苴

苴 U+82F4, 苴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82F4 ← 苳 [U+82F3] CJK Unified Ideographs 苵 → [U+82F5]

Translingual

Han character

苴 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿月一 (TBM), four-corner 4410₇, composition ⿱艹且)

Derived chracters

• 䃊 𢯽 𣕈 𥠙 𭄳

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1024, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30813
• Dae Jaweon: page 1484, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3190, character 5
• Unihan data for U+82F4

Chinese

trad.		苴
simp. #		苴

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 苴
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (且) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	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 *zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa): semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jū, jǔ (ju¹, ju³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ, ㄐㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi¹ / zeoi² / ceoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹
    • Yale: jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chü³
    • Yale: jyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeu
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zeoi¹ / zeoi² / ceoi¹
    • Yale: jēui / jéui / chēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey¹ / dzoey² / tsoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu¹ / zêu² / cêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sɵy̯³⁵/, /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjo, tsjoX, tshjo

Rime
Character	苴	苴	苴
Reading #	2/4	4/4	1/4
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	精 (13)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	魚 (22)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	子魚切	子與切	七余切
Baxter	tsjo	tsjoX	tshjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨʌ/	/t͡sɨʌX/	/t͡sʰɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɔ/	/t͡siɔX/	/t͡sʰiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siɔ/	/t͡siɔX/	/t͡sʰiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨə̆/	/t͡sɨə̆X/	/t͡sʰɨə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡siɔ/	/t͡siɔX/	/t͡sʰiɔ/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭo/	/t͡sĭoX/	/t͡sʰĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯wo/	/t͡si̯woX/	/t͡sʰi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jū	jǔ	qū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi1	zeoi2	ceoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsa/, /*ʔsaʔ/, /*sʰa/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	苴	苴	苴
Reading #	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	10412	10417	10428
Phonetic component	且	且	且
Rime group	魚	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	且	苴	疽
Old Chinese	/*ʔsa/	/*ʔsaʔ/	/*sʰa/

Definitions

苴

1. (archaic) female hemp plant; seed-bearing hemp
2. (archaic) seeds of female hemp
3. (archaic) coarse; rough
4. (archaic) grass insole; pad in shoe
5. (literary) to patch; to mend

   補苴／补苴  ―  bǔjū  ―  to patch; to mend

6. (archaic) to wrap
7. a surname

Usage notes

漢語大字典 (ed. 2) assigns pronunciation jū to all senses listed above, while 重編國語辭典修訂本 (online ed. 6) gives jǔ for sense 6 as well as the word 芭苴 (“Musa”), and jū for all other senses.

Compounds

• 且苴
• 佉苴 (qūjū)
• 包苴
• 狄苴
• 芭苴
• 苴國 / 苴国
• 苴布
• 苴服
• 苴杖
• 苴枲
• 苴絰 / 苴绖
• 苞苴
• 苴茅
• 苞苴公行
• 苞苴竿牘 / 苞苴竿牍
• 苞苴賄賂 / 苞苴贿赂
• 苴麻
• 蒪苴
• 補苴 / 补苴 (bǔjū)
• 補苴罅漏 / 补苴罅漏 (bǔjūxiàlòu)
• 補苴調胹 / 补苴调胹

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chá (cha²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa¹ / caa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chá
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chá
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa²
    • Yale: chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: char
    • Palladius: ча (ča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caa¹ / caa⁴
    • Yale: chā / chàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa¹ / tsaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca¹ / ca⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰaː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzrae

Rime
Character	苴
Reading #	3/4
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	鉏加切
Baxter	dzrae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐaɨ/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒa/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒa/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caa4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zraː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	苴
Reading #	1/4
No.	10393
Phonetic component	且
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	楂
Old Chinese	/*zraː/

Definitions

苴

1. (archaic, rare) floating weed; dead grass

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎ (zha³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa² / zaa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎ
    • Wade–Giles: cha³
    • Yale: jǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaa
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaa² / zaa³
    • Yale: já / ja
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa² / dzaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: za² / za³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː³⁵/, /t͡saː³³/

Definitions

苴

1. (literary) only used in 土苴 (chǎzhǎ)

Compounds

• 土苴 (chǎzhǎ)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xié (xie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sié
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²
    • Yale: syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shye
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

Definitions

苴

1. (historical) only used in 羊苴咩

Compounds

• 羊苴咩
• 苴咩
• 陽苴咩 / 阳苴咩

Etymology 5

trad.		苴
simp. #		苴
alternative forms		埾

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū
    • Tâi-lô: tsū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³/

Definitions

苴

1. (Southern Min) to lay something on a surface
2. (Southern Min) cushion; pad

Etymology 6

For pronunciation and definitions of 苴 – see 菹 (“salted or pickled vegetables”). (This character is a variant form of 菹).

Etymology 7

For pronunciation and definitions of 苴 – see 菹 (“salted or pickled vegetables”). (This character is a variant form of 葅, which is in turn a variant form of 菹).

Etymology 8

For pronunciation and definitions of 苴 – see 蒩. (This character is a variant form of 蒩).

Etymology 9

For pronunciation and definitions of 苴 – see 柤 (“hawthorn”). (This character is a variant form of 柤).

References

• “苴”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• “苴”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• “苴”, 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

苴

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. husk
2. bract
3. straw wrapper
4. souvenir gift
5. bribe

Readings

• Go-on: そ (so)
• Kan-on: しょ (sho)
• Kun: あさ (asa, 苴)、つと (tsuto)

Korean

Hanja

苴 • (jeo) (hangeul 저, revised jeo, McCune–Reischauer chŏ, Yale ce)

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Vietnamese

Han character

苴: Hán Nôm readings: thư, tra, tư

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