竺

竺 U+7AFA, 竺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7AFA ← 竹 [U+7AF9] CJK Unified Ideographs 竻 → [U+7AFB]

Translingual

Han character

竺 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹一一 (HMM), four-corner 8810₁, composition ⿱𥫗二)

Derived characters

• 𬵚

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 877, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25842
• Dae Jaweon: page 1306, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2947, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7AFA

Chinese

trad.		竺
simp. #		竺
alternative forms		笁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
竺	*tuːɡ, *tuːɡ, *tuɡ
篤	*tuːɡ
竹	*tuɡ
筑	*tuɡ, *duɡ
築	*tuɡ
茿	*tuɡ

Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tuːɡ, *tuːɡ, *tuɡ) : phonetic 𥫗 (OC *tuɡ) + semantic 二 ― thick.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǔ (du³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tu³
    • Yale: dǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duu
    • Palladius: ду (du)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk¹
    • Yale: dūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tuwk, towk

Rime
Character	竺	竺
Reading #	1/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	東 (3)	冬 (6)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	丁木切	冬毒切
Baxter	tuwk	towk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuk̚/	/tuok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tuk̚/	/tuok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tuk̚/	/tok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/təwk̚/	/tawk̚/
Li Rong	/tuk̚/	/tok̚/
Wang Li	/tuk̚/	/tuok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/tuk̚/	/tuok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	du	du
Expected Cantonese Reflex	duk1	duk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tuːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	竺	竺
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	17585	17586
Phonetic component	竹	竹
Rime group	屋	覺
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	𣫔	篤
Old Chinese	/*tuːɡ/	/*tuːɡ/
Notes		後作篤

Definitions

竺

1. ^† Original form of 篤／笃 (dǔ, “thick; sincere; serious”).
2. ^† Alternative form of 毒 (“to loathe; to detest”)
3. (historical) An ancient placename.

Compounds

• 敦竺
• 竺信
• 竺寒
• 竺物
• 竺生
• 竺胙

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhú (zhu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): dé̤ṳk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiok
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷tsoq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhú
    • Wade–Giles: chu²
    • Yale: jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹
    • Yale: jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dé̤ṳk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tøyʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiok
    • Tâi-lô: tiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔk̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷tsoq
    • MiniDict: tsoh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tsoq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: trjuwk

Rime
Character	竺
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	東 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	張六切
Baxter	trjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ȶiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ȶĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tuɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	竺
Reading #	3/3
No.	17589
Phonetic component	竹
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	竹
Old Chinese	/*tuɡ/
Notes	天竺譯hinduka

Definitions

竺

1. (obsolete) bamboo
2. Short for 天竺 (Tiānzhú, “India”).
3. (by extension) relating to India or Buddhism; Buddhist
4. Name of a mountain in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.
5. (historical, music) Name of an ancient musical instrument.
6. a surname, commonly adopted by early Buddhist monks.

Compounds

• 上下竺
• 三竺
• 东西竺
• 乾竺／干竺
• 天竺 (Tiānzhú)
• 天竺書／天竺书
• 天竺葵
• 天竺鼠 (tiānzhúshǔ)
• 竺乾／竺干 (Zhúqián)
• 竺乾學／竺干学
• 竺僧
• 竺典
• 竺國／竺国
• 竺國經／竺国经
• 竺土
• 竺域
• 竺學／竺学
• 竺教
• 竺文
• 竺書／竺书
• 竺法
• 竺法蘭／竺法兰
• 竺法護／竺法护 (Zhú Fǎhù)
• 竺經／竺经
• 西竺
• 靈竺／灵竺

 

Japanese

Kanji

竺

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. bamboo

Readings

• On (unclassified): とく (toku); ちく (chiku); じく (jiku)
• Kun: あつい (atsui, 竺い); たけ (take, 竺)
• Nanori: あつし (atsushi)

Proper noun

竺(あつし) • (Atsushi) 

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

竺 • (chuk, dok) (hangeul 축, 독, revised chuk, dok, McCune–Reischauer ch'uk, tok, Yale chwuk, tok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

竺: Hán Việt readings: trúc, đốc
竺: Nôm readings: trúc

1. chữ Hán form of Trúc (“former short name of India (天竺, Thiên Trúc), a surname”).
2. Alternative form of 篤 (“chữ Hán form of đốc (“honest”).”)