kingdom”), 門(もん) (mon, “phylum”), 綱(こう) (kō, “class”), 目(もく) (moku, “order”), 科(か) (ka, “family”), 屬(ぞく) (zoku, “genus”), 種(しゅ) (shu, “species”) ^{(Category: ja:Taxonomy)}

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Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 屬 (MC d͡ʑɨok̚).

Historical readings
Recorded as Middle Korean 쑉〮 (Yale: ssyók) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. Recorded as Middle Korean 쇽 (syok)訓 (Yale: syok) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [속]

Hanja

Wikisource屬 (eumhun 무리 속 (muri sok))

1. Hanja form^? of 속 (“class; category; type”).
2. Hanja form^? of 속 (“(biology, taxonomy) a genus”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 소속 (所屬, sosok)
• 계속 (繫屬, gyesok)
• 금속 (金屬, geumsok)
• 직속 (直屬, jiksok)
• 속성 (屬性, sokseong)
• 속국 (屬國, sokguk)
• 예속 (隸屬, yesok)
• 존속 (尊屬, jonsok)
• 귀속 (歸屬, gwisok)
• 종속 (從屬, jongsok)
• 부속 (附屬, busok)
• 복속 (復屬, boksok)
• 부속 (部屬, busok)
• 동속 (同屬, dongsok)
• 족속 (族屬, joksok)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 屬 (MC t͡ɕɨok̚).

Historical readings
Recorded as Middle Korean 죡〮 (Yale: cyók) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. Recorded as Middle Korean 쵹 (chyok)訓 (Yale: chyok) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [촉]

Hanja

屬 (eumhun 이을 촉 (ieul chok))

1. (literary) Hanja form^? of 촉 (“to join; to combine”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 촉의 (屬意, chogui)
• 촉망 (屬望/囑望, chongmang)
• 동동촉촉 (洞洞屬屬, dongdongchokchok)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

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Vietnamese

Han character

屬: Hán Việt readings: thuộc[1][2][3], chúc[1][2][3], chú[3]
屬: Nôm readings: thuộc[4][5], chuộc[5], chúc[5]

1. chữ Hán form of thuộc (“subordinate to”).
2. Nôm form of chuộc (“to redeem”).

References

1. Trần (1999).
2. Nguyễn (1974).
3. Thiều Chửu (1942).
4. Nguyễn (2014).
5. Trần (2004).