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柘
柘
Translingual
Han character
柘 (radical 75 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木一口 (DMR), four-corner 41960, composition ⿰木石)
- a thorny tree
- sugar cane
- Maclura tricuspidata (Chinese mulberry)
References
- KangXi: page 519, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14626
- Dae Jaweon: page 907, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1180, character 2
- Unihan data for U+67D8
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
柘 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 柘
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| Bamboo and silk script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (石) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 柘 | *tjaɡs |
| 妬 | *taːɡs |
| 蠹 | *taːɡs |
| 沰 | *taːɡ, *tʰaːɡ |
| 拓 | *tʰaːɡ, *tjaɡ |
| 橐 | *tʰaːɡ |
| 袥 | *tʰaːɡ |
| 驝 | *tʰaːɡ, *raːɡ |
| 斫 | *tjaɡ |
| 磭 | *ŋrɯnʔ, *ŋ̥ʰjaɡ, *ŋaɡ |
| 磔 | *rtaːɡ |
| 跖 | *tjaɡ |
| 石 | *djaɡ |
| 碩 | *djaɡ |
| 祏 | *djaɡ |
| 鉐 | *djaɡ |
| 鼫 | *djaɡ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˋ
- Wade-Giles: chê4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeh
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ze3
- Yale: je
- Cantonese Pinyin: dze3
- IPA (key): /t͡sɛː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 柘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (100) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 之夜切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡ɕiaH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡ɕiaH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡ɕiaH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ciaH/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡ɕiaH/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡ɕĭaH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡ɕi̯aH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhè |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 柘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
zhè |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tsyæH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*tAk-s/ |
| English | a kind of mulberry tree |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 柘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11454 |
| Phonetic component |
石 |
| Rime group |
暮 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
柘 |
| Old Chinese |
/*tjaɡs/ |
Definitions
柘
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Japanese
Kanji
柘
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
柘 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune-Reischauer cha, Yale ca)
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