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珠

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珠 U+73E0, 珠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73E0
← 珟
[U+73DF]
CJK Unified Ideographs 珡 →
[U+73E1]

Translingual

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Stroke order
Japan
Stroke order
Japan

Han character

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珠 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+6, 10 strokes, Cangjie input 一土竹十木 (MGHJD), four-corner 15190, composition ⿰𤣩朱)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 730, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20956
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1142, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1111, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+73E0

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
珠

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjo): semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • ciŏ - literary;
  • ciŭ - colloquial (usually written as 睭).
Note:
  • zy1 - literary;
  • zou1 - colloquial;
  • ziu1 - colloquial (used in 目珠).
Note:
  • chu - literary;
  • chiu - colloquial (usually written as 睭).
Note:
  • zu1 - literary;
  • ziu1 - colloquial (usually written as 睭).

Rime
Character 珠
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 章俱切
Baxter tsyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕio/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cuə̆/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕio/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zyu1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 珠
Reading # 1/1
No. 17568
Phonetic
component
朱
Rime
group
侯
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
朱
Old
Chinese
/*tjo/

Definitions

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珠

  1. pearl (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆/颗 m)
    珍珠  ―  zhēnzhū  ―  (gem) pearl
    珠寶/珠宝  ―  zhūbǎo  ―  pearls and jewels; jewelry
    明珠  ―  míngzhū  ―  (literally) shiny pearl; (figurative) treasured person or thing; jewel; pearl
    蠔珠/蚝珠  ―  háozhū  ―  oyster pearl
    採珠/采珠  ―  cǎizhū  ―  pearl diving; pearl harvesting; to dive for extracting pearls
  2. pearl-like object; bead (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆/颗 m)
    汗珠  ―  hànzhū  ―  bead of sweat
    水珠  ―  shuǐzhū  ―  drop of water
    眼珠  ―  yǎnzhū  ―  (colloquial) eyeball; (dialectal) eye
    有眼無珠/有眼无珠  ―  yǒuyǎnwúzhū  ―  (idiom, figurative) ignorant; lacking the ability to see or discern; to have a narrow vision (literally, “to have an eye, not to have an eyeball”)
    萬樂珠/万乐珠 [Cantonese]  ―  maan6 lok6 zyu1 [Jyutping]  ―  (Hong Kong, Macau) Mentos (mint brand) (literally, “myriad happiess pearl/bead”)
    曼陀珠  ―  màntuózhū  ―  (Taiwan) Mentos (mint brand) (literally, “graceful pearl/bead”)
    串珠  ―  chuànzhū  ―  string of beads
    胚珠  ―  pēizhū  ―  (botany) ovule (literally, “fetus pearl/bead”)
    面珠 [Cantonese]  ―  min6 zyu1 [Jyutping]  ―  (Cantonese, anatomy) cheek (literally, “face pearl/bead”)
    玫瑰念珠  ―  méiguī niànzhū  ―  (Catholic) rosary beads
  3. short for 珠海 (Zhūhǎi, “Zhuhai”)
    港珠澳大橋/港珠澳大桥  ―  Gǎng Zhū Ào dàqiáo  ―  Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
    廣珠城際鐵路/广珠城际铁路  ―  Guǎng Zhū chéngjì tiělù  ―  Guangzhu intercity railway; Guangzhou–Zhuhai intercity railway
    珠機城際鐵路/珠机城际铁路  ―  Zhū jī chéngjì tiělù  ―  Zhuji intercity railway; Zhuhai–Zhuhai Airport intercity railway
    珠澳邊界/珠澳边界  ―  Zhū Ào biānjiè  ―  Zhuhai-Macau border
    珠澳跨境工業區/珠澳跨境工业区  ―  Zhū Ào kuàjìng gōngyèqū  ―  Zhuhai - Macao Cross Broader Industrial Zone
    南珠高速鐵路/南珠高速铁路  ―  Nán Zhū gāosùtiělù  ―  Nanzhu HSR; Nanning-Zhuhai High-speed Railway
    珠台高速  ―  Zhū Tái gāosù  ―  Zhutai Expressway; Zhuhai-Taishan Expressway
    珠中江  ―  Zhū Zhōng Jiāng  ―  Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Jiangmen
  4. Used in transcription.
    珠穆朗瑪/珠穆朗玛  ―  zhūmùlǎngmǎ  ―  Mount Everest
    桑珠孜  ―  sāngzhūzī  ―  Samzhubzê
    金珠  ―  jīnzhū  ―  Jinzhu (a town in Daocheng, Garzê prefecture, Sichuan, China)
    金珠瑪米/金珠玛米  ―  jīnzhūmǎmǐ  ―  People's Liberation Army
    列必珠  ―  lièbìzhū  ―  (dated or Cantonese) Lethbridge (a city in Alberta, Canada)
    西烏珠穆沁/西乌珠穆沁  ―  xīwūzhūmùqìn  ―  West Ujimqin Banner (a banner in Xilingol, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China)
    曲妥珠單抗/曲妥珠单抗  ―  qūtuǒzhūdānkàng  ―  (pharmacology) trastuzumab

Compounds

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References

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  • “珠”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “珠”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 314.

Japanese

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Kanji

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珠

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. pearl, gem, jewel

Readings

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  • Go-on: す (su)
  • Kan-on: しゅ (shu, Jōyō)
  • Kun: たま (tama, 珠)

Compounds

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
珠
たま
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 珠 – see the following entry.
【玉たま】1
[noun] any spherical or similarly-rounded object:
[noun] 球, 珠: a ball
[noun] an orb
[noun] a sphere
[noun] a bead of an abacus
[noun] lens
[noun] 弾, 珠, 球: a bullet
[noun] an egg, (especially of a chicken)
[noun] 璧, 珠, 球: a gem, jewel
[noun] an object of value
[noun] a female entertainer (geisha, prostitute, etc.)
[noun] (colloquial) short for 金玉 (kintama): testicles
[counter] counter for ramen and udon for one person
[prefix] This term needs a translation to English.
[proper noun] a place name
[proper noun] a female given name
Alternative spellings
球, 弾, 璧
(This term, 珠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 珠 (MC tsyu).

Historical readings
Dongguk Jeongun reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 쥬ᇰ (Yale: cyù)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 구슬〮 (Yale: kwùsúl) 쥬 (Yale: cyù)

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

珠 (eumhun 구슬 주 (guseul ju))

  1. pearl, gem, jewel
  2. bead

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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珠: Hán Nôm readings: châu, thậm, chau

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