籌

See also: 筹

籌 U+7C4C, 籌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C4C ← 籋 [U+7C4B] CJK Unified Ideographs 籍 → [U+7C4D]

Translingual

Han character

籌 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 竹土弓戈 (HGNI), four-corner 8864₁, composition ⿱𥫗壽)

Derived characters

• 𠑥 𤅕 𤴆 𢥰 𫾡

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 903, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26675
• Dae Jaweon: page 1328, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3024, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7C4C

Chinese

trad.		籌
simp.		筹
alternative forms		𥵽 𢥰 𢤉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 籌
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

	Old Chinese
禱	*tuːʔ, *tuːs
擣	*tuːʔ
檮	*tuːʔ, *duː, *du
壔	*tuːʔ
懤	*tuːʔ, *du, *dus
濤	*duː, *duː
燾	*duː, *duːs
翿	*duː, *duːs
幬	*duːs, *du
儔	*duːs, *du
譸	*tu
籌	*du
疇	*du
躊	*du
燽	*du
薵	*du
魗	*tʰjuʔ, *dju
醻	*dju
壽	*djuʔ, *djus
璹	*djuʔ, *djuɡ
鑄	*tjos

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *du) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 壽 (OC *djuʔ, *djus).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	籌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直由切
Baxter	drjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuw/
Li Rong	/ȡiu/
Wang Li	/ȡĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau4

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	籌
Reading #	1/1
No.	11694
Phonetic component	壽
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	儔
Old Chinese	/*du/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóu (chou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau⁴ / cau^4-2
• Eastern Min (BUC): tiù
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou²
    • Yale: chóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chour
    • Palladius: чоу (čou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cau⁴ / cau^4-2
    • Yale: chàuh / cháu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau⁴ / tsau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo⁴ / ceo^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹/, /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tiù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰieu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiû
    • Tâi-lô: tiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiu⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: drjuw

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*du/

Definitions

籌

1. chip; tally; token
2. plan; stratagem; means
3. to plan; to prepare
4. to raise (money, funds, etc.)
5. (archaic) Classifier for persons.
6. (Cantonese) ticket for a queue

   攞籌／𫽋筹 [Cantonese]  ―  lo² cau^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to get a ticket to start queuing

Compounds

• 一籌 / 一筹
• 一籌莫展 / 一筹莫展 (yīchóumòzhǎn)
• 交錯觥籌 / 交错觥筹
• 佔頭籌 / 占头筹
• 兼籌並顧 / 兼筹并顾
• 半籌 / 半筹
• 半籌不納 / 半筹不纳
• 半籌莫展 / 半筹莫展
• 占頭籌 / 占头筹
• 唱籌量沙 / 唱筹量沙
• 坐籌帷幄 / 坐筹帷幄
• 執籌 / 执筹
• 技高一籌 / 技高一筹 (jìgāoyīchóu)
• 拔得頭籌 / 拔得头筹
• 拔短籌 / 拔短筹
• 拔著短籌 / 拔着短筹
• 拔頭籌 / 拔头筹
• 持籌握算 / 持筹握算
• 探籌 / 探筹
• 撞籌 / 撞筹
• 曉籌 / 晓筹
• 更勝一籌 / 更胜一筹
• 更籌 / 更筹
• 海屋添籌 / 海屋添筹
• 海屋籌添 / 海屋筹添
• 牙籌 / 牙筹
• 狀元籌 / 状元筹
• 略勝一籌 / 略胜一筹 (lüèshèngyīchóu)
• 略遜一籌 / 略逊一筹 (lüèxùnyīchóu)
• 略高一籌 / 略高一筹
• 稍勝一籌 / 稍胜一筹
• 稍遜一籌 / 稍逊一筹 (shāoxùnyīchóu)
• 算籌 / 算筹 (suànchóu)
• 籌備 / 筹备 (chóubèi)
• 籌劃 / 筹划 (chóuhuà)
• 籌募 / 筹募
• 籌商 / 筹商
• 籌度 / 筹度
• 籌建 / 筹建 (chóujiàn)
• 籌拍 / 筹拍
• 籌排 / 筹排
• 籌措 / 筹措 (chóucuò)
• 籌款 / 筹款 (chóukuǎn)
• 籌略 / 筹略
• 籌碼 / 筹码 (chóumǎ)
• 籌策 / 筹策
• 籌筭 / 筹筭
• 籌算 / 筹算 (chóusuàn)
• 籌組 / 筹组
• 籌設 / 筹设
• 籌謀 / 筹谋
• 籌議 / 筹议
• 籌資 / 筹资 (chóuzī)
• 籌辦 / 筹办 (chóubàn)
• 籌量 / 筹量
• 籌集 / 筹集 (chóují)
• 籌馬 / 筹马 (chóumǎ)
• 紅籌 / 红筹 (hóngchóu)
• 紅籌股 / 红筹股 (hóngchóugǔ)
• 統籌 / 统筹 (tǒngchóu)
• 聊勝一籌 / 聊胜一筹
• 莫展一籌 / 莫展一筹
• 藉箸代籌 / 借箸代筹
• 藍籌 / 蓝筹 (lánchóu)
• 藍籌股 / 蓝筹股 (lánchóugǔ)
• 觥籌交舉 / 觥筹交举 (gōngchóujiāojǔ)
• 觥籌交錯 / 觥筹交错 (gōngchóujiāocuò)
• 觥籌獄 / 觥筹狱
• 較勝一籌 / 较胜一筹 (jiàoshèngyīchóu)
• 運籌 / 运筹 (yùnchóu)
• 運籌千里 / 运筹千里
• 運籌帷幄 / 运筹帷幄 (yùnchóuwéiwò)
• 運籌決勝 / 运筹决胜
• 酒籌 / 酒筹 (jiǔchóu)
• 頭籌 / 头筹 (tóuchóu)
• 高一籌 / 高一筹
• 高人一籌 / 高人一筹

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03046

Japanese

Kanji

籌

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. bamboo sticks used for counting^[1]
2. plan, scheme

Readings

• On (unclassified): ちゅう (chū)
• Kun: かずとり (kazutori, 籌)、はかりごと (hakarigoto, 籌)、はかる (hakaru, 籌る)
• Nanori: かず (kazu)

References

1. “籌”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

籌 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)

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Compounds

• 籌板 (주판, jupan)

Vietnamese

Han character

籌: Hán Nôm readings: trù

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