# 銖

| 銖 | U+9296, &#37526; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9296 |
| ← 銕 [U+9295] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 銗 → [U+9297] |

## Translingual
### Han character

銖 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金竹十木 (CHJD), four-corner 8519$_0$, composition ⿰釒朱)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1305, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40383
* Dae Jaweon: page 1807, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4197, character 6
* Unihan data for U+9296

## Chinese

* 銖 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 泰銖 (Written Standard Chinese)

### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 咮 | *tu, *tus, *tos, *tjo |
| 株 | *to |
| 誅 | *to |
| 邾 | *to |
| 鼄 | *to |
| 跦 | *to |
| 袾 | *to, *tʰjo |
| 鴸 | *to, *tjo |
| 蛛 | *to |
| 殊 | *to, *djo |
| 趎 | *do |
| 珠 | *tjo |
| 朱 | *tjo |
| 侏 | *tjo |
| 絑 | *tjo |
| 祩 | *tjo, *tjos |
| 鮢 | *tjo |
| 硃 | *tjo |
| 姝 | *tʰjo |
| 銖 | *djo |
| 茱 | *djo |
| 洙 | *djo |
| 陎 | *djo |

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “"baht" is a corruption of 末 (𰼤)?”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhū (zhu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zu$^1$ / su$^5$ / puag$^4$ / puêg$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhū
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhu
*** Wade–Giles: chu$^1$
*** Yale: jū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ju
*** Palladius: чжу (čžu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zyu$^1$
*** Yale: jyū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzy$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ju$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
*** Tâi-lô: tsu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zw
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zu$^1$ / su$^5$ / puag$^4$ / puêg$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsu / sû / phuak / phuek
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su³³/, /su⁵⁵/, /pʰuak̚²/, /pʰuek̚²/
* Middle Chinese: dzyu
Rime :
| Character | 銖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 市朱切 |
| Baxter | dzyu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʑɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ʑio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʑio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ʑuə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ʑio/ |
| Wang Li | /ʑĭu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʑi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | syu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*djo/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 銖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17581 |
| Phonetic component | 朱 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 殊 |
| Old Chinese | /*djo/ |

### Definitions

銖
* (historical) zhu (an ancient Chinese unit of weight notionally equivalent to 100 millet seeds or 1/24 liang/tael, chiefly used for denominating small coins)
* Thai baht (currency unit)
* a surname

#### Synonyms

* (Thai baht): 泰銖／泰铢 (tàizhū), 泰幣／泰币 (tàibì), (Cantonese) 匹 (pat1)

### Compounds

* 三銖錢／三铢钱
* 五銖錢／五铢钱
* 寸積銖累／寸积铢累
* 積銖累寸／积铢累寸
* 銖兩／铢两
* 銖兩悉稱／铢两悉称
* 銖積寸累／铢积寸累
* 銖銖校量／铢铢校量
* 錙銖／锱铢 (zīzhū)
* 錙銖必較／锱铢必较 (zīzhūbìjiào)
* 錙銖較量／锱铢较量

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: じゅ (ju)
* Kan-on: しゅ (shu)
* Kun: にぶい (nibui, 銖い)

## Korean
### Hanja

銖 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)
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