楸

楸 U+6978, 楸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6978 ← 楷 [U+6977] CJK Unified Ideographs 楹 → [U+6979]

Translingual

Han character

楸 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木竹木火 (DHDF), four-corner 4998₀, composition ⿰木秋)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 542, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15186
• Dae Jaweon: page 930, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1251, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6978

Chinese

楸 (Catalpa bungei)

trad.		楸
simp. #		楸
alternative forms		橚／𰗹

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (秋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鍫	*sʰew
篍	*sʰiw, *sʰiws, *sʰɯw
愀	*sʰiwʔ, *zɯwʔ
湫	*ʔsliwʔ, *ʔsɯw, *sʰɯw, *zɯwʔ
揪	*ʔsɯw
揫	*ʔsɯw
啾	*ʔsɯw
鬏	*ʔsɯw
秋	*sʰɯw
鰍	*sʰɯw
楸	*sʰɯw
秌	*sʰɯw
鞦	*sʰɯw
鶖	*sʰɯw
萩	*sʰɯw
甃	*ʔsrɯws
醔	*sʰrɯw
愁	*zrɯw
僽	*zrɯws

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiū (qiu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciou
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹
    • Yale: chyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiou
    • Palladius: цю (cju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cau¹
    • Yale: chāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjuw

Rime
Character	楸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七由切
Baxter	tshjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰuw/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiu/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	楸
Reading #	1/1
No.	10540
Phonetic component	秋
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	秋
Old Chinese	/*sʰɯw/

Definitions

楸

1. Manchurian catalpa (Catalpa bungei)

   Coordinate term: 梓 (zǐ)

2. East Asian mallotus (Mallotus japonicus)

   Synonym: 檟／槚 (jiǎ)

3. go board

   Synonym: 楸枰

Compounds

• 刺楸
• 弈楸
• 楸枰
• 楸樹／楸树
• 長楸／长楸

 

Japanese

Kanji

楸

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
• Kun: きささげ (kisasage, 楸); ひさぎ (hisagi, 楸)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
楸
きささげ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
木大角豆 木豇

Noun

楸(きささげ) or 楸(キササゲ) • (kisasage) 

1. yellow catalpa, Catalpa ovata

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
楸
ひさぎ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
久木

Noun

楸(ひさぎ) • (hisagi) 

1. (archaic) Synonym of 楸 (kisasage, “yellow catalpa, Catalpa ovata”)
2. (archic) Synonym of 赤芽柏 (akamegashiwa, “Japanese mallotus, Mallotus japonicus”)

Korean

Hanja

楸 (eum 추 (chu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

楸: Hán Nôm readings: thu

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References

• Nom Foundation