住

住 U+4F4F, 住 ← 低[U+4F4E] CJK Unified Ideographs 佐 →[U+4F50] Stroke order ChineseJapaneseJapanese (variant) Japanese 住 Simplified 住 Traditional 住

住 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, Cangjie input 人卜土 (OYG), four-corner 20214, composition ⿰亻主)

• 𥇁, 𡸌, 𣁑

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 505
• Dae Jaweon: page 207, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 137, character 9
• Unihan data for U+4F4F

simp. and trad. 住 alternative forms 𩒊

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tos, *dos): semantic 亻 + phonetic 主 (OC *tjoʔ). See also 駐.

Derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-duŋ/k ~ m-tuŋ/k (“to sit”) by STEDT, but this is dubious as the vowels do not match.

住

1. to live; to dwell; to reside 你住喺邊度？ [Cantonese, trad.]你住喺边度？ [Cantonese, simp.]nei5 zyu6 hai2 bin1 dou6? [Jyutping]Where do you live? 我住喺香港。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]ngo5 zyu6 hai2 hoeng1 gong2. [Jyutping]I live in Hong Kong.
2. to stay 讓愛住我家 [MSC, trad.]让爱住我家 [MSC, simp.]From: 赵明, 《让爱住我家》Ràng ài zhù wǒ jiā [Pinyin]Let love stay at/fill our home
3. to stop; to cease
4. Verb suffix indicating firmness, steadiness or coming to a halt.
   • 契丹分明是被金帛買住了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]契丹分明是被金帛买住了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]From: c. 13th century, various editors, A Collection of Conversations of Master Zhu (《朱子語類》)Qìdān fēnmíng shì bèi jīnbó mǎizhù le. [Pinyin]It’s clear that the Khitans were totally bought off with the money and goods.
5. (Cantonese) Grammatical particle indicating an action’s ongoing status (continuous aspect). 戴住眼鏡／戴住眼镜 [Cantonese] ― daai3 zyu6 ngaan5 geng3-2 [Jyutping] ― wearing glasses
6. (Cantonese, in negative constructions) for now; yet Alternative form: 自 (zi6) 唔好去住先。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]m4 hou2 heoi3 zyu6 sin1. [Jyutping]Don’t go yet. 咪返屋企住，我有嘢畀你。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]mai2 faan1 uk1 kei2 zyu6, ngo5 jau5 je5 bei2 nei5. [Jyutping]Don’t go home yet. I have something for you.

(Grammatical particle indicating an action’s ongoing status):

• (Cantonese) 緊／紧 (gan2) , 住 (zyu6)
• (Hakka) 緊／紧 (gin3)
• (Mandarin) 著／着 (zhe)

(Verb suffix indicating firmness, steadiness or coming to a halt):

• (Hokkien) 牢 (tiâu)

• “住”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
• “住”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Mandarin and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
• 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “住”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 86.

Shinjitai 住 Kyūjitai[1][2][3] 住󠄁住+󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) 住󠄃住+󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi)(Moji_Joho) The displayed kanji may be different from the image due to your environment.See here for details.

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. dwelling, reside

• Go-on: じゅう (jū, Jōyō)←ぢゆう (dyuu, historical)
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)←ちゆう (tyuu, historical)
• Kun: すむ (sumu, 住む, Jōyō)、すみ (sumi, 住み)、すまう (sumau, 住まう, Jōyō)、すまい (sumai, 住まい)、とどまる (todomaru, 住まる)
• Nanori: おき (oki)、もち (mochi)、よし (yoshi)

Kanji in this term 住 じゅうGrade: 3 goon

From Middle Chinese 住 (MC drjuH).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

• (Tokyo) じゅう [júꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])[4][5]
• IPA(key): [d͡ʑɨː]

住(じゅう) • (jū) ←ぢゆう (dyuu)?

1. the act of dwelling, residing, living in a place
2. abode, residence Synonyms: 住まい (sumai), 住居 (jūkyo)

住(じゅう) • (-jū) ←ぢゆう (-dyuu)?

1. added after a placename to indicate where someone lives

Kanji in this term 住 す(まい)Grade: 3 kun’yomi Alternative spellings 住居住い (uncommon) For pronunciation and definitions of 住 – see the following entry. 【住すまい】 [noun] [from 970s] residence, dwelling, one’s shelter [noun] [from 970s] life, habitation, the act of living in a place (This term, 住, is an alternative spelling (less common) of the above term.)

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

From Middle Chinese 住 (MC drjuH|trjuH).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕu]
• Phonetic hangul: [주]

住 (eumhun 살 주 (sal ju))

1. hanja form? of 주 (“to reside”)
2. hanja form? of 주 (“to stay at”)
3. hanja form? of 주 (“to stop”)
4. hanja form? of 주 (“to pick up, to raise”)
5. hanja form? of 주 (“whereabouts, house”)
6. hanja form? of 주 (“resident”)

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 住

住: Hán Nôm readings: trú, trọ, giọ

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