株

Translingual

Han character

株 (radical 75 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木竹十木 (DHJD), four-corner 4599₀, composition ⿰木朱)

1. measure word (numerary adjunct) for trees
2. root

References

• KangXi: page 523, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14723
• Dae Jaweon: page 911, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1199, character 10
• Unihan data for U+682A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

株 (Yale jyu1)

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Japanese

Kanji

株 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ちゅう (chu), しゅ (shu)
• Kun: かぶ (kabu)

Noun

株 (hiragana かぶ, romaji kabu)

1. stock (in a company)
2. share(s) of stock
3. stump of a tree

Suffix

株 (hiragana かぶ, romaji -kabu)

1. Abbreviation for 株式会社 (かぶしきかいしゃ, kabushiki kaisha, “stock company”); inc.

Coordinate terms

• 社 (しゃ, sha, “co.”)
• 有 (ゆう, yū, “Ltd.”)

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Korean

Hanja

株 (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune-Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

株 (pinyin zhū (zhu1), Wade-Giles chu¹)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

株 (djio)

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Vietnamese

Han character

株 (chu, chò, châu)