束 shù
measure word | verb
: to bind; bunch; bundle; measure word for bunches, bundles
: beams of light etc.
: to control
: (Chinese surname)
Kun Reading
束 | たば taba
noun | noun suffix | counter
: bundle; bunch; sheaf
束 | つか tsuka
noun
: strut; short vertical post
: thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.)
: (Archaism) handbreadth; bundle
束ね | たばね tabane
noun
: bundle; control; management
束ねる | たばねる tabaneru OR つかねる tsukaneru
ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe;
: to govern; to manage; to control; to administer
On Reading
束 | そく soku
noun | noun suffix
: (Mathematical term) lattice
: counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish)
: handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
