籀

籀

籀 U+7C40, 籀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C40 ← 簿 [U+7C3F] CJK Unified Ideographs 籁 → [U+7C41]

Translingual

Han character

籀 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 竹手竹田 (HQHW), four-corner 8856₂, composition ⿱⺮㨨)

1. recite, read
2. style of calligraphy

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 902, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26646
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3020, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7C40

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Chinese

trad.		籀
simp. #		籀
alternative forms		籒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòu (zhou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòu
    • Wade–Giles: chou⁴
    • Yale: jòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
    • Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau⁶
    • Yale: jauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɖɨu^H/

Rime
Character	籀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直祐切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwH/
Li Rong	/ȡiuH/
Wang Li	/ȡĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯwɢs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	籀
Reading #	1/1
No.	8334
Phonetic component	留
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	胄
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯwɢs/
Notes	從手從留即說文抽正體

Definitions

籀

1. to read; to recite
2. Alternative name for 籀文 (zhòuwén, “zhouwen (style of calligraphy in use during the Zhou dynasty)”).

Compounds

籀文 (zhòuwén) 籀書／籀书 (zhòushū)

籀繹／籀绎

籀讀／籀读

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Japanese

Kanji

籀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ちゅう (chū)
• Kun: よむ (yomu)