# 筑

| 筑 | U+7B51, &#31569; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B51 |
| ← 筐 [U+7B50] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 筒 → [U+7B52] |

## Translingual
### Han character

筑 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹一竹弓 (HMHN) or 竹一弓十 (HMNJ), four-corner 8811$_7$, composition ⿱𥫗巩)

#### Derived characters

* 築, 篫, 𥯹, 𥰺, 𥳎, 𣽆

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 883, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26002
* Dae Jaweon: page 1312, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2963, character 5
* Unihan data for U+7B51

## Chinese

* 筑 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Zhu (string instrument) (English)

### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 竺 | *tuːɡ, *tuːɡ, *tuɡ |
| 篤 | *tuːɡ |
| 竹 | *tuɡ |
| 筑 | *tuɡ, *duɡ |
| 築 | *tuɡ |
| 茿 | *tuɡ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tuɡ, *duɡ) : phonetic 竹 (OC *tuɡ, “bamboo”) + 𢀜 (“to hold”).
Also simplified from 築 (elimination of 木).

### Etymology 1
#### “Guiyang”

    Short for 貴筑／贵筑, the former name of Guiyang.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhù, zhú
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ, ㄓㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhù
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhù
*** Wade–Giles: chu$^4$
*** Yale: jù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
*** Palladius: чжу (čžu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhú
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhú
*** Wade–Giles: chu$^2$
*** Yale: jú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu
*** Palladius: чжу (čžu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zuk$^1$
*** Yale: jūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊk̚⁵/
* Middle Chinese: trjuwk
Rime :
| Character | 筑 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (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 | zuk$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tuɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 筑 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 17590 |
| Phonetic component | 竹 |
| Rime group | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 竹 |
| Old Chinese | /*tuɡ/ |

#### Definitions

筑
* (music) an ancient zither-like instrument
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Zhì Yì Shuǐ zhīshàng, jì zǔ, qǔ dào, Gāo Jiànlí jí zhú, Jīng Kē hè ér gē, wèi biànzhǐ zhī shēng, shì jiē chuílèi tìqì. [Pinyin (Taiwanese Mandarin)]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* Alternative name for 貴陽／贵阳 (Guìyáng, “Guiyang”).

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhù, zhú
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ, ㄓㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhù
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhù
*** Wade–Giles: chu$^4$
*** Yale: jù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
*** Palladius: чжу (čžu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhú
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhú
*** Wade–Giles: chu$^2$
*** Yale: jú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu
*** Palladius: чжу (čžu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zuk$^1$
*** Yale: jūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊk̚⁵/
* Middle Chinese: drjuwk
Rime :
| Character | 筑 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 直六切 |
| Baxter | drjuwk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɖɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɖiuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȡiuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɖuwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ȡiuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ȡĭuk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȡʱi̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zuk$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*duɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 筑 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 17593 |
| Phonetic component | 竹 |
| Rime group | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 逐 |
| Old Chinese | /*duɡ/ |
| Notes | 漢縣 |

#### Definitions

筑
* Name of a river.

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 筑 – see 築 (“wooden pestle for pounding dirt; to pound soil to make it firm; to ram earth; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 築).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03194

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* an ancient zither-like instrument

#### Readings

* Go-on: ちく (chiku)
* Kan-on: ちく (chiku)
* Nanori: つく (tsuku)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 筑
* ちく Jinmeiyō
* on'yomi

#### Noun

筑(ちく) • (chiku)
* (music) an ancient zither-like instrument

## Korean
### Hanja

筑 (eum 축 (chuk))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

筑: Hán Nôm readings: trúc
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