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宰

宰

Translingual

Han character

宰 (radical 40 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十卜廿十 (JYTJ), four-corner 30401, composition ⿱宀辛)

  1. to slaughter
  2. to rule

References

  • KangXi: page 286, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7160
  • Dae Jaweon: page 565, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 935, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5BB0

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 宰

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (宰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
宰 *ʔsɯːʔ
縡 *ʔsɯːʔ, *ʔsɯːs
梓 *ʔsɯʔ
滓 *ʔsrɯʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 宰
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 作亥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sʌiX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡səiX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sɒiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡səjX/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sᴀiX/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sɒiX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sɑ̆iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zǎi
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 宰
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zǎi
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsojX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ts]ˤəʔ/
English steward; minister

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 宰
Reading # 1/1
No. 16506
Phonetic
component		 宰
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 宰
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔsɯːʔ/

Definitions

宰

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Compounds

  • 主宰 (zhǔzǎi)
  • 任人宰割
  • 伴食宰相
  • 元宰
  • 冢宰
  • 出宰
  • 圓宰／圆宰
  • 大冢宰
  • 太宰
  • 宰予
  • 宰制
  • 宰割 (zǎigē)
  • 宰夫
  • 宰我
  • 宰殺／宰杀 (zǎishā)
  • 宰牲節／宰牲节
  • 宰相 (zǎixiàng)
  • 宰衡
  • 宰輔／宰辅
  • 屠宰 (túzǎi)
  • 屠宰場／屠宰场 (túzǎichǎng)
  • 屠宰稅／屠宰税
  • 山中宰相
  • 庖宰
  • 廊廟宰／廊庙宰
  • 弄獐宰相
  • 彭澤宰／彭泽宰
  • 摸稜宰相／摸棱宰相
  • 敲牛宰馬／敲牛宰马
  • 烹宰
  • 甌宰／瓯宰
  • 當朝宰相／当朝宰相
  • 真宰
  • 縣宰／县宰
  • 荃宰
  • 邑宰
  • 里宰
  • 鐵血宰相／铁血宰相
  • 電宰廠／电宰厂
  • 電宰豬肉／电宰猪肉
  • 風流宰相／风流宰相

Japanese

Kanji

宰

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. superintend

Readings

Proper noun

宰 ‎(hiragana おさむ, romaji Osamu)

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

宰 • ‎(jae) (hangeul 재, revised jae, McCune-Reischauer chae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

宰 (tể)

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