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Cuju

Cuju or ts‘u-chü is an ancient Chinese football game that resembles a mix of basketball, association football, and volleyball. FIFA cites cuju as the earliest form of a kicking game for which there is documentary evidence, drawing references from a military manual from the Han dynasty.

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Related games, derivatives and variants

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Cuju clubs

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Bopomofo
ㄘㄨˋ ㄐㄩ
Chinese
蹴鞠
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
tsuhjiu
Hangul
축국
Hanja
蹴鞠
Hanyu Pinyin
cùjū

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Cuju clubs

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Cuju revival

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Cuju

Nodes68
Edges67
Triples81
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029412
Components1

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Cuju

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related to In popular culture · 19
Cuju → Bagua, Cao Cao, Change, Destiny, Dream, Eastern Turkic Khaganate, Emperor, However, John Woo's, Kim Chun-chu, Moon Embracing, Princess Deokman, Red Cliff, Sun, Tang, The, The Hong Kong TVB, The Korean, The Long Ballad
related to history · 16
Cuju → AD, At, BC, Biography, During, Grand Historian, Han, It, Linzi, Qi, Sima Qian's Records, Su Qin, The, Warring States, Wu Di, Zhan Guo Ce
related to Cuju clubs · 9
Cuju → According, Chinese, Dongjing Meng Hua Lu, Local, Non-professionals, Qi Yun She, Shan Yue Zheng Sai, Tang, This
related to Cuju revival · 5
Cuju → Brazilian, China, In, Kaká, Linzi
IPA · 3
Cuju → .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-…, [tsʰû.tɕý], [tsʰʊk̚˥.kʊk̚˥]
Transcriptions · 3
Cuju → TranscriptionsRevised Romanizationchukguk, TranscriptionsRomanizationshūkiku, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyincùjūBopomofoㄘㄨˋ ㄐㄩGwoyeu RomatzyhtsuhjiuWade–Gilests‘u4-chü1Yale RomanizationtsùjyūIPA[tsʰû.tɕý]WuWugniutshoq7 cioq7IPA.mw-parser-ou…
Romanization · 2
Cuju → shūkiku, tsiok-giok
Yale Romanization · 2
Cuju → chūkgūk, tsùjyū
related to External links · 2
Cuju → September, Shandong
related to Gameplay · 2
Cuju → Historically, Zhuqiu

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dynasty game ball played also chinese military court players han sport tang japan popular period kick kemari references two features

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CujuBopomofoㄘㄨˋ ㄐㄩ1.00infobox
CujuChinese蹴鞠1.00infobox
CujuGwoyeu Romatzyhtsuhjiu1.00infobox
CujuHangul축국1.00infobox
CujuHanja蹴鞠1.00infobox
CujuHanyu Pinyincùjū1.00infobox
CujuHiraganaしゅうきく1.00infobox
CujuHokkien POJchiok-kiok1.00infobox
CujuIPA[tsʰû.tɕý]1.00infobox
CujuIPA.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-…1.00infobox
CujuIPA[tsʰʊk̚˥.kʊk̚˥]1.00infobox
CujuJyutpingcuk1 guk11.00infobox
CujuKanji蹴鞠1.00infobox
CujuLiteral meaning"kick ball"1.00infobox
CujuMiddle Chinesetshjuwk gjuwk (Baxter)1.00infobox
CujuRevised Romanizationchukguk1.00infobox
CujuRomanizationtsiok-giok1.00infobox
CujuRomanizationshūkiku1.00infobox
CujuTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyincùjūBopomofoㄘㄨˋ ㄐㄩGwoyeu RomatzyhtsuhjiuWade–Gilests‘u4-chü1Yale RomanizationtsùjyūIPA[tsʰû.tɕý]WuWugniutshoq7 cioq7IPA.mw-parser-ou…1.00infobox
CujuTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised Romanizationchukguk1.00infobox
CujuTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRomanizationshūkiku1.00infobox
CujuWade–Gilests‘u4-chü11.00infobox
CujuWugniutshoq7 cioq71.00infobox
CujuYale Romanizationtsùjyū1.00infobox
CujuYale Romanizationchūkgūk1.00infobox
CujuZhengzhang/*sʰuɡ ɡuɡ/1.00infobox

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