樗

樗

樗 U+6A17, 樗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A17 ← 樖 [U+6A16] CJK Unified Ideographs 樘 → [U+6A18]

Translingual

Han character

樗 (radical 75, 木+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木一月尸 (DMBS), four-corner 4192₇, composition ⿰木雩)

1. Ailanthus glandulosa ( ⇒ Ailanthus altissima), a kind of tree that is useless as timber.

References

• KangXi: page 550, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15438
• Dae Jaweon: page 938, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1278, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6A17

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		樗

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (于) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠	*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩	*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁	*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	*qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chū (chu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chū
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'u¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chu
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu¹
    • Yale: syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /ʃyː⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷl'a/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	樗
Reading #	1/1
No.	15689
Phonetic component	于
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	攄
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷl'a/
Notes	原右從虖，集韻或作此同說文， 讀若華

Definitions

樗

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Compounds

木木樗樗 樗散 樗朽之材

樗材 樗櫟／樗栎

樗櫟庸材／樗栎庸材 樗蒲

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Japanese

Kanji

樗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ちょ (cho)
• Kun: おうち (ōchi, 樗)

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Korean

Hanja

樗 (eum 저 (jeo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

樗: Hán Nôm readings: vụ

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