楚
See also: 椘
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TranslingualEdit
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Han characterEdit
楚 (radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木木弓卜人 (DDNYO), four-corner 44801, composition ⿱林疋)
Derived charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 539, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15141
- Dae Jaweon: page 927, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1244, character 9
- Unihan data for U+695A
ChineseEdit
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Glyph originEdit
| Characters in the same phonetic series (疋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 疋 | *ŋraːʔ, *sŋra, *sŋraʔ |
| 蝑 | *sŋas, *sŋa |
| 壻 | *sŋeːs |
| 婿 | *sŋeːs |
| 胥 | *sŋa, *sŋaʔ |
| 稰 | *sŋa, *sŋaʔ |
| 楈 | *sŋa, *sŋaʔ |
| 諝 | *sŋa, *sŋaʔ |
| 湑 | *sŋa, *sŋaʔ |
| 揟 | *sŋa |
| 醑 | *sŋaʔ |
| 糈 | *sŋaʔ, *sŋraʔ |
| 楚 | *sŋ̊ʰraʔ, *sŋ̊ʰras |
| 礎 | *sŋ̊ʰraʔ |
| 憷 | *sŋ̊ʰraʔ |
| 齼 | *sŋ̊ʰraʔ |
| 濋 | *sŋ̊ʰraʔ |
| 儊 | *sŋ̊ʰras |
| 綀 | *sŋra |
| 疎 | *sŋra |
| 疏 | *sŋra, *sŋras |
| 蔬 | *sŋra |
| 梳 | *sŋra |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sŋ̊ʰraʔ, *sŋ̊ʰras): semantic 林 (“forest; grove; woods”) + phonetic 疋 (OC *ŋraːʔ, *sŋra, *sŋraʔ).
EtymologyEdit
Schuessler (2007) proposes an Austroasiatic origin; compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟlaʔ (“thorn”).
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
楚
- † chaste tree (genus Vitex)
- 翹翹錯薪，言刈其楚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Qiáoqiáo cuò xīn, yán yì qí chǔ. [Pinyin]
- Many are the bundles of firewood; I would cut down the chaste trees [to form more].
翘翘错薪，言刈其楚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- † thick growth of weeds
- (historical) punishment cane
- (historical) to beat with a punishment cane
- pain; suffering
- clear; distinct
- 清楚 ― qīngchǔ ― clear
- neat; clean; tidy
- bright; gorgeous
- 楚楚 ― chǔchǔ ― tidy; dainty, charming
- † vulgar; unrefined
- (historical) Chu (an ancient Chinese viscounty and kingdom along the Yangtze River during the Zhou dynasty)
- 一齊人傅之，眾楚人咻之，雖日撻而求其齊也，不可得矣 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mencius, circa 4th century BCE
- yī Qí rén fù zhī, zhòng Chǔrén xiū zhī, suī rì tà ér qiú qí Qí yě, bùkě dé yǐ [Pinyin]
- If but one man of Qi be teaching him, and there be a multitude of men of Chu continually shouting out about him, although his father beat him every day, wishing him to learn the speech of Qi, it will be impossible for him to do so.
一齐人傅之，众楚人咻之，虽日挞而求其齐也，不可得矣 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- modern-day Hubei and Hunan (where the state of Chu was located)
- (specifically) Hubei
- A surname.
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 楚
JapaneseEdit
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
楚 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)
- name of feudal state
- clear