# 聚

| 聚 | U+805A, &#32858; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-805A |
| ← 聙 [U+8059] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 聛 → [U+805B] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 聚 |
| Simplified | 聚 |
| Traditional | 聚 |

### Han character

聚 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸水竹竹人 (SEHHO) or 尸水人竹人 (SEOHO), four-corner 1723$_2$, composition ⿱取乑(GJK) or ⿱取⿲人亻人(HT))

#### Derived characters

* 𠏭, 㔌, 𰈸, 𡒍, 𡣞, 𡽨, 𢷗, 𣀒, 㵵, 𰟪, 𪿼, 𥣙, 𥵫, 𦆜, 𮋼, 藂, 𧓏, 𧭍, 䝒, 䠫, 𨞮, 鄹, 𨽁, 𩍧, 驟(骤), 𩼦

### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 967, character 41
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29093
* Dae Jaweon: page 1417, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2791, character 18
* Unihan data for U+805A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 聚 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 陬 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *ʔslo |
| 棷 | *ʔsloː, *sʰloːʔ, *sloːʔ, *ʔsru |
| 掫 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo |
| 緅 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *slos |
| 趣 | *sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos |
| 取 | *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ |
| 鯫 | *zloː, *zloːʔ, *sʰlo |
| 棸 | *rlu, *rluʔ, *ʔsru |
| 鄹 | *ʔsru, *zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ |
| 郰 | *ʔsru |
| 齱 | *ʔsru, *sʰroːɡ |
| 菆 | *ʔsru, *sʰros, *zloːn |
| 箃 | *ʔsru |
| 黀 | *ʔsru |
| 驟 | *zrus |
| 最 | *zloːds |
| 襊 | *sʰoːds, *sʰoːd |
| 蕞 | *zoːds |
| 嘬 | *sʰroːds |
| 諏 | *ʔslo |
| 娵 | *ʔslo |
| 娶 | *sʰloʔ, *sʰlos, *slo |
| 聚 | *zloʔ, *zlos |
| 埾 | *zlos |
| 藂 | *zloːŋ |
| 叢 | *zloːŋ |
| 繓 | *ʔsoːd |
| 撮 | *ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zloʔ, *zlos): phonetic 取 (OC *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ) + semantic 乑 (“three men”).

### Etymology

Compare Burmese စု (cu., “to accumulate”) (Luce, 1981).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jù (ju$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ju$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zeoi$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): dui$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): qy$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): qi$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jy$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): cṳ̀
* Eastern Min (BUC): cê̤ṳ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chū / chǔ / chī
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zu$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zhiu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zi$^5$ / zi$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jù
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^4$
*** Yale: jyù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
*** Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ju$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gy
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zeoi$^6$
*** Yale: jeuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵy̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: dui$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tui³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: qy$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhi
*** Hakka Romanization System: qi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: qi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jy$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕy⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cṳ̀
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sy⁴²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cê̤ṳ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡søy²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū
*** Tâi-lô: tsū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zu
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǔ
*** Tâi-lô: tsǔ
*** IPA (Jinjiang): /t͡su³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chī
*** Tâi-lô: tsī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ci
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zu$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zhiu
*** MiniDict: zhiu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$xxy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑy²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: zi$^5$ / zi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡si²¹/, /t͡si⁴⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /t͡ɕi²¹/, /t͡ɕi⁴⁵/
* zi5 - vernacular;
* zi4 - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit聚 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕy⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡ɕy⁵³/ /t͡ɕy⁴⁴/ ～寶盆 |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡ɕy⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡ɕy²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡sy⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡sy³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡ɕy⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡ɕy⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡ɕy¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /t͡ɕy¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡ɕy²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡ɕy³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡ɕy¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡ɕi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡ɕi²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡sy⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡sz̩ʷ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕy⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡ɕy³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ʑy²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /zi³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /d͡zz̩ʷ¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /zz̩³⁵/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕʰy²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡sʰi²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡si⁵⁵/ /t͡si¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /d͡zi²¹/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕʰy²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰi⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /t͡sʰi⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡søy²²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sy²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡søy²²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡su²²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡søy²⁴²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sy⁴²/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡su³⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /t͡si³⁵/ /t͡sek̚⁵/ 訓積 |
* Middle Chinese: dzjuX, dzjuH
Rime :
| Character | 聚 | 聚 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 慈庾切 | 才句切 |
| Baxter | dzjuX | dzjuH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡zɨo$^X$/ | /d͡zɨo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zio$^X$/ | /d͡zio$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zio$^X$/ | /d͡zio$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zuə̆$^X$/ | /d͡zuə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡zio$^X$/ | /d͡zio$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zĭu$^X$/ | /d͡zĭu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡zʱi̯u$^X$/ | /d͡zʱi̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jù | jù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zeoi$^6$ | zeoi$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-tsʰoʔ/, /*m-tsʰoʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*zloʔ/, /*zlos/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 聚 | 聚 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jù | jù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzju$^X$ › | ‹ dzju$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-tsʰoʔ/ | /*m-tsʰoʔ-s/ |
| English | bring together | bring together |
| 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 | 聚 | 聚 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 10659 | 10662 |
| Phonetic component | 取 | 取 |
| Rime group | 侯 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 聚 | 埾 |
| Old Chinese | /*zloʔ/ | /*zlos/ |

