褚

褚 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中十大日 (LJKA), four-corner 3426₄, composition ⿰衤者)

• KangXi: page 1121, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34457
• Dae Jaweon: page 1589, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3097, character 1
• Unihan data for U+891A

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *taʔ, *tʰaʔ) : semantic 衣 (“clothing”) + phonetic 者 (OC *tjaːʔ).

褚

1. a surname

褚

1. silk wadding; stuffing in clothing

   • 上褚五十衣，中褚三十衣，下褚二十衣，遺王。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     上褚五十衣，中褚三十衣，下褚二十衣，遗王。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Shàng zhù wǔshí yī, zhōng zhǔ sānshí yī, xià zhǔ èrshí yī, wèi wáng. [Pinyin]

     [We] have (these silk-stuffed clothing) as gifts for Your Highness.

2. Alternative form of 貯／贮 (zhù, “to collect; to store up; stored goods”).

   • 取我衣冠而褚之，取我田疇而伍之 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     取我衣冠而褚之，取我田畴而伍之 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     qǔ wǒ yīguān ér zhǔ zhī, qǔ wǒ tiánchóu ér wǔ zhī [Pinyin]

     [he] took the clothes we made and warehoused them; he took our farmland and divided them

3. bag; container for goods

   • 荀罃之在楚也，鄭賈人有將寘諸褚中以出。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     荀䓨之在楚也，郑贾人有将寘诸褚中以出。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Xún Yīng zhī zài Chǔ yě, Zhèng gǔrén yǒu jiāng zhì zhū zhǔ zhōng yǐ chū. [Pinyin]

     When Xun Ying was (a prisoner) in Chu, a merchant from Zheng offered to smuggle him out in one of his containers.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. bag

• On (unclassified): ちょ (cho), しゃ (sha)
• Kun: わたいれ (wataire)

褚 • (jeo) (hangeul 저, revised jeo, McCune–Reischauer chŏ, Yale ce)

1. vest
2. bag

褚: Hán Việt readings: trử
褚: Nôm readings: chử

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