銃

See also: 铳

銃 U+9283, 銃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9283 ← 銂 [U+9282] CJK Unified Ideographs 銄 → [U+9284]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𧀏

References

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

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰjuŋs) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 充 (OC *l̥ʰjuŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chòng (chong⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhung

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cung⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): ché̤ṳng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): coeng⁵ / cyeng⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhèng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cêng³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chòng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung⁴
    • Yale: chùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chonq
    • Palladius: чун (čun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cung³
    • Yale: chung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhung
    • Hakka Romanization System: cung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ché̤ṳng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰøyŋ²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: coeng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœŋ²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: cyeng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyøŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhèng
    • Tâi-lô: tshìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhexng
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰeŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cêng³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhuwngH

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
Baxter	tsyhuwngH
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung3

• 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

1. blunderbuss
2. (Eastern Min, Southern Min, Puxian Min, Taiwanese Hakka) gun; firearm (Classifier: 支 mn)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 槍 (“gun; firearm”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		槍, 槍械, 槍支
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	槍
	Taiwan	槍
	Chifeng	槍
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	槍
	Harbin	槍
	Shenyang	槍
	Singapore	槍
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	槍
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	槍
	Tangshan	槍
	Cangzhou	槍
	Baoding	槍
	Shijiazhuang	槍
	Jinan	槍
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	槍
	Qingdao	槍
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	槍
	Wanrong	槍
	Zhengzhou	槍
	Xi'an	槍
	Xining	槍
	Xuzhou	槍
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	槍
	Lanzhou	槍
	Ürümqi	槍
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	槍
	Chongqing	槍
	Wuhan	槍
	Guiyang	槍
	Kunming	槍
	Guilin	槍
	Liuzhou	槍
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	槍
	Yangzhou	槍
	Nantong	槍
	Hefei	槍
Cantonese	Guangzhou	槍
	Hong Kong	槍, 炮, 鐵
	Taishan	槍
	Dongguan	槍
	Singapore (Guangfu)	槍
Gan	Lichuan	槍
	Pingxiang	槍
Hakka	Meixian	槍
	Yudu	槍
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	銃仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	銃仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	銃仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	銃
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	銃
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	銃
Huizhou	Jixi	槍
	Shexian	槍
Jin	Taiyuan	槍
	Xinzhou	槍
	Linhe	槍
	Jining	槍
	Hohhot	槍
	Zhangjiakou	槍
	Handan	槍
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	槍, 銃
	Matsu	槍
Southern Min	Xiamen	銃, 銃支
	Quanzhou	銃, 銃支
	Jinjiang	銃
	Zhangzhou	銃, 銃支
	Zhangpu	銃
	Tainan	銃
	Penang (Hokkien)	銃
	Singapore (Hokkien)	銃, 銃支
	Manila (Hokkien)	銃
	Shantou	槍
	Jieyang	銃, 槍
	Haikou	槍
Puxian Min	Putian	銃
	Xianyou	銃
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	槍
Wu	Shanghai	槍
	Shanghai (Chongming)	槍
	Suzhou	槍
	Danyang	槍
	Hangzhou	槍
	Jinhua	槍
Xiang	Changsha	槍
	Loudi	槍

Compounds

• 出銃／出铳
• 吹銃／吹铳
• 夢夢銃銃／梦梦铳铳
• 手銃／手铳 (shǒuchòng)
• 打瞌銃／打瞌铳
• 拳銃／拳铳
• 放手銃／放手铳
• 機關銃／机关铳
• 火銃／火铳 (huǒchòng)
• 炮銃／炮铳
• 銃創／铳创
• 銃劍／铳剑
• 銃子／铳子
• 銃殺／铳杀
• 飯匙銃／饭匙铳
• 鳥嘴銃／鸟嘴铳
• 鳥銃／鸟铳 (niǎochòng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (銃):

• → Japanese: 銃(じゅう) (jū)
• → Korean: 총(銃) (chong)
• → Vietnamese: súng (銃)

Others:

• → Zhuang: cungq (“gun”)

Japanese

Kanji

銃

(Jōyō kanji)

1. gun

Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しゆう (syuu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: じゅう (jū, Jōyō)^{←じゆう (zyuu, historical)}
• Kun: つつ (tsutsu, 銃)

Compounds

Compounds

• 拳(けん)銃(じゅう) (kenjū): handgun
• 小(しょう)銃(じゅう) (shōjū): rifle
• 機(き)関(かん)銃(じゅう) (kikanjū): machine gun
• 銃(じゅう)創(そう) (jūsō): a bullet wound
• 銃(じゅう)傷(しょう) (jūshō): a bullet wound
• 銃(じゅう)撃(げき) (jūgeki): shooting at someone

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
銃
じゅう Grade: S
kan'yōon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じゅう [júꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨː]

Noun

銃(じゅう) • (jū) ^{←じゆう (zyuu)?}

1. gun (firearm)

   銃(じゅう)を撃(う)つ

   jū o utsu

   to fire a gun

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
銃
つつ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Noun

銃(つつ) • (tsutsu) 

1. gun, firearm

   捧(ささ)げ銃(つつ)

   sasage tsutsu

   present arms

   • 1898, Doppo Kunikida, Shikagari [Hunting Deer]‎^[1]:

     かれこれするうちに昼時分(ひるじぶん)になったが鹿(しか)らしいものも来(こ)ない、たちまち谷(たに)を一(ひと)つ越(こ)えたすぐむこうの山(やま)の尾(お)で銃(つつ)の音(おと)がしたと思(おも)うと白(しろ)い煙(けむ)が見(み)えた。

     Karekore suru uchi ni hirujibun ni natta ga shika rashii mono mo konai, tachimachi tani o hitotsu koeta sugu mukō no yama no o de tsutsu no oto ga shita to omou to shiroi kemu ga mieta.

     Before I knew it, it was noon, and yet nothing even resembling a deer revealed itself. We quickly crossed a valley and then, just beyond the mountaintop, on the other side, I thought I heard the sound of a gunshot, and that was when I saw the white smoke.

Korean

Hanja

銃 • (chong) (hangeul 총)

1. gun, rifle, firearm

Vietnamese

Han character

銃: Hán Nôm readings: súng, xúng

1. gun, firearm