租

See also: 相

租 U+79DF, 租 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79DF ← 秞 [U+79DE] CJK Unified Ideographs 秠 → [U+79E0]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

租 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹木月一 (HDBM), four-corner 2791₀, composition ⿰禾且)

Derived characters

• 蒩

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 851, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24988
• Dae Jaweon: page 1275, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2599, character 2
• Unihan data for U+79DF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		租

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 租
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (且) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
虘	*zaːl, *zaː
蔖	*zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ
摣	*rnaː, *ʔsraː
袓	*ʔsjaː, *zaʔ
怚	*ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ
罝	*ʔsjaː
謯	*ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ
姐	*ʔsjaːʔ
抯	*ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː
飷	*ʔsjaːʔ
且	*sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa
趄	*sʰjaːs, *sʰa
笡	*sʰjaːs
查	*ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː
柤	*ʔsraː
樝	*ʔsraː
皻	*ʔsraː
渣	*ʔsraː
楂	*zraː
苴	*zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa
駔	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ
租	*ʔsaː
蒩	*ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa
祖	*ʔsaːʔ
組	*ʔsaːʔ
珇	*ʔsaːʔ
靻	*ʔsaːʔ
粗	*sʰaː, *zaːʔ
徂	*zaː
殂	*zaː
麆	*zaːʔ, *zras
伹	*zaːʔ, *sʰa
蛆	*ʔsa, *sʰa
沮	*ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra
咀	*ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ
疽	*sʰa
雎	*sʰa
狙	*sʰa, *sʰas
岨	*sʰa
砠	*sʰa
坥	*sʰa, *sʰas
刞	*sʰas
覰	*sʰas
覷	*sʰas
跙	*zaʔ
筯	*das
菹	*ʔsra
葅	*ʔsra
阻	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
俎	*ʔsraʔ
詛	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
鉏	*zra, *zraʔ
豠	*zra
鋤	*zra
耡	*zra, *zras
齟	*zraʔ
助	*zras

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsaː) : semantic 禾 + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

Land rent was paid in grain.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zū (zu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зў (zw, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chû
• Jin (Wiktionary): zu¹
• Northern Min (KCR): cú
• Eastern Min (BUC): cŭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cho͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zou¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zū
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zu
    • Wade–Giles: tsu¹
    • Yale: dzū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzu
    • Palladius: цзу (czu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зў (zw, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zou¹
    • Yale: jōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zu¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡su¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cho͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zof
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡sɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsu
    • MiniDict: tsu^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡su⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsu

Rime
Character	租
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	則吾切
Baxter	tsu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suo/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suo/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡so/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɔ/
Li Rong	/t͡so/
Wang Li	/t͡su/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡suo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zou1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	租
Reading #	1/1
No.	10396
Phonetic component	且
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	租
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaː/

Definitions

租

1. to rent; to hire; to charter
2. to rent out; to lease
3. rent payment
4. land tax
5. a surname: Zu

Synonyms

• (to rent):

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• 佃 (diàn) (dialectal)
• 僱 / 雇 (gù)
• 承租 (chéngzū)
• 租用 (zūyòng)
• 縛 / 缚 (Xiamen Hokkien)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 租 (“to rent”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		賃
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		租, 租賃
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	租
	Harbin	租
	Singapore	租
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	租, 賃
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	租
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	租, 賃
	Wanrong	租 more literary, 賃
	Xi'an	租, 賃
	Xining	租
	Xuzhou	租, 賃
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	租, 賃
	Ürümqi	租, 賃
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	租
	Wuhan	租
	Guiyang	租, 佃
	Liuzhou	租
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	租
	Yangzhou	租
Cantonese	Guangzhou	租
	Hong Kong	租
Gan	Nanchang	租
	Lichuan	賃
Hakka	Meixian	租
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	稅, 租
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	稅, 租
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	稅, 租
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	稅, 租
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	稅, 租
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	稅
Huizhou	Jixi	租
Jin	Taiyuan	租, 賃
	Xinzhou	租, 賃
Northern Min	Jian'ou	租
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	租
Southern Min	Xiamen	稅
	Zhangzhou	稅
	Tainan	稅
	Penang (Hokkien)	稅
	Singapore (Hokkien)	稅
	Shantou	稅
	Shantou (Chenghai)	稅
	Jieyang	稅
	Singapore (Teochew)	稅
	Leizhou	租
	Haikou	租
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	租
Wu	Shanghai	租
	Shanghai (Chongming)	租
	Suzhou	租
	Danyang	租
	Hangzhou	租
	Wenzhou	稅
	Jinhua	賃
Xiang	Changsha	佃

• (to rent out): 出租 (chūzū)
• (rent payment):

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• 佃錢 / 佃钱 (dienn⁴ zienn²) (Xiang)
• 厝租 (Min)
• 厝稅 / 厝税 (Hokkien)
• 屋租 (uk¹ zou¹) (Cantonese)
• 屋稅 / 屋税 (Hakka)
• 房捐稅 / 房捐税 (Hakka)
• 房租 (fángzū)
• 房費 / 房费 (fángfèi)
• 房鈿 / 房钿 (Wu)
• 房錢 / 房钱 (fángqián)
• 按金 (ànjīn)
• 租金 (zūjīn)
• 租錢 / 租钱 (zūqián)

 

Compounds

• 交租 (jiāozū)
• 佃租
• 佃租制度
• 倉租 / 仓租
• 催租
• 出租 (chūzū)
• 出租汽車 / 出租汽车 (chūzū qìchē)
• 分租
• 包租 (bāozū)
• 合租 (hézū)
• 地租 (dìzū)
• 場租 / 场租 (chǎngzū)
• 學租 / 学租 (xuézū)
• 官租
• 房租 (fángzū)
• 承租 (chéngzū)
• 招租 (zhāozū)
• 押租 (yāzū)
• 收租 (shōuzū)
• 月租 (yuèzū)
• 欠租
• 汽車租賃 / 汽车租赁 (qìchē zūlìn)
• 減租 / 减租 (jiǎnzū)
• 溼租 / 湿租 (shīzū)
• 田租
• 租佃
• 租借 (zūjiè)
• 租借地 (zūjièdì)
• 租借法案
• 租價 / 租价 (zūjià)
• 租契 (zūqì)
• 租屋
• 租庸調 / 租庸调
• 租戶 / 租户 (zūhù)
• 租期 (zūqī)
• 租用 (zūyòng)
• 租界 (zūjiè)
• 租稅 / 租税 (zūshuì)
• 租稅轉嫁 / 租税转嫁
• 租米
• 租約 / 租约 (zūyuē)
• 租費 / 租费 (zūfèi)
• 租賃 / 租赁 (zūlìn)
• 租賃契約 / 租赁契约
• 租賦 / 租赋
• 租金 (zūjīn)
• 蠲租
• 衣租食稅 / 衣租食税
• 起租
• 轉租 / 转租 (zhuǎnzū)
• 退租
• 逋租
• 食租衣稅 / 食租衣税

 

Japanese

Kanji

租

(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: そ (so, Jōyō)
• Kun: みつぎ (mitsugi, 租)

Korean

Hanja

租 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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Vietnamese

Han character

租: Hán Nôm readings: tô, to, tò

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Readings

• Nôm: to, tô

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999