湊

湊

See also: 凑 and 溱

湊 U+6E4A, 湊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E4A ← 湉 [U+6E49] CJK Unified Ideographs 湋 → [U+6E4B]

Translingual

Han character

湊 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水手大大 (EQKK), four-corner 3513₄, composition ⿰氵奏)

References

• KangXi: page 636, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17822
• Dae Jaweon: page 1043, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1666, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6E4A

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Chinese

trad.		湊/凑
simp.		凑

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
奏	*ʔsoːs
凑	*sʰoːs
腠	*sʰoːs
輳	*sʰoːs
楱	*sʰoːs, *zoːs
湊	*sʰoːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰoːs) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 奏 (OC *ʔsoːs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): còu (cou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄡˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): цу (cu, III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): cau³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ceu¹

• Min Dong (BUC): cháiu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhàu / chhò / chhò͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cou³

• Wu (Wiktionary): tsheu (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: còu
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: còu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻou⁴
    • Yale: tsòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsow
    • Palladius: цоу (cou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: цу (cu, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau³
    • Yale: chau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ceu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeu³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cháiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑu²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhàu
    • Tâi-lô: tshàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaux
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò
    • Tâi-lô: tshò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhox
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔ²¹/

Note:

• chhàu - vernacular;
• chhò/chhò͘ - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cou³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshòu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tsheu (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɜ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰəu^H/

Rime
Character	湊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	倉奏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰəuH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəuH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəwH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰuH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	còu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰoːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	湊
Reading #	1/1
No.	17913
Phonetic component	奏
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	輳
Old Chinese	/*sʰoːs/

Definitions

湊

1. to piece together; to assemble
2. to move close
3. to happen by chance
4. (Cantonese) to look after, to babysit

   我係阿婆湊大。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我系阿婆凑大。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ hai⁶ aa³ po⁴ cau³ daai⁶. [Jyutping]

   I was raised by my grandma.

References

• “湊”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

湊

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←そう (sou, historical)}
• Kun: みなと (minato, 湊); あつまる (atsumaru, 湊まる)

Proper noun

湊(みなと) • (Minato) 

1. a surname

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Korean

Hanja

湊 (eum 주 (ju))

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Vietnamese

Han character

湊: Hán Nôm readings: tấu

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References

• Nom Foundation