住 U+4F4F,住 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F4F ←低 [U+4F4E] CJK Unified Ideographs 佐 → [U+4F50]

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住 (Kangxi radical 9,人+5, 7 strokes,cangjie input人卜土 (OYG),four-corner2021₄,composition⿰亻主)

• 𡸌,𣁑,𪝲,𬷗,𭰠,𥇁,𰍀

• 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

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

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

住

1. tolive; todwell; toreside

   你住喺邊度？[Cantonese,trad.]
   你住喺边度？[Cantonese,simp.]

   nei⁵zyu⁶ hai² bin¹ dou⁶?[Jyutping]

   Where do you live?

   我住喺香港。[Cantonese,trad. andsimp.]

   ngo⁵zyu⁶ hai² hoeng¹ gong².[Jyutping]

   I live in Hong Kong.

2. tostay

   讓愛住我家[MSC,trad.]
   让爱住我家[MSC,simp.]

   From: 赵明,《让爱住我家》

   Ràng àizhù wǒ jiā[Pinyin]

   Let lovestay at/fill our home

3. tostop; tocease
4. Verb suffix indicatingfirmness,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)Verb suffix indicating ongoingaction's status.

   戴住眼鏡／戴住眼镜[Cantonese]  ― daai³zyu⁶ ngaan⁵ geng³[Jyutping]  ―  wearing glasses

   唔好去住先。[Cantonese,trad. andsimp.]

   m⁴ hou² heoi³zyu⁶ sin¹.[Jyutping]

   (For now) don't go.

(Verb suffix indicating ongoing action's status):

• (Cantonese)緊／紧 (gan2)
• (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 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–
• “Entry #6809”, in臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese 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, page86.

Shinjitai	住
Kyūjitai [1][2][3]	住󠄁 住+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	住󠄃 住+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(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)

FromMiddle Chinese住 (MC drjuH).

Thegoon 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. theact ofdwelling,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

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

FromMiddle Chinese住 (MC drjuH|trjuH).

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

KoreanWikisource has texts containing thehanja:

住

住 (eumhun살주(sal ju))

1. hanja form^? of주(“toreside”)
2. hanja form^? of주(“tostay at”)
3. hanja form^? of주(“tostop”)
4. hanja form^? of주(“topick up, toraise”)
5. hanja form^? of주(“whereabouts,house”)
6. hanja form^? of주(“resident”)

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 住

住:Hán Nôm readings:trú,trọ,giọ

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