紬

紬

See also: 䌷 and 綢

紬 U+7D2C, 紬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D2C ← 紫 [U+7D2B] CJK Unified Ideographs 紭 → [U+7D2D]

Translingual

Han character

紬 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女火中田 (VFLW), four-corner 2596₀, composition ⿰糹由)

References

• KangXi: page 919, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27338
• Dae Jaweon: page 1351, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3381, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7D2C

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Chinese

trad.		紬
simp.		绸*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
袖	*ljɯwɢs
岫	*ljɯwɢs
牰	*ljɯwɢs, *lɯwɢs
抽	*l̥ʰɯw
妯	*l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ
紬	*l'ɯw
怞	*l'ɯw
鮋	*l'ɯw, *ɦljɯw, *lɯw
菗	*rlɯw
宙	*l'ɯwɢs
胄	*l'ɯwɢs
冑	*l'ɯwɢs
伷	*l'ɯwɢs
駎	*l'ɯwɢs
油	*lɯw, *lɯwɢs
由	*lɯw
蚰	*lɯw
秞	*lɯw
邮	*lɯw
釉	*lɯwɢs
柚	*lɯwɢs, *l'ɯwɢ
鼬	*lɯwɢs
苖	*l'ɯːwɢ, *l̥ʰɯwɢ
笛	*l'ɯːwɢ
迪	*l'ɯːwɢ
頔	*l'ɯːwɢ
軸	*l'ɯwɢ
舳	*l'ɯwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'ɯw) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chōu (chou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹
• Min Nan (POJ): thiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chou
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou¹
    • Yale: chōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chou
    • Palladius: чоу (čou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau¹
    • Yale: chāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiu
    • Tâi-lô: thiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiu⁴⁴/

Definitions

紬

1. ^† to draw out; to lead to
2. ^† to collect; to compile

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóu (chou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou²
    • Yale: chóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chour
    • Palladius: чоу (čou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau⁴
    • Yale: chàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɖɨu/

Rime
Character	紬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直由切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuw/
Li Rong	/ȡiu/
Wang Li	/ȡĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	紬
Reading #	1/1
No.	15515
Phonetic component	由
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	儔
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯw/

Definitions

紬

1. ^† coarse silk

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòu (zhou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ

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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/

Definitions

紬

1. ^‡ Defined in Jiyun as 業.
2. ^‡ Alternative form of 𦂈 (zhòu).

Compounds

紬次／绸次 紬繹／绸绎

綿紬／绵绸 縐紬／绉绸

遵紬／遵绸

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03349
• “紬”, 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

紬

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Go-on: じゅう (jū)^{←ぢゆ (dyu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)^{←ちう (tiu, historical)}
• Kun: つむぎ (tsumugi, 紬); つむぐ (tsumugu, 紬ぐ)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
紬
つむぎ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 紡ぐ (tsumugu, “to spin”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) つむぎ [tsùmúgí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝmɯ̟ᵝɡʲi]

Noun

紬(つむぎ) • (tsumugi) 

1. a pongee (soft thin cloth woven from silk noil)

   Synonym: 紬織り (tsumugiori)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 上(うえ)田(だ)紬(つむぎ) (Ueda-tsumugi)
• 置賜(おいたま)紬(つむぎ) (Oitama-tsumugi)
• 大(おお)島(しま)紬(つむぎ) (Ōshima-tsumugi)
• 玉(たま)紬(つむぎ) (tamatsumugi)
• 紬(つむぎ)織(お)り (tsumugiori)
• 紬(つむぎ)縞(じま) (tsumugijima)
• 手(て)紬(つむぎ) (tetsumugi)
• 南(なん)部(ぶ)紬(つむぎ) (Nanbu-tsumugi)
• 奉(ほう)書(しょ)紬(つむぎ) (hōsho tsumugi)
• 紡(ぼう)績(せき)紬(つむぎ) (bōseki tsumugi)

Proper noun

紬(つむぎ) • (Tsumugi) 

1. a surname
2. a female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
紬
ちゅう Jinmeiyō
kan’on

/tiu/ → /t͡sʲiu/ → /t͡ɕuː/

From Middle Chinese 紬 (MC ɖɨu).

Affix

紬(ちゅう) • (chū) ^{←ちう (tiu)?}

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Derived terms

• 紬紡糸(ちゅうぼうし) (chūbōshi)
• 絹紬(けんちゅう), 繭紬(けんちゅう) (kenchū)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

紬 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

紬: Hán Nôm readings: trừu, dò

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