# 侏

| 侏 | U+4F8F, &#20367; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F8F |
| ← 侎 [U+4F8E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 侐 → [U+4F90] |

## Translingual
### Han character

侏 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人竹十木 (OHJD), four-corner 2529$_0$, composition ⿰亻朱)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 102, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 592
* Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 148, character 9
* Unihan data for U+4F8F

## 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjo) : semantic 人 (“human”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhū (zhu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zu$^1$
* 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$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su³³/
* Middle Chinese: tsyu
Rime :
| Character | 侏 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 章俱切 |
| Baxter | tsyu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cuə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕio/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zyu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*to/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjo/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 侏 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhū |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyu › |
| Old Chinese | /*to/ |
| English | 侏儒 zhūrú "dwarf" |
| 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 | 侏 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17570 |
| Phonetic component | 朱 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 朱 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjo/ |

#### Definitions

侏
* Used in 侏儒 (zhūrú).

#### Compounds

* 侏儒 (zhūrú)
* 侏儒症 (zhūrúzhèng)
* 侏儒觀戰 / 侏儒观战
* 侏羅 / 侏罗 (Zhūluó)
* 侏羅山脈 / 侏罗山脉
* 侏羅系 / 侏罗系
* 侏羅紀 / 侏罗纪 (Zhūluó Jì)
* 侏離 / 侏离

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhōu (zhou$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhou
*** Wade–Giles: chou$^1$
*** Yale: jōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jou
*** Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

侏
* Used in 侏張 / 侏张.

#### Compounds

* 侏張 / 侏张

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: す (su)
* Kan-on: しゅ (shu)
* Kun: あざむく (azamuku, 侏く)、みじかい (mijikai, 侏い)

#### Compounds

* 侏儒(しゅじゅ) (shuju, “dwarf”)
* 侏離(しゅり) (shuri)
* 侏儒舞(ひきひとまい) (hikihitomai)

## Korean
### Hanja

侏 (eum 주 (ju))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

侏: Hán Nôm readings: thù
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#### References

* Nom Foundation