註

See also: 注

註 U+8A3B, 註 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A3B ← 診 [U+8A3A] CJK Unified Ideographs 証 → [U+8A3C]

Translingual

Han character

註 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜土 (YRYG), four-corner 0061₄, composition ⿰訁主)

Related characters

• 注 (Orthodox form in mainland China, also considered its simplified form)
• 𬣣 (Nonstandard form in simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1152, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35340
• Dae Jaweon: page 1619, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3957, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8A3B

Chinese

trad.		註/注*
simp.		注*
nonstandard simp.		𬣣

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
飳	*tʰoːʔ
妵	*tʰoːʔ
黈	*tʰoːʔ
蘣	*tʰoːʔ
罜	*doːɡ, *tjos
拄	*toʔ
柱	*toʔ, *doʔ
駐	*tos
註	*tos, *tjos
鉒	*tos
軴	*tos
住	*tos, *dos
跓	*doʔ
嵀	*doʔ
主	*tjoʔ
麈	*tjoʔ
宔	*tjoʔ
炷	*tjoʔ, *tjos
注	*tjos
疰	*tjos
蛀	*tjos
霔	*tjos

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tos, *tjos): semantic 言 + phonetic 主 (OC *tjoʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhù (zhu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chu
• Eastern Min (BUC): ció
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chù
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhù
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴
    • Yale: jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zyu³
    • Yale: jyu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chu
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ció
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suɔ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chù
    • Tâi-lô: tsù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsy
    • MiniDict: tsy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyuH, trjuH

Rime
Character	註	註
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	之戍切	中句切
Baxter	tsyuH	trjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨoH/	/ʈɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕioH/	/ʈioH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕioH/	/ȶioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuə̆H/	/ʈuə̆H/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕioH/	/ȶioH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭuH/	/ȶĭuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯uH/	/ȶi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhù	zhù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu3	zyu3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tos/, /*tjos/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	註	註
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17610	17625
Phonetic component	主	主
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	註	注
Old Chinese	/*tos/	/*tjos/

Definitions

註

1. to annotate; to comment

   註釋／注释  ―  zhùshì  ―  to annotate

2. to record; to register

   註冊／注册  ―  zhùcè  ―  to register

3. comment; note; annotation

   備註／备注  ―  bèizhù  ―  remark

Compounds

• 備註 / 备注 (bèizhù)
• 命中註定 / 命中注定 (mìngzhōngzhùdìng)
• 批註 / 批注 (pīzhù)
• 腳註 / 脚注 (jiǎozhù)
• 註冊 / 注册 (zhùcè)
• 註冊商標 / 注册商标 (zhùcè shāngbiāo)
• 註名 / 注名
• 註失 / 注失
• 註定 / 注定 (zhùdìng)
• 註批 / 注批
• 註明 / 注明 (zhùmíng)
• 註生娘娘 / 注生娘娘
• 註銷 / 注销 (zhùxiāo)
• 譯註 / 译注 (yìzhù)
• 鐵板註腳 / 铁板注脚

Japanese

Kanji

註

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. to explain in detail

Readings

• Go-on: ちゅう (chū)^{←ちゆう (tyuu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)^{←ちゆう (tyuu, historical)}
• Kun: ときあかす (tokiakasu, 註す)、とく (toku)、しるす (shirusu, 註す)

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 註 is mostly replaced by 注, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

Japanese terms with 註 replaced by daiyōji 注

脚注

受注

注

注解

注記

注釈

注文

頭注

特注

分注

訳注

割注

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 註 – see the following entry.

【注ちゅう】3 [noun] annotation, note

(This term, 註, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

註 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

註: Hán Nôm readings: chú, chua

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