# 籌

| 籌 | U+7C4C, &#31820; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C4C |
| ← 籋 [U+7C4B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 籍 → [U+7C4D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

籌 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 竹土弓戈 (HGNI), four-corner 8864$_1$, composition ⿱𥫗壽)

#### Derived characters

* 𠑥 𤅕 𤴆 𢥰 𫾡

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 903, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26675
* Dae Jaweon: page 1328, character 19
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3024, character 10
* Unihan data for U+7C4C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 籌
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 禱 | *tuːʔ, *tuːs |
| 擣 | *tuːʔ |
| 檮 | *tuːʔ, *duː, *du |
| 壔 | *tuːʔ |
| 懤 | *tuːʔ, *du, *dus |
| 濤 | *duː, *duː |
| 燾 | *duː, *duːs |
| 翿 | *duː, *duːs |
| 幬 | *duːs, *du |
| 儔 | *duːs, *du |
| 譸 | *tu |
| 籌 | *du |
| 疇 | *du |
| 躊 | *du |
| 燽 | *du |
| 薵 | *du |
| 魗 | *tʰjuʔ, *dju |
| 醻 | *dju |
| 壽 | *djuʔ, *djus |
| 璹 | *djuʔ, *djuɡ |
| 鑄 | *tjos |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *du): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 壽 (OC *djuʔ, *djus).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chóu (chou$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cau$^4$ / cau$^{4-2}$
* Eastern Min (BUC): tiù
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tiû
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tiu$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chóu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻou$^2$
*** Yale: chóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chour
*** Palladius: чоу (čou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cau$^4$ / cau$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: chàuh / cháu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsau$^4$ / tsau$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ceo$^4$ / ceo$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹/, /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tiù
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰieu⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiû
*** Tâi-lô: tiû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diuu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tiu²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiu²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiu¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiu²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiu²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tiu$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiû
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiu⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: drjuw
Rime :
| Character | 籌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 直由切 |
| Baxter | drjuw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɖɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɖiu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȡiəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɖuw/ |
| Li Rong | /ȡiu/ |
| Wang Li | /ȡĭəu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȡʱi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chóu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*du/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 籌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11694 |
| Phonetic component | 壽 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 儔 |
| Old Chinese | /*du/ |

### Definitions

籌
* chip; tally; token
* plan; stratagem; means
* to plan; to prepare
* to raise (money, funds, etc.)
* (archaic) Classifier for persons.
* (Cantonese) ticket for a queue
    攞籌／𫽋筹 [Cantonese] ― lo$^2$ cau$^{4-2}$ [Jyutping] ― to get a ticket to start queuing

### Compounds

* 一籌 / 一筹
* 一籌莫展 / 一筹莫展 (yīchóumòzhǎn)
* 交錯觥籌 / 交错觥筹
* 佔頭籌 / 占头筹
* 兼籌並顧 / 兼筹并顾
* 半籌 / 半筹
* 半籌不納 / 半筹不纳
* 半籌莫展 / 半筹莫展
* 占頭籌 / 占头筹
* 唱籌量沙 / 唱筹量沙
* 坐籌帷幄 / 坐筹帷幄
* 執籌 / 执筹
* 技高一籌 / 技高一筹 (jìgāoyīchóu)
* 拔得頭籌 / 拔得头筹
* 拔短籌 / 拔短筹
* 拔著短籌 / 拔著短筹
* 拔頭籌 / 拔头筹
* 持籌握算 / 持筹握算
* 探籌 / 探筹
* 撞籌 / 撞筹
* 曉籌 / 晓筹
* 更勝一籌 / 更胜一筹
* 更籌 / 更筹
* 海屋添籌 / 海屋添筹
* 海屋籌添 / 海屋筹添
* 牙籌 / 牙筹
* 狀元籌 / 状元筹
* 略勝一籌 / 略胜一筹 (lüèshèngyīchóu)
* 略遜一籌 / 略逊一筹 (lüèxùnyīchóu)
* 略高一籌 / 略高一筹
* 稍勝一籌 / 稍胜一筹
* 稍遜一籌 / 稍逊一筹 (shāoxùnyīchóu)
* 算籌 / 算筹 (suànchóu)
* 籌備 / 筹备 (chóubèi)
* 籌劃 / 筹划 (chóuhuà)
* 籌募 / 筹募
* 籌商 / 筹商
* 籌度 / 筹度
* 籌建 / 筹建 (chóujiàn)
* 籌拍 / 筹拍
* 籌排 / 筹排
* 籌措 / 筹措 (chóucuò)
* 籌款 / 筹款 (chóukuǎn)
* 籌略 / 筹略
* 籌碼 / 筹码 (chóumǎ)
* 籌策 / 筹策
* 籌筭 / 筹筭
* 籌算 / 筹算 (chóusuàn)
* 籌組 / 筹组
* 籌設 / 筹设
* 籌謀 / 筹谋
* 籌議 / 筹议
* 籌資 / 筹资 (chóuzī)
* 籌辦 / 筹办 (chóubàn)
* 籌量 / 筹量
* 籌集 / 筹集 (chóují)
* 籌馬 / 筹马 (chóumǎ)
* 紅籌 / 红筹 (hóngchóu)
* 紅籌股 / 红筹股 (hóngchóugǔ)
* 統籌 / 统筹 (tǒngchóu)
* 聊勝一籌 / 聊胜一筹
* 莫展一籌 / 莫展一筹
* 藉箸代籌 / 借箸代筹
* 藍籌 / 蓝筹 (lánchóu)
* 藍籌股 / 蓝筹股 (lánchóugǔ)
* 觥籌交舉 / 觥筹交举 (gōngchóujiāojǔ)
* 觥籌交錯 / 觥筹交错 (gōngchóujiāocuò)
* 觥籌獄 / 觥筹狱
* 較勝一籌 / 较胜一筹 (jiàoshèngyīchóu)
* 運籌 / 运筹 (yùnchóu)
* 運籌千里 / 运筹千里
* 運籌帷幄 / 运筹帷幄 (yùnchóuwéiwò)
* 運籌決勝 / 运筹决胜
* 酒籌 / 酒筹 (jiǔchóu)
* 頭籌 / 头筹 (tóuchóu)
* 高一籌 / 高一筹
* 高人一籌 / 高人一筹

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03046

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* bamboo stick used when counting
* plan, scheme

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ちゅう (chū)
* Kun: かずとり (kazutori, 籌)、はかりごと (hakarigoto, 籌)、はかる (hakaru, 籌る)
* Nanori: かず (kazu)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 籌
* かずとり Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
Originally a compound of 数(かず) (kazu, “number”) + 取(と)り (tori, the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 取(と)る (toru, “to take”)).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ka̠zɨto̞ɾʲi]

#### Noun

籌(かずとり) • (kazutori)
* a long, thin bamboo stick used as a marker when counting

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 籌
* はかりごと Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 籌 – see the following entry. :
| 【謀はかりごと】S | [noun] plan, scheme, plot (especially when malicious) |
(This term, 籌, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### References

* ↑ “籌”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Hanja

籌 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)
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#### Compounds

* 籌板 (주판, jupan)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

籌: Hán Nôm readings: trù
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