銖
Information about character(s)
Radical: 金Radical Strokes: 8
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 14
Simplified Form: 铢
Pronunciation
Pinyin: zhūCantonese: 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.)