筑

See also: 築きずけ

筑 U+7B51, 筑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B51 ← 筐かたみ [U+7B50] CJK Unified Ideographs 筒つつ → [U+7B52]

Translingual

Han character

筑 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹たけ+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹たけ一いち竹たけ弓ゆみ (HMHN) or 竹たけ一いち弓ゆみ十じゅう (HMNJ), four-corner 8811₇, composition ⿱𥫗巩)

Derived characters

• 築きずけ, 篫, 𥯹, 𥰺, 𥳎, 𣽆

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 883, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26002
• Dae Jaweon: page 1312, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2963, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7B51

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (竹たけ) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
竺	*tuːɡ, *tuːɡ, *tuɡ
篤あつ	*tuːɡ
竹たけ	*tuɡ
筑	*tuɡ, *duɡ
築きずけ	*tuɡ
茿	*tuɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意かいい／会意かいい) and phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *tuɡ, *duɡ) : phonetic 竹たけ (OC *tuɡ, “bamboo”) + 𢀜 (“to hold”).

Also simplified from 築きずけ (elimination of 木き).

Etymology 1

trad.		筑
simp. #		筑
alternative forms		𥬑 𥬶 𥬾

“Guiyang”

Short for 貴き筑／贵筑, the former name of Guiyang.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhù, zhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ, ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhù
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴
    • Yale: jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhú
    • Wade–Giles: chu²
    • Yale: jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zuk¹
    • Yale: jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: trjuwk

Rime
Character	筑
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲こえ)	知ち (9)
Final (韻いん)	屋や (4)
Tone (調しらべ)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III
Fanqie	張ちょう六ろく切きり
Baxter	trjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ȶiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ȶĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tuɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	筑
Reading #	1/2
No.	17590
Phonetic component	竹たけ
Rime group	覺さとし
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	竹たけ
Old Chinese	/*tuɡ/

Definitions

筑

1. (music) an ancient zither-like instrument

   • 至いたり易えき水すい之これ上じょう，既すんで祖そ，取と道みち，高こう漸やや離はなれ擊げき筑，荊軻和わ而歌うた，為ため變へん徵ちょう之これ聲こえ，士し皆みな垂たれ淚なみだ涕泣ていきゅう。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     至いたり易えき水すい之これ上じょう，既すんで祖そ，取と道みち，高こう渐离击筑，荆轲和わ而歌うた，为变徵之これ声こえ，士し皆みな垂たれ泪なみだ涕泣ていきゅう。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Zhì Yì Shuǐ zhīshàng, jì zǔ, qǔ dào, Gāo Jiànlí jí zhú, Jīng Kē hè ér gē, wèi biànzhǐ zhī shēng, shì jiē chuílèi tìqì. [Pinyin (Taiwanese Mandarin)]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. Alternative name for 貴き陽ひ／贵阳 (Guìyáng, “Guiyang”).

Etymology 2

trad.		筑
simp. #		筑
alternative forms		𥬑 𥬶 𥬾 𣽆 𣵸

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhù, zhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ, ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhù
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴
    • Yale: jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhú
    • Wade–Giles: chu²
    • Yale: jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zuk¹
    • Yale: jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: drjuwk

Rime
Character	筑
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲こえ)	澄きよし (11)
Final (韻いん)	屋や (4)
Tone (調しらべ)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III
Fanqie	直じき六ろく切きり
Baxter	drjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ȡiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ȡĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*duɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	筑
Reading #	2/2
No.	17593
Phonetic component	竹たけ
Rime group	覺さとし
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	逐
Old Chinese	/*duɡ/
Notes	漢かん縣けん

Definitions

筑

1. Name of a river.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 筑 – see 築きずけ (“wooden pestle for pounding dirt; to pound soil to make it firm; to ram earth; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 築きずけ).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育きょういく部ぶ異體いたい字じ字典じてん), B03194

Japanese

Kanji

筑

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. an ancient zither-like instrument

Readings

• Go-on: ちく (chiku)
• Kan-on: ちく (chiku)
• Nanori: つく (tsuku)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
筑
ちく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

筑(ちく) • (chiku) 

1. (music) an ancient zither-like instrument

Korean

Hanja

筑 (eum 축 (chuk))

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Vietnamese

Han character

筑: Hán Nôm readings: trúc

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