# 屬

| 屬 | U+5C6C, &#23660; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C6C |
| ← 屫 [U+5C6B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 屭 → [U+5C6D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

屬 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 尸水田戈 (SEWI) or 尸卜卜戈 (SYYI), four-corner 7722$_7$, composition ⿸尸⿱⿻丨⿱丷八蜀(GHTV) or ⿸尸⿱⿲冫丨⿱丿丶蜀(GHTV) or ⿸尸⿱⿲𠄠丨𠄠蜀(JK))

#### Derived characters

* 𭀔, 囑, 孎, 𢺡, 灟, 曯, 欘, 爥, 𬎠, 矚, 䙱, 䌵, 蠾, 𫍘, 䠱, 钃, 𫚇, 𪚌
* 𮫫, 劚, 𣀻, 𣀼, 斸, 𣥀, 𪈺, 𡆜, 𢦇

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 304, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7821
* Dae Jaweon: page 602, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 982, character 8
* Unihan data for U+5C6C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 屬
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 襡 | *toːʔ, *toːɡs, *doːʔ, *doːɡ, *djoɡ |
| 噣 | *toːɡs, *tuɡs, *rtoːɡ, *tjoɡ |
| 斣 | *toːɡs |
| 歜 | *sdoːmʔ, *tʰjoɡ |
| 斀 | *rtoːɡ |
| 孎 | *rtoːɡ, *toɡ |
| 濁 | *rdoːɡ |
| 鐲 | *rdoːɡ, *zroːɡ, *djoɡ |
| 鸀 | *rdoːɡ, *tjoɡ |
| 擉 | *sʰroːɡ |
| 獨 | *doːɡ |
| 髑 | *doːɡ |
| 韣 | *doːɡ, *tjoɡ, *djoɡ |
| 斸 | *toɡ |
| 钃 | *toɡ |
| 欘 | *toɡ |
| 躅 | *doɡ |
| 蠋 | *doɡ, *tjoɡ |
| 燭 | *tjoɡ |
| 囑 | *tjoɡ |
| 矚 | *tjoɡ |
| 屬 | *tjoɡ, *djoɡ |
| 属 | *tjoɡ, *djoɡ |
| 蠾 | *tjoɡ, *djoɡ |
| 觸 | *tʰjoɡ |
| 臅 | *tʰjoɡ |
| 觕 | *sʰlaː, *zlaːʔ, *tʰjoɡ |
| 蜀 | *djoɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjoɡ, *djoɡ): semantic 㞑 (“tail”) + phonetic 蜀 (OC *djoɡ).

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-dz(y)u-k (“to belong, trust, depend, accept, take”). Cognate with Burmese ယူ (yu, “to take”) (STEDT).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shǔ (shu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): suk$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): su̍k
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sug$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sṳ̆k
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeh$^7$ / syeh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sio̍k / chiok
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sog$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$zoq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǔ
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^3$
*** Yale: shǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuu
*** Palladius: шу (šu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: suk$^6$
*** Yale: suhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: suk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sʊk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: su̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: sug
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /suk̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /sʊk̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̆k
*** Sinological IPA : /syʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: soeh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬœʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: syeh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬyøʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio̍k
*** Tâi-lô: sio̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siok
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔk̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɔk̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiok
*** Tâi-lô: tsiok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciog
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔk̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sog$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: so̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /sok̚⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$zoq
*** MiniDict: zoh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$zoq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zoʔ¹²/
* Middle Chinese: dzyowk
Rime :
| Character | 屬 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 燭 (8) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 市玉切 |
| Baxter | dzyowk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʑɨok̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ʑiok̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʑiok̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ʑuawk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ʑiok̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ʑĭwok̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʑi̯wok̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | suk$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-tok/
    (Zhengzhang): /*djoɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 屬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzyowk › |
| Old Chinese | /*N-tok/ |
| English | be attached to |
| 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 | 屬 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 11843 |
| Phonetic component | 蜀 |
| Rime group | 屋 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蜀 |
| Old Chinese | /*djoɡ/ |

