注

See also: 註

注	U+6CE8, 注 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CE8

← 泧
[U+6CE7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

泩 →
[U+6CE9]

㊟	U+329F, ㊟ CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH ATTENTION

← ㊞
[U+329E]

Enclosed CJK Letters and Months

㊠ →
[U+32A0]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

注 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水卜土 (EYG), four-corner 3011₄, composition ⿰氵主)

Stroke order
Japan

Derived characters

𮊈, 𥦠, 霔, 乼, 㗟

Related characters

註 (Variant traditional form)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 618, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17316
Dae Jaweon: page 1013, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1592, character 1
Unihan data for U+6CE8

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
飳	*tʰoːʔ
妵	*tʰoːʔ
黈	*tʰoːʔ
蘣	*tʰoːʔ
罜	doːɡ, tjos
拄	*toʔ
柱	toʔ, doʔ
駐	*tos
註	tos, tjos
鉒	*tos
軴	*tos
住	tos, dos
跓	*doʔ
嵀	*doʔ
主	*tjoʔ
麈	*tjoʔ
宔	*tjoʔ
炷	tjoʔ, tjos
注	*tjos
疰	*tjos
蛀	*tjos
霔	*tjos

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjos) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 主 (OC *tjoʔ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		注

Perhaps cognate with 枓, whose original meaning is "spoon, ladle".

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhù (zhu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chu

(Meixian, Guangdong): zu⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): cé̤ṳ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tù / chù

(Teochew, Peng'im): du³ / zu³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhù
  - Wade–Giles: chu⁴
  - Yale: jù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
  - Palladius: чжу (čžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zyu³
  - Yale: jyu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzy³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ju³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chu
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cé̤ṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡søy²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tù
  - Tâi-lô: tù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dux
  - IPA (Zhangpu, Taipei): /tu¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /tu²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chù
  - Tâi-lô: tsù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zux
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡su²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangpu, Taipei): /t͡su¹¹/

Note:

tù - vernacular (“stake; classifier”);
chù - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: du³ / zu³
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tù / tsù
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu²¹³/, /t͡su²¹³/

Note:

du3 - vernacular;
zu3 - literary.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsy
  - MiniDict: tsy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsyuH

Rime
Character	注
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	之戍切
Baxter	tsyuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕio^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕio^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuə̆^H/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕio^H/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tro(ʔ)-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*tjos/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	注
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhù
Middle Chinese	‹ trju^H ›
Old Chinese	/*tro(ʔ)-s/
English	to conduct water
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	注
Reading #	1/1
No.	17622
Phonetic component	主
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	注
Old Chinese	/*tjos/

Definitions

注

to pour into; to fill
注射 ― zhùshè ― injection

注入 ― zhùrù ― to pour into
to concentrate; to pay attention
注視／注视 ― zhùshì ― to look attentively

專注／专注 ― zhuānzhù ― to concentrate completely

注意 ― zhùyì ― to pay attention
(gambling) stake
賭注／赌注 ― dǔzhù ― stake
Classifier for sums of money, business deals.

Compounds

下注 (xiàzhù)
中注模樣
備注 (bèizhù)
傾注 (qīngzhù)
傾耳注目
儀注
全神貫注 (quánshénguànzhù)
出注
加注 (jiāzhù)
古今注
合注
命中注定 (mìngzhōngzhùdìng)
單注著
大雨如注 (dàyǔrúzhù)
天緣注定
夾注
夾注號／夹注号
孤注
孤注一擲 (gūzhùyīzhì)
孤辰合注
專注 (zhuānzhù)
小注
引人注目 (yǐnrénzhùmù)
心神專注
懸河注水
懸河注火
投注 (tóuzhù)
批注 (pīzhù)
押注 (yāzhù)
挹彼注此
挹彼注茲 (yìbǐzhùzī)
挹注 (yìzhù)
旁注
標注 (biāozhù)
水注 (shuǐzhù)
水經注
注兒
注塑 (zhùsù)
注子
注定 (zhùdìng)
注射 (zhùshè)
注射劑 (zhùshèjì)
注射器 (zhùshèqì)
注射筒 (zhùshètǒng)
注意 (zhùyì)
注意力 (zhùyìlì)
注慕
注文 (zhùwén)
注明 (zhùmíng)
注本
注水 (zhùshuǐ)
注疏
注目 (zhùmù)
注目禮 (zhùmùlǐ)
注視 (zhùshì)
注腳 (zhùjiǎo)
注色
注解 (zhùjiě)
注資 (zhùzī)
注釋 (zhùshì)
注重 (zhùzhòng)
注銷 (zhùxiāo)
注音 (zhùyīn)
注音符號 (zhùyīn fúhào)
流注
浥注
灌注 (guànzhù)
灌注器 (guànzhùqì)
皮下注射
眷注 (juànzhù)
秤斤注兩
穩吃三注
箋注
肌肉注射 (jīròu zhùshè)
腳注 (jiǎozhù)
自注
血流如注 (xuèliúrúzhù)
評注
詮注
豐注
貫注 (guànzhù)
賭注 (dǔzhù)
起居注
跗注
轉注 (zhuǎnzhù)
這注
酒注子
關注 (guānzhù)
附注 (fùzhù)
集注 (jízhù)
靜脈注射／静脉注射 (jìngmài zhùshè)
預防注射

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 注 – see 註 (“to annotate; to comment; to record; to register; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 註).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

See also 注する

Shinjitai	注
Kyūjitai ^[1]^[2]^[3]	注󠄁 注+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	注󠄄 注+`󠄄`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

注

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

to pour
(replacing 註) to place an order (as in 注文)

