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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木水戈 (DEI), four-corner 47940, composition ⿰)

  1. branch of a tree

References

  • KangXi: page 511, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14451
  • Dae Jaweon: page 895, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1163, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6748

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*sʰraːl, *sʰreːl
*sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːls
*sʰraːl, *sʰreːl
*sʰraːls
*sʰraːls, *sʰreːls
*hr'eːl
*sʰreːl
*sʰreːl
*sʰreːls

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (19) (19)
Final () (98) (31)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ʃʰˠa/ /t͡ʃʰˠɛH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚa/ /ʈ͡ʂʰᵚæH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ʃʰa/ /t͡ʃʰæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨ/ /ʈ͡ʂʰaɨjH/
Li
Rong
/t͡ʃʰa/ /t͡ʃʰɛH/
Wang
Li
/t͡ʃʰa/ /t͡ʃʰaiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʈ͡ʂʰa/ /ʈ͡ʂʰaiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chā chài
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 1176 1179 1187
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰraːl/ /*sʰraːls/ /*sʰreːls/

Definitions

  1. fork of a tree
  2. pitchfork

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. fork of a tree
  2. pitchfork

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(cha) (hangeul , revised cha, McCune-Reischauer ch'a)

  1. 가지: branch

Vietnamese

Han character

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References