楚: distinct

楚 chǔ

proper noun
: distinct; clear
: orderly
: pain; suffering
: deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex)
: punishment cane (old)

Kun Reading

楚 | しもと shimoto

noun
: switch (flogging implement made from a branch)

楚 | すわい suwai OR すわえ suwae

noun
: (Archaism) switch (long, tender shoot of a plant)
: switch (cane used for flogging)

楚國[国] chu3guo2: the state of Chu (history)

楚楚 chu3chu3: neat; lovely
[楚々 | そそ soso: graceful; neat]

清楚 qing1chu: clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about
[せいそ seisou: neat and clean; tidy; trim]

凄楚 qi1chu3: sad; wretched; miserable

吴楚 wu2chu3: southern states of Wu and Chu; the middle and lower Yangtze valley

悲楚 bei1chu3: sorrowful; grieved

棘楚 ji2chu3: thorny problem; troublesome affair

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語
楚蟹 | ずわいがに zuwaigani
: snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio); queen crab

*四面楚歌 | しめんそか shimen soka
: (yoji) being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody

清楚ギャル | せいそギャル seiso gyaru
: (colloquialism) polished gyaru; girl or young woman adhering to a toned down version of the gyaru fashion trend

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
楚河漢界 [楚河汉界] chu3 he2 han4 jie4
: lit. the river that divides Chu and Han; fig. a line that divides rival territories; the mid-line between sides on a Chinese chessboard

一清二楚 yi1 qing1 er4 chu3
: to be very clear about something

口齒清楚 [口齿清楚] kou3 chi3 qing1 chu5
: clear diction; clear articulation

吳頭楚尾 [吴头楚尾] wu2 tou2 chu3 wei3
: lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu; fig. close together; head-to-tail; one thing starts where the other leaves off

*四面楚歌 si4 mian4 chu3 ge1
: lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu; fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help

衣冠楚楚 yi1 guan1 chu3 chu3
: immaculately dressed; well-groomed; dapper

天低吳楚，眼空無物 [天低吴楚，眼空无物] tian1 di1 wu2 chu3 , yan3 kong1 wu2 wu4
: the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see; nothing to see to the broad horizon