束

束	U+675F, 束 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-675F

Han character

束 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木中 (DL), four-corner 5090₆, composition ⿻木口)

Derived characters

㑛, 凁, 娕, 悚, 梀, 殐, 涑, 疎, 竦, 綀, 脨, 觫, 誎, 踈, 辣, 鋉 (𨱈), 餗 (𫗧), 駷, 㻋, 䀳
剌, 勅, 欶, 敕, 賴 (赖), 辢, 頼, 鵣, 㩽, 𧆄, 𣜋
速, 趚
𠁃, 𰀟

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 512, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14480
Dae Jaweon: page 898, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1158, character 3
Unihan data for U+675F

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Historical forms of the character 束
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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	Old Chinese
涑	sloː, sloːɡ, *sloɡ
鏉	sloː, sloːɡs, *srus
摗	*sloː
駷	sloːʔ, sloŋʔ
嗽	sloːɡs, sroːɡ, *sloːɡ
瘶	*sloːɡs
欶	sloːɡs, sroːɡ
漱	sloːɡs, srus
捒	sreːɡ, sroɡs, *sroɡs
悚	*sloŋʔ
竦	*sloŋʔ
娕	*sʰroːɡ
梀	sreːɡ, sʰloːɡ, sloːɡ, l̥ʰoɡ
速	*sloːɡ
餗	*sloːɡ
殐	*sloːɡ
遬	*sloːɡ
蔌	*sloːɡ
樕	*sloːɡ
藗	*sloːɡ
誎	*sʰloɡ
束	*hljoɡ

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

Ideogram (指事) – bag tied at both ends (earlier forms were often vertically symmetric). See also 東 and 柬.

Pronunciation 1

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Rime
Character	束
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	書玉切
Baxter	syowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕuawk̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiok̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭwok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	suk¹

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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	束
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shù
Middle Chinese	‹ syowk ›
Old Chinese	/*s-tʰok/
English	bind; bundle
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.

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Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	束
Reading #	1/1
No.	11893
Phonetic component	束
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	束
Old Chinese	/*hljoɡ/

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Mandarin
(Pinyin): shù, sù (shu⁴, su⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ, ㄙㄨˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cuk¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): cuuk²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): suk / sok

(Meixian, Guangdong): cug⁵
Eastern Min (BUC): sók
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sok

(Teochew, Peng'im): sog⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷soq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shù
  - Wade–Giles: shu⁴
  - Yale: shù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh
  - Palladius: шу (šu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹/
- (Beijing dialect)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sù
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sù
  - Wade–Giles: su⁴
  - Yale: sù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suh
  - Palladius: су (su)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cuk¹
  - Yale: chūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: cug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: cuuk²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵk̚⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: suk / sok
  - Hakka Romanization System: sug^ˋ / sog^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sug⁵ / sog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /suk̚²/, /sok̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: cug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰʊk̚¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sók
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /souʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok
  - Tâi-lô: sok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sog⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sok
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sok̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷soq
  - MiniDict: soh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴soq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /soʔ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: syowk

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

(Zhengzhang): /*hljoɡ/

Definitions

束

to bind; to tie up
束縛／束缚 ― shùfù ― to bind; to tie up
(now in compounds) to control; to restrain
拘束 ― jūshù ― restraint; inhibited; constraint
(now in compounds) end
結束／结束 ― jiéshù ― end
bunch; bundle; bale
光束 ― guāngshù ― light beam
(geometry) pencil (family of geometric objects with a common property)
平面束 ― píngmiànshù ― pencil of planes
Classifier for objects in bunches or bundles, such as bouquets of flowers. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
一束玫瑰 ― yī shù méiguī ― a bouquet of roses
a surname

Synonyms

(to control):

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主宰 (zhǔzǎi)
主張 / 主张 (zhǔzhāng) (archaic)
克制 (kèzhì)
克治 (kèzhì) (literary)
制禦 / 制御 (zhìyù) (literary)
制約 / 制约 (zhìyuē)
君 (jūn) (literary)
執掌 / 执掌 (zhízhǎng)
壓制 / 压制 (yāzhì)
壓抑 / 压抑 (yāyì)
局 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
局限 (júxiàn)
左右 (zuǒyòu)
把
抑制 (yìzhì)
把持 (bǎchí)
把控 (bǎkòng)
把攬 / 把揽 (bǎlǎn)
抵制 (dǐzhì)
拘束 (jūshù)
按 (àn)
按捺 (ànnà) (usually in the negative)
控 (literary, or in compounds)
控制 (kòngzhì)
掌控 (zhǎngkòng)
掌握 (zhǎngwò)
提控 (tíkòng) (literary)
撥弄 / 拨弄 (bōnòng)
撙節 / 撙节 (zǔnjié)
操控 (cāokòng)
操縱 / 操纵 (cāozòng)
擺佈 / 摆布 (bǎibù)
擺治 / 摆治 (bǎizhì) (regional)
支配 (zhīpèi)
收斂 / 收敛 (shōuliǎn)
束縛 / 束缚 (shùfù)
柄 (literary, or in compounds)
框 (kuàng)
禁錮 / 禁锢 (jìngù) (figurative)
積壓 / 积压 (jīyā) (figurative)
節制 / 节制 (jiézhì)
節撙 / 节撙 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
管制 (guǎnzhì)
管束 (guǎnshù)
約束 / 约束 (yuēshù)
統御 / 统御 (tǒngyù) (literary)
統治 / 统治 (tǒngzhì)
羈束 / 羁束 (jīshù) (literary)
裁 (cái) (literary, or in compounds)
遏抑 (èyì) (literary)
鎮 / 镇 (zhèn)
限 (xiàn)
限乏 (Xiamen Hokkien)
限制 (xiànzhì)
駕 / 驾 (jià)
駕馭 / 驾驭 (jiàyù) (figurative)