### Definitions

聚
* to gather; to congregate; to assemble
** (specifically, informal) to meet up; to hang out
* (literary, or in compounds) to pile up; to heap up
* (literary, or in compounds) to levy; to collect; to impose
* (literary, or in compounds) to extort; to plunder; to expropriate; to fleece
* (literary, or in compounds) village; hamlet
* (literary) crowd; drove (of people)
* (literary) savings (money set aside for the future)
* (chemistry) poly-
* 59th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "massing" (𝍀)
* a surname, Ju

#### Synonyms

* (to gather):
* 允集 (yǔnjí) (literary)
* 匯 / 汇 (huì)
* 匯總 / 汇总 (huìzǒng)
* 匯聚 / 汇聚 (huìjù)
* 匯集 / 汇集 (huìjí)
* 叢集 / 丛集 (cóngjí)
* 團聚 / 团聚 (tuánjù)
* 坌集 (bènjí) (literary)
* 委會 / 委会 (wěihuì) (literary)
* 密集 (mìjí)
* 彙集 / 汇集 (huìjí)
* 徵集 / 征集 (zhēngjí)
* 採 / 采 (cǎi)
* 採擷 / 采撷 (literary)
* 採集 / 采集 (cǎijí)
* 搜羅 / 搜罗 (sōuluó)
* 搜集 (sōují)
* 摟 / 搂 (lōu)
* 攏 / 拢 (lǒng)
* 攢 / 攒 (cuán)
* 攢聚 / 攒聚 (cuánjù)
* 攢集 / 攒集 (cuánjí)
* 收羅 / 收罗 (shōuluó)
* 收錄 / 收录 (shōulù)
* 收集 (shōují)
* 會合 / 会合 (huìhé)
* 會聚 / 会聚 (huìjù)
* 會集 / 会集 (huìjí)
* 湊 / 凑 (còu)
* 湊集 / 凑集 (còují)
* 相聚 (xiāngjù)
* 籌集 / 筹集 (chóují)
* 糾合 / 纠合 (jiūhé) (literary)
* 糾集 / 纠集 (jiūjí) (derogatory)
* 群集 (qúnjí)
* 聚合 (jùhé)
* 聚攏 / 聚拢 (jùlǒng)
* 聚斂 / 聚敛 (jùliǎn)
* 聚會 / 聚会 (jùhuì)
* 聚集 (jùjí)
* 聚首 (jùshǒu) (formal, usually of leaders, important figures)
* 蒐集 (sōují)
* 薈萃 / 荟萃 (huìcuì) (literary)
* 蝟集 / 猬集 (wèijí) (literary)
* 調集 / 调集 (diàojí)
* 集 (jí) (literary, or in compounds)
* 集中 (jízhōng)
* 集合 (jíhé)
* 集會 / 集会 (jíhuì)
* 集結 / 集结 (jíjié)
* 麇集 (qúnjí) (literary)
* (to meet up):
* 會晤 / 会晤 (huìwù) (literary)
* 會面 / 会面 (huìmiàn)
* 照面 (zhàomiàn)
* 碰面 (pèngmiàn)
* 見面 / 见面 (jiànmiàn)
* 面會 / 面会 (miànhuì) (formal)
* (to pile up):
* 堆積 / 堆积 (duījī)
* 堆集 (duījí)
* (to extort):
* 剝取 / 剥取 (bōqǔ)
* 吮吸 (shǔnxī) (figurative)
* 強取 / 强取 (qiángqǔ)
* 搜刮 (sōuguā)
* 摟 / 搂 (lōu)
* 榨取 (zhàqǔ)
* 聚斂 / 聚敛 (jùliǎn)
* (village):
* 堡子
* 塢 / 坞 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
* 屯 (literary, or in compounds)
* 屯落 (túnluò)
* 村塢 / 村坞 (cūnwù) (literary)
* 村子 (cūnzi)
* 村盤子 / 村盘子 ('cun$^1$ pon$^2$ zi) (Gan)
* 村莊 / 村庄 (cūnzhuāng)
* 村落 (cūnluò)
* 社里 (Hokkien)
* 聚落 (jùluò)
* 莊 / 庄 (zhuāng)
* 莊仔 / 庄仔 (Hakka)
* 莊子 / 庄子
* 莊頭 / 庄头 (Hakka, Hokkien)
* 農村 / 农村 (nóngcūn)
* 農莊 / 农庄 (nóngzhuāng)
* 鄉村 / 乡村 (xiāngcūn)
* 鄉莊 / 乡庄 (xiāngzhuāng)
* (crowd):
* 人海 (rénhǎi) (sea of people)
* 人群 (rénqún)
* 成群的人 (chéngqún de rén)

