渚

渚 U+6E1A, 渚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E1A ← 渙 [U+6E19] CJK Unified Ideographs 減 → [U+6E1B]

渚 U+FA46, 渚 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA46 ← 海 [U+FA45] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 漢 → [U+FA47]

Translingual

Traditional	渚
Simplified	渚
Japanese	渚
Korean	渚

Han character

渚 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水十大日 (EJKA), four-corner 3416₀, composition ⿰氵者)

1. small sand bank, islet

Derived characters

• 𠹲, 𪦜, 𢵻, 𣚫, 𬛒, 𥢳, 𧸓, 𬩅, 𤁛, 𡪦, 𪱅, 𠤆, 𣜾, 𡤊, 𦼥, 𮆑, 𩅻, 𪳼

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 633, character 41
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17758
• Dae Jaweon: page 1040, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1640, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6E1A
• Unihan data for U+FA46

Chinese

simp. and trad.		渚

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
觰	*rtaːʔ, *rtaː
諸	*tjaː, *tja
者	*tjaːʔ
堵	*tjaːʔ, *taːʔ
赭	*tjaːʔ
撦	*l̥ʰjaːʔ
扯	*tʰjaːʔ
闍	*djaː, *taː
奢	*hljaː
鍺	*toːlʔ
都	*taː
醏	*taː
覩	*taːʔ
睹	*taːʔ
暏	*taːʔ
賭	*taːʔ
帾	*taːʔ
楮	*taːʔ, *tʰaʔ
屠	*daː, *da
瘏	*daː
廜	*daː
鷵	*daː
緒	*ljaʔ
豬	*ta
猪	*ta
瀦	*ta
藸	*ta, *da
櫫	*ta
褚	*taʔ, *tʰaʔ
著	*taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ
箸	*tas, *das
儲	*da
躇	*da
櫧	*tja
藷	*tja, *djas
蠩	*tja
煮	*tjaʔ
渚	*tjaʔ
煑	*tjaʔ
陼	*tjaʔ
翥	*tjas
署	*djas
薯	*djas
曙	*djas
書	*hlja
暑	*hjaʔ
鐯	*taɡ
擆	*taɡ
櫡	*taɡ

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	渚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	章与切
Baxter	tsyoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɔX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǔ (zhu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chu³
    • Yale: jǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juu
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zyu²
    • Yale: jyú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú
    • Tâi-lô: tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyoX

Definitions

渚

1. islet; small landmass in water
2. waterside; beach

Compounds

• 江渚 (jiāngzhǔ)
• 洲渚 (zhōuzhǔ)
• 渚宮／渚宫
• 煙渚／烟渚

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	渚
Kyūjitai [1]	渚 渚 or 渚+︀?
	渚󠄀 渚+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	渚󠄃 渚+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 渚

渚

(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 渚)

1. strand, beach, shore

Readings

• Go-on: しょ (sho)^{←しよ (syo, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょ (sho)^{←しよ (syo, historical)}
• Kun: なぎさ (nagisa, 渚)、みぎわ (migiwa, 渚)^{←みぎは (migifa, 渚, historical)}
• Nanori: すか (suka)、なぎ (nagi)、なぎさ (nagisa)

Compounds

Compounds

• 渚滑(しょこつ)川(がわ) (Shokotsu-gawa)
• 海(かい)渚(そ) (kaiso)
• 牛渚(ぎゅうしょ) (Gyūsho)
• 曲(きょく)渚(しょ) (kyokusho)
• 州渚(しゅうしょ). 洲渚(しゅうしょ) (shūsho)
• 浅渚(せんしょ) (sensho)
• 釣渚(ちょうしょ) (chōsho)
• 汀渚(ていしょ) (teisho)
• 白(はく)渚(しょ) (hakusho)
• 渚(す)鳥(どり) (sudori)

Usage notes

Used in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE) as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨su⟩.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
渚
なぎさ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
渚 (kyūjitai) 汀

⟨naɡi₁sa⟩ → */naɡʲisa/ → /naɡisa/

From Old Japanese.^[2]

Possibly a compound of 凪ぎ (nagi, “calming, dying down”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 凪ぐ (nagu, “to calm down, to die down”, as of waves or wind), cognate with 和やか (nagoyaka, “calm, quiet”)) +‎ 磯 (sa, “rocky shore, pebble beach”), where sa is an ancient alternative for so, the abbreviated combining reading of modern 磯 (iso), cognate with 石 (ishi, “rock, stone”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なぎさ [nàgísá] (Heiban – [0])^[3]
• IPA^(key): [na̠ɡʲisa̠]

