杼軸

Chinese

		shuttle of a loom	axis; axle
trad. (杼軸)		杼	軸
simp. (杼轴)		杼	轴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhùzhóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ ㄓㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu⁵ zuk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhùzhóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ ㄓㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhùjhóu
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴-chou²
    • Yale: jù-jóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juhjour
    • Palladius: чжучжоу (čžučžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyu⁵ zuk⁶
    • Yale: chyúh juhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsy⁵ dzuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qu⁵ zug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː¹³ t͡sʊk̚²/

Noun

杼軸

1. (literary, literal) two parts of an old-fashioned loom which control the warp and woof
2. (literary, figurative) conception (of a piece of writing)

Synonyms

• (conception): 機杼／机杼 (jīzhù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
杼	軸
じょ Hyōgaiji	じく Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 杼軸 (MC drjoX|zyoX drjuwk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ʑikɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

杼(じょ)軸(じく) • (jojiku) ^{←ぢよぢく (dyodiku)?}

1. (literary) conception (of a piece of writing)
   • 1915, “第貳編　オレゴン州”, in 在米の闘士, page 76:

     抒軸^[ママ]を出して風骨蒼涼

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015086158667&view=1up&seq=860