銖

Information about character(s)

Radical: 金
Radical Strokes: 8
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 14
Simplified Form: 铢

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zhū
Cantonese: zyu1
JapaneseKun: NIBUI
JapaneseOn: SHU JU
Korean: SWU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: unit of weight, one twenty-fourth of a Chinese ounce (liang)

CE-Dict: twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)

Soothill: A weight equal to the twenty-fourth part of a tael; a small ancient coin; a scruple; trifles.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.an ancient unit of weight
2.a Chinese name for the Thailand monetary unit; a baht

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: 泰國貨幣單位baht - 金融

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: baht

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《金部》銖權十分黍之重也。从金朱聲。

康熙字典文字版 【戌集上】【金字部】銖
【唐韻】市朱切【集韻】【韻會】慵朱切，𠀤音殊。【說文】權十分黍之重也。一曰十黍爲絫，十絫爲銖。又八銖爲鍿，二十四銖爲兩。又孟康曰：黃鍾一龠容千二百黍，爲十二銖。【禮·儒行】雖分國如鍿銖。　又【博雅】鈍也。【淮南子·本經訓】其兵戈銖而無刃。【註】楚人謂刀頓爲銖。　又姓。【正字通】明弘治舉人銖炫，德興人。　又人名。【前漢·宣帝紀】右賢王銖婁渠堂入侍。【註】銖音殊。

CF-Dict: baht

Han-De-Dict: alte Gewichtseinheit (ca. 1/24 Liang) (u.E.)