Readings

Go-on: す (su)^{←す (su, historical)}
Kan-on: しゅ (shu)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}
Kan’yō-on: ちゅう (chū, Jōyō)^{←ちゆう (tyuu, historical)}
Kun: そそぐ (sosogu, 注ぐ, Jōyō)、さす (sasu, 注す)、つぐ (tsugu, 注ぐ)

Compounds

注(ちゅう)意(い) (chūi)
注(ちゅう)加(か) (chūka)
注(ちゅう)解(かい) (chūkai) (註(ちゅう)解(かい))
注(ちゅう)眼(がん) (chūgan)
注(ちゅう)記(き) (chūki) (註(ちゅう)記(き))
注(ちゅう)脚(きゃく) (chūkyaku) (註(ちゅう)脚(きゃく))
注(ちゅう)口(こう) (chūkō)
注(ちゅう)告(こく) (chūkoku)
注(ちゅう)思(し) (chūshi)
注(ちゅう)視(し) (chūshi)
注(ちゅう)射(しゃ) (chūsha)
注(ちゅう)瀉(しゃ) (chūsha)
注(ちゅう)釈(しゃく) (chūshaku) (註(ちゅう)釈(しゃく))
注(ちゅう)集(しゅう) (chūshū)
注(ちゅう)進(しん) (chūshin)
注(ちゅう)水(すい) (chūsui)
注(ちゅう)説(せつ) (chūsetsu) (註(ちゅう)説(せつ))
注(ちゅう)染(せん) (chūsen)
注(ちゅう)疏(そ) (chūso) (註(ちゅう)疏(そ))
注(ちゅう)腸(ちょう) (chūchō)
注(ちゅう)入(にゅう) (chūnyū)
注(ちゅう)文(ぶん) (chūbun)
注(ちゅう)本(ぼん) (chūbon) (註(ちゅう)本(ぼん))
注(ちゅう)目(もく) (chūmoku)
注(ちゅう)文(もん) (chūmon) (註(ちゅう)文(もん))
注(ちゅう)油(ゆ) (chūyu)
注(ちゅう)流(りゅう) (chūryū)
注(ちゅう)力(りょく) (chūryoku)
注(ちゅう)連(れん) (chūren)
逸(いっ)注(ちゅう) (itchū)
雨(う)注(ちゅう) (uchū)
外(がい)注(ちゅう) (gaichū)
冠(かん)注(ちゅう) (kanchū)
勘(かん)注(ちゅう) (kanchū)
灌(かん)注(ちゅう) (kanchū)
脚(きゃく)注(ちゅう) (kyakuchū) (脚(きゃく)註(ちゅう)): footnote
傾(けい)注(ちゅう) (keichū)
原(げん)注(ちゅう) (genchū) (原(げん)註(ちゅう))
古(こ)注(ちゅう) (kochū) (古(こ)註(ちゅう))
語(ご)注(ちゅう) (gochū) (語(ご)註(ちゅう))
校(こう)注(ちゅう) (kōchū) (校(こう)註(ちゅう))
左(さ)注(ちゅう) (sachū) (左(さ)註(ちゅう))
自(じ)注(ちゅう) (jichū) (自(じ)註(ちゅう))
集(しっ)注(ちゅう) (shitchū) (集(しっ)註(ちゅう))
受(じゅ)注(ちゅう) (juchū) (受(じゅ)註(ちゅう))
集(しゅう)注(ちゅう) (shūchū) (集(しゅう)註(ちゅう))
詳(しょう)注(ちゅう) (shōchū) (詳(しょう)註(ちゅう))
新(しん)注(ちゅう) (shinchū) (新(しん)註(ちゅう))
箋(せん)注(ちゅう) (senchū) (箋(せん)註(ちゅう))
疏(そ)注(ちゅう) (sochū) (疏(そ)註(ちゅう))
頭(とう)注(ちゅう) (tōchū) (頭(とう)註(ちゅう))
特(とく)注(ちゅう) (tokuchū) (特(とく)註(ちゅう))
発(はっ)注(ちゅう) (hatchū)
評(ひょう)注(ちゅう) (hyōchū) (評(ひょう)註(ちゅう))
標(ひょう)注(ちゅう) (hyōchū) (標(ひょう)註(ちゅう))
付(ふ)注(ちゅう) (fuchū) (附(ふ)註(ちゅう))
分(ぶん)注(ちゅう) (bunchū) (分(ぶん)註(ちゅう))
編(へん)注(ちゅう) (henchū) (編(へん)註(ちゅう))
補(ほ)注(ちゅう) (hochū) (補(ほ)註(ちゅう))
傍(ぼう)注(ちゅう) (bōchū) (旁(ぼう)註(ちゅう))
訳(やく)注(ちゅう) (yakuchū) (訳(やく)註(ちゅう))
脇(わき)注(ちゅう) (wakichū) (脇(わき)註(ちゅう))
割注(わりちゅう) (warichū) (割註(わりちゅう))

Etymology

Kanji in this term
注
ちゅう Grade: 3
kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
註

From Middle Chinese 註 (MC tsyuH|trjuH). 注 is a daiyōji replacing 註.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちゅう [chùú] (Heiban – [0])^[4]^[5]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨː]

Noun

注(ちゅう) • (chū) ^{←ちゆう (tyuu)^?}

annotation, note

References

^ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “注”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎^[1] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1264 (paper), page 683 (digital)
^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 748 (paper), page 387 (digital)
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

注 (eumhun 부을 주 (bueul ju))

hanja form^? of 주 (“pour”)

Compounds

주유 (注油, juyu, “refueling”)
주입 (注入, ju'ip, “injection”)