銃

See also: 铳

Translingual

Han character

銃 (radical 167 金+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金卜戈山 (CYIU) or XX金卜戈 (XXCYI), four-corner 8011₃, composition ⿰金充)

1. ancient weapon, blunderbuss, gun

References

• KangXi: page 1304, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40359
• Dae Jaweon: page 1806, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4202, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9283

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Chinese

trad.		銃
simp.		铳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (充) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
統	*tʰuːŋs
充	*l̥ʰjuŋ
珫	*tʰjuŋ
茺	*tʰjuŋ
銃	*tʰjuŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chòng (chong⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung³
• Min Nan (POJ): chhèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˋ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ung⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chonq
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung³
    • Yale: chung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhèng
    • Tâi-lô: tshìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhexng
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕʰɨuŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	銃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	充仲切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨuŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiuŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiuŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰuwŋH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiuŋH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭuŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯uŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chòng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjuŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	銃
Reading #	1/1
No.	1494
Phonetic component	充
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	銃
Old Chinese	/*tʰjuŋs/

Definitions

銃

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Compounds

• 吹銃／吹铳
• 夢夢銃銃／梦梦铳铳
• 打瞌銃／打瞌铳

• 拳銃／拳铳
• 放手銃／放手铳
• 炮銃／炮铳

• 銃子／铳子
• 鳥嘴銃／鸟嘴铳
• 鳥銃／鸟铳

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Japanese

Kanji

銃

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. a gun

Readings

• Goon: しゅ (shu)
• Kan’on: しゅう (shū)
• Kan’yōon: じゅう (jū)
• Kun: (rare) つつ (tsutsu) (non-Jōyō reading)

Compounds

Compounds

拳銃 (けんじゅう) ‎(kenjū): handgun 小銃 (しょうじゅう) ‎(shōjū): rifle 機関銃 (きかんじゅう) ‎(kikanjū): machine gun 銃創 (じゅうそう) ‎(jūsō): a bullet wound 銃傷 (じゅうしょう) ‎(jūshō): a bullet wound 銃撃 (じゅうげき) ‎(jūgeki): shooting at someone

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Korean

Hanja

銃 • ‎(chong) (hangeul 총, revised chong, McCune-Reischauer ch'ong, Yale chong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

銃 (súng, xúng)

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