Noun

渚(なぎさ) • (nagisa) 

1. the water's edge:
   1. beach
      • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 12, poem 3203:
        , text here

        都乃久尓乃(つのくにの)宇美能(うみの)奈伎佐(なぎさ)尓(に)布奈餘曽比(ふなよそひ)多志埿毛等伎尓(たしでもときに)阿母我米母我母(あもがめもがも) [Man'yōgana]

        津(つ)の国(くに)の海(うみ)の渚(なぎさ)に船装(ふなよそ)ひ立(た)し出(で)も時(とき)に母(あも)が目(め)もがも [Modern spelling]

        Tsu-no-kuni no umi no nagisa ni funayosoi tashide mo toki ni amo ga me mo ga mo

        (please add an English translation of this example)

   2. shore
      • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 7, poem 1171:
        , text here

        大(おほ)御(み)舟(ふね)竟(はて)而(て)佐(さ)守布(もらふ)高嶋(たかしま)之(の)三(み)尾(をの)勝(か＊)野之(のの)奈伎左(なぎさ)思(し)所念(おもほゆ) [Man'yōgana]

        大(おほ)御(み)船(ふね)泊(は)ててさもらふ高島(たかしま)の三尾(みを)の勝(かち)野(の)の渚(なぎさ)し思(おも)ほゆ [Modern spelling]

        ōmifune hatete samorau Takashima-no-mio no Kachino-no-nagisa shi omōyu

        (please add an English translation of this example)

      • 1235, Shinchokusen Wakashū (book 8, poem 525; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 93)

        世(よ)の中(なか)はつねにもがもな渚(なぎさ)こぐあまの小(を)舟(ぶね)の綱(つな)手(で)かなしも

        yo-no-naka wa tsune ni mo ga mo na nagisa kogu ama no obune no tsunade kanashi mo

        May the world be ever like this: a fisherman's skiff rowed along the shore, pulled with a rope, is truly sad.^[4]

   3. bank (as of a river or stream)
      • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 3, poem 378:
        , text here

        昔者(いにしへ)之(の)舊堤(ふるきつつみ)者(は)年(とし)深(ふかみ)池(いけ)之(の)瀲(なぎさ)尓(に)水(み)草(くさ)生(おひに)家里(けり) [Man'yōgana]

        いにしへの古(ふる)き堤(つつみ)は年(とし)深(ふか)み池(いけ)の渚(なぎさ)に水(み)草(くさ)生(お)ひにけり [Modern spelling]

        inishie no furuki tsutsumi wa toshi fukami ike no nagisa ni mikusa oi-ni-keri

        The old embankment, relic of a vanished past: the deepening years along the margin of the pond lie buried in the tangled reeds.^[5]

Synonyms

• 汀渚(ていしょ) (teisho)
• 浜(はま)辺(べ) (hamabe)

Derived terms

• 日子(ひこ)波限(なぎさ)建(たけ)鵜(う)草葺(がやふき)不合(あえずの)尊(みこと) (Hikonagisatake Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto)

Proper noun

渚(なぎさ) • (Nagisa) 

1. a place name
2. a surname
3. a male or female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
渚
みぎわ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
渚 (kyūjitai) 汀 水際

⟨mi₁ ki₁pa⟩ → */mʲiɡʲipa/ → /miɡifa/ → /miɡiwa/

Compound of 水 (mi, “water”, combining form) +‎ 際 (kiwa, “edge, boundary”).^[2][3][6] The kiwa changes to giwa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みぎわ [mìgíwá] (Heiban – [0])^[3]
• IPA^(key): [mʲiɡʲiβ̞a̠]

Noun

渚(みぎわ) • (migiwa) ^{←みぎは (migifa)?}

1. the water's edge:
   1. beach
   2. shore
   3. bank (as of a river or stream)

Derived terms

• 渚(ミギワ)蠅(バエ) (migiwabae)

Proper noun

渚(みぎわ) • (Migiwa) ^{←みぎは (Migifa)?}

1. a female given name

References

1. “渚”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. Matsuo Bashō, Hiroaki Sato (2013) Bashō's Narrow Road: Spring and Autumn Passages (Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature), Stone Bridge Press, Inc., →ISBN
5. Edwin A. Cranston (1998) The Gem-Glistening Cup, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 306
6. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 渚 (MC tsyoX). Recorded as Middle Korean 져〯 (cyě) (Yale: cyě) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [저]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

渚

Wikisource 渚 (eumhun 물가 저 (mulga jeo))

1. hanja form^? of 저 (“shore”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

渚: Hán Nôm readings: chã

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