### Compounds

* 一聚枯骨
* 三華聚頂 / 三华聚顶
* 事文類聚 / 事文类聚
* 保聚
* 內聚力 / 内聚力
* 共聚 (gòngjù)
* 共聚一堂 (gòngjùyītáng)
* 凝聚 (níngjù)
* 凝聚力 (níngjùlì)
* 匯聚 / 汇聚 (huìjù)
* 叢聚 / 丛聚
* 同類相聚 / 同类相聚
* 嘯聚 / 啸聚 (xiàojù)
* 囤聚
* 團聚 / 团聚 (tuánjù)
* 團頭聚面 / 团头聚面
* 好聚好散 (hǎojùhǎosàn)
* 完聚
* 屯聚
* 忽聚忽散
* 悲歡聚散 / 悲欢聚散
* 搜聚
* 攢三聚五 / 攒三聚五
* 攢聚 / 攒聚 (cuánjù)
* 新聚 (Xīnjù)
* 會聚透鏡 / 会聚透镜
* 歡聚 / 欢聚 (huānjù)
* 歡聚一堂 / 欢聚一堂 (huānjùyītáng)
* 物以類聚 / 物以类聚 (wùyǐlèijù)
* 獸聚鳥散 / 兽聚鸟散
* 生物群聚
* 生聚教訓 / 生聚教训
* 瘕聚
* 相聚 (xiāngjù)
* 積聚 / 积聚 (jījù)
* 結聚 / 结聚
* 結黨聚群 / 结党聚群
* 群聚 (qúnjù)
* 聚丙烯 (jùbǐngxī)
* 聚乙二醇 (jùyǐ'èrchún)
* 聚乙烯 (jùyǐxī)
* 聚乳酸 (jùrǔsuān)
* 聚伙
* 聚光 (jùguāng)
* 聚光燈 / 聚光灯 (jùguāngdēng)
* 聚光鏡 / 聚光镜
* 聚合 (jùhé)
* 聚合果
* 聚合物 (jùhéwù)
* 聚四氟乙烯 (jùsìfúyǐxī)
* 聚寶尊王 / 聚宝尊王
* 聚寶盆 / 聚宝盆 (jùbǎopén)
* 聚居 (jùjū)
* 聚彙 / 聚汇
* 聚攏 / 聚拢 (jùlǒng)
* 聚散 (jùsàn)
* 聚斂 / 聚敛 (jùliǎn)
* 聚星 (jùxīng)
* 聚晤
* 聚會 / 聚会 (jùhuì)
* 聚殲 / 聚歼
* 聚氯乙烯 (jùlǜyǐxī)
* 聚沙之年
* 聚沙成塔 (jùshāchéngtǎ)
* 聚焦 (jùjiāo)
* 聚珍版
* 聚眾 / 聚众 (jùzhòng)
* 聚眾滋事 / 聚众滋事
* 聚礦作用 / 聚矿作用
* 聚積 / 聚积 (jùjī)
* 聚米為山 / 聚米为山
* 聚精會神 / 聚精会神 (jùjīnghuìshén)
* 聚繖花序 / 聚伞花序
* 聚苯乙烯 (jùběnyǐxī)
* 聚落 (jùluò)
* 聚落保存
* 聚葯雄蕊 / 聚药雄蕊
* 聚藻
* 聚蚊成雷
* 聚螢 / 聚萤
* 聚螢映雪 / 聚萤映雪
* 聚螢積雪 / 聚萤积雪
* 聚訟 / 聚讼 (jùsòng)
* 聚訟紛紜 / 聚讼纷纭
* 聚議 / 聚议
* 聚變 / 聚变 (jùbiàn)
* 聚財 / 聚财
* 聚賭 / 聚赌 (jùdǔ)
* 聚酯 (jùzhǐ)
* 聚酯絲 / 聚酯丝
* 聚酯纖維 / 聚酯纤维
* 聚醚
* 聚醛樹脂 / 聚醛树脂
* 聚集 (jùjí)
* 聚頭 / 聚头 (jùtóu)
* 聚頭扇 / 聚头扇
* 聚餐 (jùcān)
* 聚首 (jùshǒu)
* 聚麀 (jùyōu)
* 聚齊 / 聚齐 (jùqí)
* 萍聚
* 藏風聚氣 / 藏风聚气
* 藝文類聚 / 艺文类聚
* 蜂屯蟻聚 / 蜂屯蚁聚
* 蜂聚
* 蟻聚之兵 / 蚁聚之兵
* 蟻聚蜂屯 / 蚁聚蜂屯
* 贅聚 / 赘聚
* 重聚 (chóngjù)
* 集聚 (jíjù)
* 類聚 / 类聚
* 麀聚
* 麇聚
* 麋沸蟻聚 / 麋沸蚁聚
* 齊聚一堂 / 齐聚一堂 (qíjùyītáng)

### References

* “聚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ず (zu)
* Kan-on: しゅ (shu)
* Kan’yō-on: しゅう (shū)、じゅ (ju)
* Kun: あつまる (atsumaru, 聚まる)、あつめる (atsumeru, 聚める)
* Nanori: あつむ (atsumu)

## Korean
### Hanja

聚 • (chwi) (hangeul 취, revised chwi, McCune–Reischauer ch'wi, Yale chwi)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

聚: Hán Nôm readings: tụ, sụ, tọ, xụ, xủ
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