湊

See also: 凑, and 溱

湊 U+6E4A, 湊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E4A ← 湉 [U+6E49] CJK Unified Ideographs 湋 → [U+6E4B]

Translingual

Han character

湊 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水手大大 (EQKK), four-corner 3513₄, composition ⿰氵奏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 636, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17822
• Dae Jaweon: page 1043, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1666, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6E4A

Chinese

trad.		湊/凑
simp.		凑

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
奏	*ʔsoːs
凑	*sʰoːs
腠	*sʰoːs
輳	*sʰoːs
楱	*sʰoːs, *zoːs
湊	*sʰoːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰoːs) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 奏 (OC *ʔsoːs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): còu (cou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄡˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): цу (cu, III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cau³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ceu¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): cháiu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhàu / chhò / chhò͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cou³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsheu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: còu
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: còu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻou⁴
    • Yale: tsòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsow
    • Palladius: цоу (cou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: цу (cu, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou⁴⁴/

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cau³
    • Yale: chau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ceu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeu³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cháiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑu²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhàu
    • Tâi-lô: tshàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaux
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò
    • Tâi-lô: tshò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhox
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔ²¹/

Note:

• chhàu - vernacular;
• chhò/chhò͘ - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: cou³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshòu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsheu
    • MiniDict: tsheu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsheu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɤ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tshuwH

Rime
Character	湊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	倉奏切
Baxter	tshuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰəuH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəuH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəwH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰuH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰəuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	còu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰoːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	湊
Reading #	1/1
No.	17913
Phonetic component	奏
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	輳
Old Chinese	/*sʰoːs/

Definitions

湊

1. to gather together; to assemble
2. to approach; to come closer; to draw near
3. to be close; to be near
4. to happen by chance
5. (Cantonese) to look after; to babysit

   我係阿婆湊大。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我系阿婆凑大。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ hai⁶ aa³ po⁴ cau³ daai⁶. [Jyutping]

   I was raised by my grandma.

Synonyms

• (to gather together):

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• 允集 (yǔnjí) (literary)
• 匯／汇 (huì)
• 匯總／汇总 (huìzǒng)
• 匯聚／汇聚 (huìjù)
• 匯集／汇集 (huìjí)
• 叢集／丛集 (cóngjí)
• 團聚／团聚 (tuánjù)
• 坌集 (bènjí) (literary)
• 委會／委会 (wěihuì) (literary)
• 密集 (mìjí)
• 彙集／汇集 (huìjí)
• 徵集／征集 (zhēngjí)
• 採／采 (cǎi)
• 採擷／采撷 (literary)
• 採集／采集 (cǎijí)
• 搜羅／搜罗 (sōuluó)
• 搜集 (sōují)
• 摟／搂 (lōu)
• 攏／拢 (lǒng)
• 攢／攒 (cuán)
• 攢聚／攒聚 (cuánjù)
• 攢集／攒集 (cuánjí)
• 收羅／收罗 (shōuluó)
• 收錄／收录 (shōulù)
• 收集 (shōují)
• 會合／会合 (huìhé)
• 會聚／会聚 (huìjù)
• 會集／会集 (huìjí)
• 湊集／凑集 (còují)
• 相聚 (xiāngjù)
• 籌集／筹集 (chóují)
• 糾合／纠合 (jiūhé) (literary)
• 糾集／纠集 (jiūjí) (derogatory)
• 群集 (qúnjí)
• 聚 (jù)
• 聚合 (jùhé)
• 聚攏／聚拢 (jùlǒng)
• 聚斂／聚敛 (jùliǎn)
• 聚會／聚会 (jùhuì)
• 聚集 (jùjí)
• 聚首 (jùshǒu) (formal, usually of leaders, important figures)
• 蒐集 (sōují)
• 薈萃／荟萃 (huìcuì) (literary)
• 蝟集／猬集 (wèijí) (literary)
• 調集／调集 (diàojí)
• 集 (jí) (literary, or in compounds)
• 集中 (jízhōng)
• 集合 (jíhé)
• 集會／集会 (jíhuì)
• 集結／集结 (jíjié)
• 麇集 (qúnjí) (literary)

 

• (to approach):

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• 守 (shǒu)
• 挨 (āi)
• 挨著／挨着 (āizhe)
• 接觸／接触 (jiēchù)
• 搭倚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 攏／拢 (lǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 攏邊／拢边 (long³ bienn¹) (Xiang)
• 沾
• 涉獵／涉猎 (shèliè)
• 觸及／触及 (chùjí)
• 近前 (jìnqián) (literary)
• 靠攏／靠拢 (kàolǒng)
• 靠近 (kàojìn)

 

• (to be close):

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• 倚近 (Hokkien)
• 傍依 (bàngyī)
• 傍邊／傍边 (bàngbiān) (colloquial)
• 向邇／向迩 (xiàng'ěr) (literary)
• 把 (colloquial)
• 挨近 (āijìn)
• 挨邊／挨边 (āibiān) (colloquial, to be close to an age or number)
• 接 (jiē)
• 接近 (jiējìn)
• 擦 (cā)
• 比鄰／比邻 (bǐlín) (literary)
• 瀕於／濒于 (bīnyú) (of something undesirable)
• 瀕臨／濒临 (bīnlín)
• 相鄰／相邻 (xiānglín)
• 臨近／临近 (línjìn)
• 親近／亲近 (qīnjìn)
• 鄰近／邻近 (línjìn)
• 附 (fù)
• 靠近 (kàojìn)

 

References

• “湊”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

湊

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. port, harbor
2. to gather together, to congregate

Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←そう (sou, historical)}
• Kun: みなと (minato, 湊)、あつまる (atsumaru, 湊まる)

Proper noun

湊(みなと) • (Minato) 

1. a surname

Korean

Hanja

湊 (eum 주 (ju))

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Vietnamese

Han character

湊: Hán Nôm readings: tấu

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References

• Nom Foundation