# 租

| 租 | U+79DF, &#31199; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79DF |
| ← 秞 [U+79DE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 秠 → [U+79E0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

租 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹木月一 (HDBM), four-corner 2791$_0$, composition ⿰禾且)

#### Derived characters

* 蒩

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 851, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24988
* Dae Jaweon: page 1275, character 21
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2599, character 2
* Unihan data for U+79DF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 租
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 虘 | *zaːl, *zaː |
| 蔖 | *zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ |
| 摣 | *rnaː, *ʔsraː |
| 袓 | *ʔsjaː, *zaʔ |
| 怚 | *ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ |
| 罝 | *ʔsjaː |
| 謯 | *ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ |
| 姐 | *ʔsjaːʔ |
| 抯 | *ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː |
| 飷 | *ʔsjaːʔ |
| 且 | *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa |
| 趄 | *sʰjaːs, *sʰa |
| 笡 | *sʰjaːs |
| 查 | *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː |
| 柤 | *ʔsraː |
| 樝 | *ʔsraː |
| 皻 | *ʔsraː |
| 渣 | *ʔsraː |
| 楂 | *zraː |
| 苴 | *zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa |
| 駔 | *ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ |
| 租 | *ʔsaː |
| 蒩 | *ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa |
| 祖 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 組 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 珇 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 靻 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 粗 | *sʰaː, *zaːʔ |
| 徂 | *zaː |
| 殂 | *zaː |
| 麆 | *zaːʔ, *zras |
| 伹 | *zaːʔ, *sʰa |
| 蛆 | *ʔsa, *sʰa |
| 沮 | *ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra |
| 咀 | *ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ |
| 疽 | *sʰa |
| 雎 | *sʰa |
| 狙 | *sʰa, *sʰas |
| 岨 | *sʰa |
| 砠 | *sʰa |
| 坥 | *sʰa, *sʰas |
| 刞 | *sʰas |
| 覰 | *sʰas |
| 覷 | *sʰas |
| 跙 | *zaʔ |
| 筯 | *das |
| 菹 | *ʔsra |
| 葅 | *ʔsra |
| 阻 | *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras |
| 俎 | *ʔsraʔ |
| 詛 | *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras |
| 鉏 | *zra, *zraʔ |
| 豠 | *zra |
| 鋤 | *zra |
| 耡 | *zra, *zras |
| 齟 | *zraʔ |
| 助 | *zras |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsaː): semantic 禾 + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).
Land rent was paid in grain.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zū (zu$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зў (zw, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zou$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): du$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chû
    (Hailu, HRS): zu$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zi$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): zu$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): cú
* Eastern Min (BUC): cŭ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): cho͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zou$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tsu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zū
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zu
*** Wade–Giles: tsu$^1$
*** Yale: dzū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzu
*** Palladius: цзу (czu)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зў (zw, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zou$^1$
*** Yale: jōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzou$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sou̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: du$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tu³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chû
*** Hakka Romanization System: zu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡su²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zu$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡su⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: zu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡su¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cú
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cho͘
*** Tâi-lô: tsoo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zof
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡sɔ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zou$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsou
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sou³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tsu
*** MiniDict: tsu$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tsu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡su⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: tsu
Rime :
| Character | 租 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 則吾切 |
| Baxter | tsu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡suo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡suo/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡so/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sɔ/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡so/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡su/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡suo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zou$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 租 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10396 |
| Phonetic component | 且 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 租 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsaː/ |

### Definitions

租
* to rent; to hire; to charter
* to rent out; to lease
* rent payment
* land tax
* a surname, Zu

#### Synonyms

* (to rent):
* 佃 (diàn) (dialectal)
* 僱 / 雇 (gù)
* 承租 (chéngzū)
* 租用 (zūyòng)
* 縛 / 缚 (Xiamen Hokkien)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 賃 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 租, 租賃 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 租 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 租 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 租 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 租, 賃 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 租 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 租, 賃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 租 more literary, 賃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 租, 賃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 租 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 租, 賃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 租, 賃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 租, 賃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 租 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 租 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 租, 佃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 租 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 租 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 租 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 租 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 租 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 租 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 賃 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 租 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 稅, 租 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 稅, 租 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 稅, 租 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 稅, 租 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 稅, 租 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 稅 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 租 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 租, 賃 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 租, 賃 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 租 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 租 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 稅 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 稅 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 稅 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 稅 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 稅 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 稅 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 稅 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 稅 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 稅 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 租 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 租 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 租 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 租 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 租 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 租 |
| Wu | Danyang | 租 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 租 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 稅 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 賃 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 佃 |
* (to rent out): 出租 (chūzū)
* (rent payment):
* 佃錢 / 佃钱 (dienn$^4$ zienn$^2$) (Xiang)
* 厝租 (Min)
* 厝稅 / 厝税 (Hokkien)
* 屋租 (uk$^1$ zou$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 屋稅 / 屋税 (Hakka)
* 房捐稅 / 房捐税 (Hakka)
* 房租 (fángzū)
* 房費 / 房费 (fángfèi)
* 房鈿 / 房钿 (Wu)
* 房錢 / 房钱 (fángqián)
* 按金 (ànjīn)
* 租金 (zūjīn)
* 租錢 / 租钱 (zūqián)

### Compounds

* 交租 (jiāozū)
* 佃租
* 佃租制度
* 倉租 / 仓租
* 催租
* 出租 (chūzū)
* 出租汽車 / 出租汽车 (chūzū qìchē)
* 分租
* 包租 (bāozū)
* 合租 (hézū)
* 地租 (dìzū)
* 場租 / 场租 (chǎngzū)
* 學租 / 学租 (xuézū)
* 官租
* 房租 (fángzū)
* 承租 (chéngzū)
* 招租 (zhāozū)
* 押租 (yāzū)
* 收租 (shōuzū)
* 月租 (yuèzū)
* 欠租
* 汽車租賃 / 汽车租赁 (qìchē zūlìn)
* 減租 / 减租 (jiǎnzū)
* 溼租 / 湿租 (shīzū)
* 田租
* 租佃
* 租借 (zūjiè)
* 租借地 (zūjièdì)
* 租借法案
* 租價 / 租价 (zūjià)
* 租契 (zūqì)
* 租屋
* 租庸調 / 租庸调
* 租戶 / 租户 (zūhù)
* 租期 (zūqī)
* 租用 (zūyòng)
* 租界 (zūjiè)
* 租稅 / 租税 (zūshuì)
* 租稅轉嫁 / 租税转嫁
* 租米
* 租約 / 租约 (zūyuē)
* 租費 / 租费 (zūfèi)
* 租賃 / 租赁 (zūlìn)
* 租賃契約 / 租赁契约
* 租賦 / 租赋
* 租金 (zūjīn)
* 蠲租
* 衣租食稅 / 衣租食税
* 起租
* 轉租 / 转租 (zhuǎnzū)
* 退租
* 逋租
* 食租衣稅 / 食租衣税

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: す (su)
* Kan-on: そ (so, Jōyō)
* Kun: みつぎ (mitsugi, 租)

## Korean
### Hanja

租 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

租: Hán Nôm readings: tô, to, tò
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#### Readings

* Nôm: to, tô

#### References

* Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
* Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
* Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999