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鄒
鄒
See also: 邹
Translingual
Han character
鄒 (radical 163 邑+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 心山弓中 (PUNL), four-corner 27427, composition ⿰芻⻏)
References
- KangXi: page 1275, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39562
- Dae Jaweon: page 1774, character 30
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3789, character 10
- Unihan data for U+9112
Chinese
| trad. | 鄒 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 邹 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 鄒
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|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (芻) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 煼 | *sʰroːʔ |
| 謅 | *sʰroːʔ, *ʔsru, *sʰru |
| 縐 | *sʰroːs, *ʔsrus |
| 鄒 | *ʔsru |
| 騶 | *ʔsru |
| 搊 | *ʔsruʔ, *sʰru, *ʔsro |
| 皺 | *ʔsrus |
| 篘 | *sʰru |
| 㑳 | *zrus, *ʔsro, *rnuːb |
| 趍 | *sʰlo, *l'al |
| 趨 | *sʰlo |
| 芻 | *sʰro |
| 犓 | *sʰro |
| 雛 | *zro |
| 鶵 | *zro |
| 媰 | *zro |
| 齺 | *zroːɡ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄡ
- Wade-Giles: tsou1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzou
- IPA (key): /t͡soʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zau1
- Yale: jāu
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzau1
- IPA (key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chau
- Tâi-lô: tsau
- Phofsit Daibuun: zaw
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡saʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saʊ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡saʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡saʊ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 鄒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 莊 (18) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 側鳩切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡ʃɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʈ͡ʂiu/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡ʃiəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʈ͡ʂuw/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡ʃiu/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡ʃĭəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʈ͡ʂi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhōu |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 鄒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1593 |
| Phonetic component |
芻 |
| Rime group |
幽 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
鄒 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ʔsru/ |
Definitions
鄒
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Japanese
Kanji
鄒
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
鄒 • (chu) (hangeul 추, revised chu, McCune-Reischauer ch'u, Yale chwu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
鄒 (trâu)
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