秬

秬 U+79EC, 秬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79EC ← 秫 [U+79EB] CJK Unified Ideographs 秭 → [U+79ED]

Translingual

Han character

秬 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹木尸尸 (HDSS), four-corner 2191₇, composition ⿰禾巨)

1. black millet (Cenchrus americanus, syn. Pennisetum glaucum; pearl millet)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 852, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25002
• Dae Jaweon: page 1276, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2593, character 6
• Unihan data for U+79EC

Chinese

trad.		秬
simp. #		秬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴
    • Yale: jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi⁶
    • Yale: geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kú
    • Tâi-lô: kú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ku⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ku⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gjoX

Rime
Character	秬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其吕切
Baxter	gjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ɡiɔX/
Wang Li	/ɡĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	秬
Reading #	1/1
No.	7054
Phonetic component	巨
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡaʔ/

Definitions

秬

1. black millet (Cenchrus americanus, syn. Pennisetum glaucum; pearl millet)

Japanese

Kanji

秬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きょ (kyo)
• Kun: くろきび (kurokibi)

Korean

Hanja

秬 (eum 거 (geo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

秬: Hán Nôm readings: cự

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