# 渚

| 渚 | U+6E1A, &#28186; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E1A |
| ← 渙 [U+6E19] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 減 → [U+6E1B] |
| 渚 | U+FA46, &#64070; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA46 |
| ← 海 [U+FA45] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 漢 → [U+FA47] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 渚 |
| Simplified | 渚 |
| Japanese | 渚 |
| Korean | 渚 |

### Han character

渚 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水十大日 (EJKA), four-corner 3416$_0$, composition ⿰氵者)
* small sand bank, islet

#### Derived characters

* 𠹲, 𪦜, 𢵻, 𣚫, 𬛒, 𥢳, 𧸓, 𬩅, 𤁛, 𡪦, 𪱅, 𠤆, 𣜾, 𡤊, 𦼥, 𮆑, 𩅻, 𪳼

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 633, character 41
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17758
* Dae Jaweon: page 1040, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1640, character 4
* Unihan data for U+6E1A
* Unihan data for U+FA46

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 觰 | *rtaːʔ, *rtaː |
| 諸 | *tjaː, *tja |
| 者 | *tjaːʔ |
| 堵 | *tjaːʔ, *taːʔ |
| 赭 | *tjaːʔ |
| 撦 | *l̥ʰjaːʔ |
| 扯 | *tʰjaːʔ |
| 闍 | *djaː, *taː |
| 奢 | *hljaː |
| 鍺 | *toːlʔ |
| 都 | *taː |
| 醏 | *taː |
| 覩 | *taːʔ |
| 睹 | *taːʔ |
| 暏 | *taːʔ |
| 賭 | *taːʔ |
| 帾 | *taːʔ |
| 楮 | *taːʔ, *tʰaʔ |
| 屠 | *daː, *da |
| 瘏 | *daː |
| 廜 | *daː |
| 鷵 | *daː |
| 緒 | *ljaʔ |
| 豬 | *ta |
| 猪 | *ta |
| 瀦 | *ta |
| 藸 | *ta, *da |
| 櫫 | *ta |
| 褚 | *taʔ, *tʰaʔ |
| 著 | *taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ |
| 箸 | *tas, *das |
| 儲 | *da |
| 躇 | *da |
| 櫧 | *tja |
| 藷 | *tja, *djas |
| 蠩 | *tja |
| 煮 | *tjaʔ |
| 渚 | *tjaʔ |
| 煑 | *tjaʔ |
| 陼 | *tjaʔ |
| 翥 | *tjas |
| 署 | *djas |
| 薯 | *djas |
| 曙 | *djas |
| 書 | *hlja |
| 暑 | *hjaʔ |
| 鐯 | *taɡ |
| 擆 | *taɡ |
| 櫡 | *taɡ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhǔ (zhu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chú
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔ
*** Wade–Giles: chu$^3$
*** Yale: jǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juu
*** Palladius: чжу (čžu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zyu$^2$
*** Yale: jyú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzy$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ju$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syː³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú
*** Tâi-lô: tsú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: tsyoX
Rime :
| Character | 渚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 章与切 |
| Baxter | tsyoX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨʌ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕiɔ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕiɔ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cɨə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiɔ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭo$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯wo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zyu$^2$ |

### Definitions

渚
* islet; small landmass in water
* waterside; beach

### Compounds

* 江渚 (jiāngzhǔ)
* 洲渚 (zhōuzhǔ)
* 渚宮 / 渚宫
* 煙渚 / 烟渚

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 渚 |
| Kyūjitai | 渚 &#xFA46; or 渚+&#xFE00; |
| Kyūjitai | 渚󠄀 渚+&#xE0100; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 渚󠄃 渚+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 渚)
* strand, beach, shore

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょ (sho)
* Kan-on: しょ (sho)
* Kun: なぎさ (nagisa, 渚)、みぎわ (migiwa, 渚)
* Nanori: すか (suka)、なぎ (nagi)、なぎさ (nagisa)

#### Compounds

* 渚滑(しょこつ)川(がわ) (Shokotsu-gawa)
* 海(かい)渚(そ) (kaiso)
* 牛渚(ぎゅうしょ) (Gyūsho)
* 曲(きょく)渚(しょ) (kyokusho)
* 州渚(しゅうしょ). 洲渚(しゅうしょ) (shūsho)
* 浅渚(せんしょ) (sensho)
* 釣渚(ちょうしょ) (chōsho)
* 汀渚(ていしょ) (teisho)
* 白(はく)渚(しょ) (hakusho)
* 渚(す)鳥(どり) (sudori)

#### Usage notes

Used in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE) as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨su⟩.

