# 僦

| 僦 | U+50E6, &#20710; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50E6 |
| ← 僥 [U+50E5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 僧 → [U+50E7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

僦 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人卜火山 (OYFU), four-corner 2321$_4$, composition ⿰亻就)
* to hire
* to rent

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 117, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1115
* Dae Jaweon: page 248, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 221, character 2
* Unihan data for U+50E6

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 僦
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
* Small seal scripts05923
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | Old Chinese |
| 僦 | *ʔsuɡs |
| 就 | *zuɡs |
| 鷲 | *zuɡs |
| 殧 | *zuɡs, *ʔsuɡ, *sʰuɡ |
| 噈 | *ʔsuɡ |
| 蹴 | *ʔsuɡ, *sʰuɡ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiù (jiu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zau$^6$ / zau$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiù
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiòu
*** Wade–Giles: chiu$^4$
*** Yale: jyòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow
*** Palladius: цзю (czju)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zau$^6$ / zau$^3$
*** Yale: jauh / jau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzau$^6$ / dzau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zeo$^6$ / zeo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐu̯²²/, /t͡sɐu̯³³/
* Middle Chinese: tsjuwH
Rime :
| Character | 僦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 即救切 |
| Baxter | tsjuwH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sɨu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡siu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡siəu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡suw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡siu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sĭəu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡si̯ə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zau$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsuɡs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 僦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6993 |
| Phonetic component | 就 |
| Rime group | 奧 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsuɡs/ |

### Definitions

僦
* (literary) to rent; to hire
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) rental (the payment made to rent something)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しゅう (shū)、しゅ (shu)
* Kun: かりる (kariru, 僦りる)、おくる (okuru, 僦る)、あつまる (atsumaru, 僦まる)

## Korean
### Hanja

僦 • (chu) (hangeul 추, revised chu, McCune–Reischauer ch'u)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

僦: Hán Việt readings: tựu
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### References

* ↑ Trần (2004).