# 壴

| 壴 | U+58F4, &#22772; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58F4 |
| ← 壳 [U+58F3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 壵 → [U+58F5] |

## Translingual
### Han character

壴 (Kangxi radical 33, 士+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 土口廿 (GRT), four-corner 4010$_8$, composition ⿱十豆)

#### Derived characters

* 㛸, 𫹙, 䐍, 𪤱, 𪟌, 尌, 彭, 𭐕, 鼓, 鼔, 𮮦, 㰻, 皷, 壾, 𨲗, 𧒕, 𧰕, 𧰘, 𧰠, 𧰡, 𧰣, 𭙤, 喜, 嘉

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 243, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5649
* Dae Jaweon: page 483, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 439, character 6
* Unihan data for U+58F4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 壴 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 壴 | *tos |
| 廚 | *do |
| 躕 | *do |
| 櫥 | *do |
| 幮 | *do |
| 樹 | *djoʔ, *djos |
| 澍 | *tjos, *djos |
| 尌 | *djos |
Pictogram (象形) .
A drum 口 with two ends, a base and feathers 土 on top. In the Kangxi radical 鼓, a hand holding a stick to hit the drum is also visible. See also the bottom component of 豊 in its original version.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhù (zhu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhù
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhù
*** Wade–Giles: chu$^4$
*** Yale: jù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
*** Palladius: чжу (čžu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zyu$^3$
*** Yale: jyu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzy$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ju$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syː³³/
* Middle Chinese: trjuH
Rime :
| Character | 壴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 中句切 |
| Baxter | trjuH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈɨo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈio$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶio$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈuə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶio$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶĭu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶi̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zyu$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*t<r>oʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tos/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 壴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trju$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*t<r>oʔ-s/ |
| English | stand for musical instruments |
| 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 | 壴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17640 |
| Phonetic component | 壴 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 註 |
| Old Chinese | /*tos/ |

#### Definitions

壴
* (obsolete) drum
* a surname

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 壴 – see 鼓 (“drum; to drum; to beat a drum; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 鼓).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 壴 – see 臌. (This character is the second-round simplified form of 臌).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ちゅう (chū)、しゅ (shu)
* Kun: たてる (tateru)

## Korean
### Hanja

壴 (eumhun 북 주 (buk ju))
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