諸

Han character

諸 (radical 149, 言+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜口十大日 (YRJKA), four-corner 0466₀, composition ⿰言者)

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tjaː, *tja) : semantic 言 + phonetic 者 (OC *tjaːʔ).

Etymology

諸 (*ta, "many, all") is considered a dependent (non-adjunctive) pronoun, gradually replacing 多 (*tlai, “many, all”). The two may be cognate, and it may be conceivable that 諸 had branched off from 多 in the sense "all" as the pre-nominal proclitic with the loss of the final *-i in 多.

Probably also cognate with 都 (dū, “all”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

諸

1. many; each; every; all (forming plurals; especially for persons to whom respect is due)

   諸侯 / 诸侯  ―  zhūhóu  ―  all the feudal lords

   諸位 / 诸位  ―  zhūwèi  ―  all those present

   諸子百家 / 诸子百家  ―  zhūzǐbǎijiā  ―  Hundred Schools of Thought

   諸事不宜 / 诸事不宜  ―  zhū shì bù yí  ―  do not do anything today (used in Chinese almanacs)

2. Contraction of 之乎.
3. Contraction of 之於. it + into/onto/unto

   置諸死地 / 置诸死地  ―  zhì zhū sǐ dì  ―  to kill someone (lit. to put someone into the territory of death)

4. A surname​.

Compounds

References

• (Min Nan) “Query for 諸”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Kanji

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. various
2. many
3. several
4. together

Hanja

諸 • (je, jeo)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 제, 저 (revised: je, jeo, McCune–Reischauer: che, chŏ, Yale: cey, ce)
  • Name (hangeul): 모두, 김치

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Han character

諸 (chư, chơ, chưa, chã, chở, chứa, đã)

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