Compounds

保護管束 / 保护管束
光束 (guāngshù)
大束 (Dàshù)
局束
希氏束 (Xīshìshù)
房室束 (fángshìshù)
拘拘束束
拘束 (jūshù)
拴束 (shuānshù)
收束 (shōushù)
整束
束之高閣 / 束之高阁 (shùzhīgāogé)
束修
束帛
束帶頂冠 / 束带顶冠
束手 (shùshǒu)
束手就擒 (shùshǒujiùqín)
束手就縛 / 束手就缚
束手待斃 / 束手待毙 (shùshǒu dàibì)
束手旁觀 / 束手旁观
束手束腳 / 束手束脚
束手無措 / 束手无措
束手無策 / 束手无策 (shùshǒuwúcè)
束杖理民
束甲
束素
束緊 / 束紧
束線 / 束线
束縛 / 束缚 (shùfù)
束縕請火 / 束缊请火
束胸 (shùxiōng)
束脩
束腰 (shùyāo)
束芻 / 束刍
束薪
束裝 / 束装 (shùzhuāng)
束裝盜金 / 束装盗金
束身
束身修行
束身就縛 / 束身就缚
束身自修
束錦 / 束锦
束阨
束馬懸車 / 束马悬车
束髮 / 束发 (shùfà)
束髮封帛 / 束发封帛
束髮金冠 / 束发金冠 (shùfà jīnguān)
案兵束甲
檢束 / 检束 (jiǎnshù)
無拘無束 / 无拘无束 (wújūwúshù)
無束無拘 / 无束无拘
筋不束骨
管束 (guǎnshù)
粒米束薪
約束 / 约束 (yuēshù)
結束 / 结束 (jiéshù)
結束語 / 结束语 (jiéshùyǔ)
維管束 / 维管束 (wéiguǎnshù)
縛束 / 缚束
羈束 / 羁束 (jīshù)
能束
裝束 / 装束 (zhuāngshù)
要束
鈐束 / 钤束 (qiánshù)

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Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soh

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soh
  - Tâi-lô: soh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soiq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /soʔ³²/

Definitions

束

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to cling to something and climb upwards (of a person)
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to bind or tie tightly
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to absorb (moisture, etc.)

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(to absorb):

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吸 (xī)
吸取 (xīqǔ)
吸收 (xīshōu)
抽取 (chōuqǔ)
攝 / 摄 (literary, or in compounds)
攝取 / 摄取 (shèqǔ)
汲 (jí) (literary, or in compounds)
汲取 (jíqǔ)
燥 (Hokkien)

Compounds

束水

References

“束”, 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–

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Kanji

束

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

bunch
to bind
to end

Readings

Go-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
Kan-on: しょく (shoku)
Kun: たば (taba, 束, Jōyō)、たばねる (tabaneru, 束ねる)、つか (tsuka, 束)、つかねる (tsukaneru, 束ねる)

Compounds

結(けっ)束(そく) (kessoku): union, unity
拘(こう)束(そく) (kōsoku): restriction, restraint
収(しゅう)束(そく) (shūsoku): end
装(しょう)束(ぞく) (shōzoku): costume, attire
束(そく)帯(たい) (sokutai): old ceremonial court dress
束(そく)に立(た)つ (soku ni tatsu)
束(そく)縛(ばく) (sokubaku): restraint, shackles
束(そく)髪(はつ) (sokuhatsu): bundling one's hair, or the hair so bundled; a pompadour-like traditional Japanese hairstyle for women
電(でん)束(そく) (densoku): electric flux
波(は)束(そく) (hasoku): wave packet
約(やく)束(そく) (yakusoku): arrangement, convention
束(そく)帯(たい) (sokutai): traditional royal robes

Etymology 1

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束
たば Grade: 4
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(Tokyo) たば [táꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ta̠ba̠]

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束(たば) • (-taba)

counter for bundles
それは一(ひと)束(たば)十(じゅう)円(えん)の値段(ねだん)でした
sore wa hitotaba jū en no nedan deshita
They cost 10 yen a bundle

Noun

束(たば) • (taba)

bundle, bunch, batch, sheaf, coil
彼(かれ)は古(ふる)い手(て)紙(がみ)を束(たば)にした
kare wa furui tegami o taba ni shita
He bound old letters into a bundle

Derived terms

札(さつ)束(たば) (satsutaba): wad of bills
束(たば)になって掛(か)かる (taba ni natte kakaru): attack all in a bunch
束(たば)ねる (tabaneru): tie up in a bundle
花(はな)束(たば) (hanataba): bunch of flowers

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束
つか Grade: 4
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(Tokyo) つか [tsùkáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [t͡sɨ̥ka̠]

Noun

束(つか) • (tsuka)

handbreadth, bundle

Derived terms

束(つか)の間(ま) (tsukanoma): brief space of time

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束
そく Grade: 4
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(Tokyo) そく [sóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞kɯ̟]

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束(そく) • (-soku)

large bundles

Noun

束(そく) • (soku)

(algebra, order theory) lattice
Synonym: ラティス (ratisu)

References

[1]
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
[2]
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰo̞k̚]
Phonetic hangul: [속]

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束

Wikisource 束 (eumhun 묶을 속 (mukkeul sok))

hanja form^? of 속 (“bunch; to bind”)

Compounds

약속 (約束, yaksok, “a promise”)

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束: Hán Nôm readings: thút, súc, thót, thúc, thóc, thắt

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[DJR-1] [1]
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] [2]
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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