Hanja Analyzer
銖

銖 — su

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
저울눈 수
Romanization
su
English
unit of weight, one twenty-fourth of a Chinese ounce (liang)
Mandarin
zhū
Japanese on'yomi
シュ, ジュ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
14
Radical
金 (167, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
朱(주)
Unicode
U+9296

Parts that make up 銖

  • 金 쇠 금, 성(姓) 김 흙 속에 묻힌 쇳덩이쇠붙이와 쇠로 만든 것, 돈
  • 朱 붉을 주sound 나무 속의 붉은 심붉은빛. ‘주’ 계열의 소리

Korean example words with 銖

  • 수량銖兩 Korean gloss: 얼마 안 나가는 무게.
  • 오수전五銖錢 Korean gloss: 중국 전한(前漢)의 무제 때에 쓰던 동전. 무게를 나타내는 ‘五銖’라는 문자를 넣은 것으로, 당나라 고조 때에 없앴다.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 銖

  • 銖しゅ shu; unit of weight, 1/24th of a ryō; shu

Characters sharing the phonetic 朱

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “주” in Korean.

Other hanja read “수”

Other hanja with radical 金

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