#### Definitions

屬
* category; type; class
    金屬／金属 ― jīnshǔ ― metal
* kins folk; dependent; family members
    軍屬／军属 ― jūnshǔ ― family members of soldiers
* fellows; associates
* subordinate; subaltern; adjutant; aide
* to belong to
    不屬於我的東西／不属于我的东西 ― bù shǔyú wǒ de dōngxi ― things that do not belong to me
* to be under; to be subordinate to
    所屬部門／所属部门 ― suǒshǔ bùmén ― department one is under
    英屬香港／英属香港 ― Yīngshǔ Xiānggǎng ― British Hong Kong
       Hǎinán yuán shǔ Guǎngdōng shěnɡ. [Pinyin]
       Hainan was originally under Guangdong province.
* to be
       rú yǒu léitóng, chún shǔ qiǎohé [Pinyin]
       Any similarity is purely coincidental.
* to be born in the year of (one of the twelve animals)
       ngo$^5$ suk$^6$ fu$^2$, keoi$^5$ suk$^6$ tou$^3$. [Jyutping]
       I was born in the year of the tiger; he was born in the year of the rabbit.
* (taxonomy) genus

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 屬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 屬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 屬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 屬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 屬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 屬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 屬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 屬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 屬 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 屬 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 肖 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 肖 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 肖 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 肖 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 肖 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 肖 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 肖 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 肖 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 相 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 相 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 相 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 相 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 相 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 相 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 相 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 席 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 肖 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 肖 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 肖, 屬 |

#### Compounds

* 一家眷屬 / 一家眷属
* 下屬 / 下属 (xiàshǔ)
* 不屬 / 不属
* 僚屬 / 僚属 (liáoshǔ)
* 卑親屬 / 卑亲属
* 天屬 / 天属
* 官屬 / 官属
* 家屬 / 家属 (jiāshǔ)
* 專屬海域 / 专属海域
* 尊親屬 / 尊亲属
* 屬下 / 属下 (shǔxià)
* 屬人法 / 属人法
* 屬員 / 属员
* 屬國 / 属国 (shǔguó)
* 屬地 / 属地 (shǔdì)
* 屬地法 / 属地法
* 屬實 / 属实 (shǔshí)
* 屬性 / 属性 (shǔxìng)
* 屬於 / 属于 (shǔyú)
* 屬格 / 属格 (shǔgé)
* 屬相 / 属相
* 屬車 / 属车
* 役屬 / 役属
* 從屬 / 从属 (cóngshǔ)
* 戚屬 / 戚属
* 所屬 / 所属 (suǒshǔ)
* 支屬 / 支属
* 有情人終成眷屬 / 有情人终成眷属 (yǒuqíngrén zhōngchéng juànshǔ)
* 歸屬 / 归属 (guīshǔ)
* 法屬印度支那 / 法属印度支那 (Fǎshǔ Yìndùzhīnà)
* 法屬圭亞那 / 法属圭亚那
* 直屬 / 直属 (zhíshǔ)
* 直系親屬 / 直系亲属 (zhíxì qīnshǔ)
* 眷屬 / 眷属 (juànshǔ)
* 神仙眷屬 / 神仙眷属
* 私屬 / 私属
* 聯屬 / 联属
* 肖屬 / 肖属
* 舊屬 / 旧属
* 藩屬 / 藩属 (fānshǔ)
* 要作神仙眷屬，先作柴米夫妻 / 要作神仙眷属，先作柴米夫妻
* 親屬 / 亲属 (qīnshǔ)
* 親屬稱謂 / 亲属称谓
* 親屬語言 / 亲属语言
* 軍屬 / 军属 (jūnshǔ)
* 連屬 / 连属
* 部屬 / 部属 (bùshǔ)
* 配屬 / 配属 (pèishǔ)
* 金屬 / 金属 (jīnshǔ)
* 附屬 / 附属 (fùshǔ)
* 附屬品 / 附属品 (fùshǔpǐn)
* 附屬國 / 附属国 (fùshǔguó)
* 附屬物 / 附属物 (fùshǔwù)
* 隸屬 / 隶属 (lìshǔ)
* 領屬 / 领属 (lǐngshǔ)
* 類屬 / 类属
* 龍頭屬老成 / 龙头属老成

#### See also

* 域 (yù)
* 界 (jiè)
* 門／门 (mén)
* 綱／纲 (gāng)
* 目 (mù)
* 科 (kē)
* 屬／属 (shǔ)
* 種／种 (zhǒng)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhǔ (zhu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cé̤ṳk
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$tsoq
* 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: zuk$^1$
*** Yale: jūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊk̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cé̤ṳk
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡søyʔ²⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$tsoq
*** MiniDict: tsoh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$tsoq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soʔ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsyowk
Rime :
| Character | 屬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 燭 (8) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 之欲切 |
| Baxter | tsyowk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨok̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕiok̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕiok̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cuawk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiok̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭwok̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯wok̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zuk$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tok/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjoɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 屬 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyowk › |
| Old Chinese | /*tok/ |
| English | attach (v.t.) |
| 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 | 屬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 11831 |
| Phonetic component | 蜀 |
| Rime group | 屋 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 燭 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjoɡ/ |

