# 冑

| 冑 | U+5191, &#20881; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5191 |
| ← 冐 [U+5190] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 冒 → [U+5192] |

## Translingual
### Han character

冑 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中田月 (LWB) or 難中田月 (XLWB), four-corner 5022$_7$, composition ⿱由冃)

#### Derived characters

* 𰼾

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 129, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1537
* Dae Jaweon: page 291, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2059, character 9
* Unihan data for U+5191

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 袖 | *ljɯwɢs |
| 岫 | *ljɯwɢs |
| 牰 | *ljɯwɢs, *lɯwɢs |
| 抽 | *l̥ʰɯw |
| 妯 | *l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ |
| 紬 | *l'ɯw |
| 怞 | *l'ɯw |
| 鮋 | *l'ɯw, *ɦljɯw, *lɯw |
| 菗 | *rlɯw |
| 宙 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 胄 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 冑 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 伷 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 駎 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 油 | *lɯw, *lɯwɢs |
| 由 | *lɯw |
| 蚰 | *lɯw |
| 秞 | *lɯw |
| 邮 | *lɯw |
| 釉 | *lɯwɢs |
| 柚 | *lɯwɢs, *l'ɯwɢ |
| 鼬 | *lɯwɢs |
| 苖 | *l'ɯːwɢ, *l̥ʰɯwɢ |
| 笛 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 迪 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 頔 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 軸 | *l'ɯwɢ |
| 舳 | *l'ɯwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'ɯwɢs) : semantic 冃 + phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhòu (zhou$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zau$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiū
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhòu
*** Wade–Giles: chou$^4$
*** Yale: jòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
*** Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zau$^6$
*** Yale: jauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zeo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐu̯²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiū
*** Tâi-lô: tiū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tiu²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiu²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiu³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiu³³/
* Middle Chinese: drjuwH
Rime :
| Character | 冑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 直祐切 |
| Baxter | drjuwH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɖɨu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɖiu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȡiəu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɖuw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȡiu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȡĭəu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȡʱi̯ə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zau$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l]ru-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯwɢs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 冑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhòu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ drjuw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[l]ru-s/ |
| English | helmet |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 冑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15521 |
| Phonetic component | 由 |
| Rime group | 奧 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 胄 |
| Old Chinese | /*l'ɯwɢs/ |

### Definitions

冑
* (historical) helmet worn by warriors in ancient times

### Compounds

* 介冑 (jièzhòu)
* 壓冑子／压冑子
* 甲冑 (jiǎzhòu)
* 貝冑／贝冑
* 躬擐甲冑

### See also

* (not to be confused with) 胄 (zhòu, “descendant”)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* helmet

#### Readings

* Go-on: じゅう (jū)
* Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)
* Kun: かぶと (kabuto, 冑)、よろい (yoroi, 冑)

### Noun

冑(かぶと) • (kabuto)
* Alternative form of 兜

## Korean
### Hanja

冑 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu)
* (투구 주, tugu-): helmet (especially, made of iron)

#### Usage notes

* 胄 (맏아들 주, mad-adeul ju) eldest son, heir (hence, similar but after all different from this entry, 冑)

#### Synonyms

* 兜 (두, du)

#### Compounds

* 甲冑 (갑주, gapju) armor and helmet

#### See also

* 甲 (갑, gap) armor