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 渚
* なぎさ Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 渚 (kyūjitai) 汀
⟨naɡi$_1$sa⟩ → */naɡʲisa/ → /naɡisa/
From Old Japanese.
Possibly a compound of 凪ぎ (nagi, “calming, dying down”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 凪ぐ (nagu, “to calm down, to die down”, as of waves or wind), cognate with 和やか (nagoyaka, “calm, quiet”)) +‎ 磯 (sa, “rocky shore, pebble beach”), where sa is an ancient alternative for so, the abbreviated combining reading of modern 磯 (iso), cognate with 石 (ishi, “rock, stone”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) なぎさ [nàgísá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [na̠ɡʲisa̠]

#### Noun

渚(なぎさ) • (nagisa)
* the water's edge:
** beach
*** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 12, poem 3203:, text here
    都乃久尓乃(つのくにの)宇美能(うみの)奈伎佐(なぎさ)尓(に)布奈餘曽比(ふなよそひ)多志埿毛等伎尓(たしでもときに)阿母我米母我母(あもがめもがも) [Man'yōgana]
    津(つ)の国(くに)の海(うみ)の渚(なぎさ)に船装(ふなよそ)ひ立(た)し出(で)も時(とき)に母(あも)が目(め)もがも [Modern spelling]
** shore
*** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 7, poem 1171:, text here
    大(おほ)御(み)舟(ふね)竟(はて)而(て)佐(さ)守布(もらふ)高嶋(たかしま)之(の)三(み)尾(をの)勝(か＊)野之(のの)奈伎左(なぎさ)思(し)所念(おもほゆ) [Man'yōgana]
    大(おほ)御(み)船(ふね)泊(は)ててさもらふ高島(たかしま)の三尾(みを)の勝(かち)野(の)の渚(なぎさ)し思(おも)ほゆ [Modern spelling]
*** 1235, Shinchokusen Wakashū (book 8, poem 525; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 93)
    世(よ)の中(なか)はつねにもがもな渚(なぎさ)こぐあまの小(を)舟(ぶね)の綱(つな)手(で)かなしも
       yo-no-naka wa tsune ni mo ga mo na nagisa kogu ama no obune no tsunade kanashi mo
       May the world be ever like this: a fisherman's skiff rowed along the shore, pulled with a rope, is truly sad.
** bank (as of a river or stream)
*** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 3, poem 378:, text here
    昔者(いにしへ)之(の)舊堤(ふるきつつみ)者(は)年(とし)深(ふかみ)池(いけ)之(の)瀲(なぎさ)尓(に)水(み)草(くさ)生(おひに)家里(けり) [Man'yōgana]
    いにしへの古(ふる)き堤(つつみ)は年(とし)深(ふか)み池(いけ)の渚(なぎさ)に水(み)草(くさ)生(お)ひにけり [Modern spelling]

##### Synonyms

* 汀渚(ていしょ) (teisho)
* 浜(はま)辺(べ) (hamabe)

##### Derived terms

* 日子(ひこ)波限(なぎさ)建(たけ)鵜(う)草葺(がやふき)不合(あえずの)尊(みこと) (Hikonagisatake Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto)

#### Proper noun

渚(なぎさ) • (Nagisa)
* a place name
* a surname
* a male or female given name

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 渚
* みぎわ Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 渚 (kyūjitai) 汀 水際
⟨mi$_1$ ki$_1$pa⟩ → */mʲiɡʲipa/ → /miɡifa/ → /miɡiwa/
Compound of 水 (mi, “water”, combining form) +‎ 際 (kiwa, “edge, boundary”). The kiwa changes to giwa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) みぎわ [mìgíwá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [mʲiɡʲiβ̞a̠]

#### Noun

渚(みぎわ) • (migiwa)
* the water's edge:
** beach
** shore
** bank (as of a river or stream)

##### Derived terms

* 渚(ミギワ)蠅(バエ) (migiwabae)

#### Proper noun

渚(みぎわ) • (Migiwa)
* a female given name

### References

* ↑ “渚”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* 1 2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsuo Bashō, Hiroaki Sato (2013) Bashō's Narrow Road: Spring and Autumn Passages (Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature), Stone Bridge Press, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Edwin A. Cranston (1998) The Gem-Glistening Cup, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 306
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 渚 (MC tsyoX). Recorded as Middle Korean 져〯 (cyě) (Yale: cyě) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕʌ̹]
* Phonetic hangul: [저]

### Hanja

Wikisource 渚 (eumhun 물가 저 (mulga jeo))
* hanja form of 저 (“shore”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

渚: Hán Nôm readings: chã
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