#### Definitions

屬
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to join; to combine
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to compose; to write
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to gather; to congregate
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 囑 / 嘱 (zhǔ, “to entrust”)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 囑 / 嘱 (zhǔ, “to exhort; to urge”)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) excuse; justification
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 矚 / 瞩 (zhǔ, “to concentrate one's attention on”)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to wear; to bear
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to be related with
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to follow
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 注 (zhù, “to pour”)

#### Compounds

* 冠蓋相屬 / 冠盖相属
* 吐屬 / 吐属
* 屬令 / 属令
* 屬和 / 属和
* 屬垣 / 属垣
* 屬垣有耳 / 属垣有耳
* 屬對 / 属对
* 屬屬 / 属属
* 屬意 / 属意 (zhǔyì)
* 屬文 / 属文 (zhǔwén)
* 屬望 / 属望
* 屬毛離裡 / 属毛离里
* 屬目 / 属目
* 屬綴 / 属缀
* 屬纊 / 属纩
* 屬者 / 属者
* 屬耳目 / 属耳目
* 屬草稿 / 属草稿
* 屬託 / 属托
* 屬辭比事 / 属辞比事
* 岡連嶺屬 / 冈连岭属
* 延屬 / 延属
* 相屬 / 相属
* 連屬 / 连属

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 属 |
| Kyūjitai | 屬 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 属)
* Kyūjitai form of 属

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょく (shoku)、ぞく (zoku)
* Kan-on: しょく (shoku)
* Kan’yō-on: ぞく (zoku)
* Kun: さかん (sakan, 屬)、つく (tsuku, 屬く)、つける (tsukeru, 屬ける)、つづく (tsuzuku, 屬く)、つづける (tsuzukeru, 屬ける)、つづる (tsuzuru, 屬る)、やから (yakara, 屬)
* Nanori: つら (tsura)、まさ (masa)、やす (yasu)

### Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 屬 – see the following entry. :
| 【属】5 | [kanji] fifth grade kanji [kanji] class, category, type [kanji] belong to [kanji] genus Kanji reading: さかん, つく, つける, つづく, つづける, つづる, やから, たぐい, つら, まさ, やす |
(This term, 屬, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 屬 (MC dzyowk).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 쑉〮 (Yale: ssyók) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 쇽 (sywok)$^訓$ (Yale: syok) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [sʰo̞k̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [속]

#### Hanja

Wikisource 屬 (eumhun 무리 속 (muri sok))
* hanja form of 속 (“class; category; type”)
* hanja form of 속 (“(biology, taxonomy) a genus”)

#### Compounds

* 계속 (繫屬, gyesok)
* 귀속 (歸屬, gwisok)
* 금속 (金屬, geumsok)
* 동속 (同屬, dongsok)
* 복속 (復屬, boksok)
* 부속 (部屬, busok)
* 부속 (附屬, busok)
* 소속 (所屬, sosok)
* 속국 (屬國, sokguk)
* 속성 (屬性, sokseong)
* 예속 (隸屬, yesok)
* 족속 (族屬, joksok)
* 존속 (尊屬, jonsok)
* 종속 (從屬, jongsok)
* 직속 (直屬, jiksok)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 屬 (MC tsyowk).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 죡〮 (Yale: cyók) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 쵹 (chywok)$^訓$ (Yale: chyok) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕʰo̞k̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [촉]

#### Hanja

屬 (eumhun 이을 촉 (ieul chok))
* (literary) hanja form of 촉 (“to join; to combine”)

#### Compounds

* 동동촉촉 (洞洞屬屬, dongdongchokchok)
* 촉망 (屬望/囑望, chongmang)
* 촉의 (屬意, chogui)

### 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

屬: Hán Việt readings: thuộc, chúc, chú
屬: Nôm readings: thuộc, chuộc, chúc
* chữ Hán form of thuộc (“subordinate to”).
* chữ Nôm form of chuộc (“to redeem”).

### References

* 1 2 Trần (1999).
* 1 2 Nguyễn (1974).
* 1 2 3 Thiều Chửu (1942).
* ↑ Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 3 Trần (2004).