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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 140 +5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿月一 (TBM), four-corner 44107, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 1024, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30813
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1484, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3190, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+82F4

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Oracle bone script Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*zaːl, *zaː
*zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ
*rnaː, *ʔsraː
*ʔsjaː, *zaʔ
*ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ
*ʔsjaː
*ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ
*ʔsjaːʔ
*ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː
*ʔsjaːʔ
*sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa
*sʰjaːs, *sʰa
*sʰjaːs
*ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː
*ʔsraː
*ʔsraː
*ʔsraː
*ʔsraː
*zraː
*zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa
*ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ
*ʔsaː
*ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa
*ʔsaːʔ
*ʔsaːʔ
*ʔsaːʔ
*ʔsaːʔ
*sʰaː, *zaːʔ
*zaː
*zaː
*zaːʔ, *zras
*zaːʔ, *sʰa
*ʔsa, *sʰa
*ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra
*ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ
*sʰa
*sʰa
*sʰa, *sʰas
*sʰa
*sʰa
*sʰa, *sʰas
*sʰas
*sʰas
*sʰas
*zaʔ
*das
*ʔsra
*ʔsra
*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
*ʔsraʔ
*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
*zra, *zraʔ
*zra
*zra
*zra, *zras
*zraʔ
*zras

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa) : semantic  (grass) + phonetic  (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/4
Initial () (13)
Final () (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡siɔ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡siɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sɨə̆/
Li
Rong
/t͡siɔ/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭo/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡si̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/4
No. 10412
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsa/
Definitions

  1. female hemp plant; seed-bearing hemp
  2. seeds of female hemp
  3. coarse; rough
  4. gunny; sackcloth
  5. gunny sack; package; cattail bag
  6. to package
  7. to patch; to mend
  8. Alternative form of (“marshland full of waterweed”).
  9. A surname.
Compounds

Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character
Reading # 4/4 1/4
Initial () (13) (14)
Final () (22) (22)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sɨʌX/ /t͡sʰɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡siɔX/ /t͡sʰiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡siɔX/ /t͡sʰiɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sɨə̆X/ /t͡sʰɨə̆/
Li
Rong
/t͡siɔX/ /t͡sʰiɔ/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭoX/ /t͡sʰĭo/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡si̯woX/ /t͡sʰi̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 3/4 4/4
No. 10417 10428
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsaʔ/ /*sʰa/
Definitions

  1. grass insole; pad in shoe

Pronunciation 3



Rime
Character
Reading # 3/4
Initial () (20)
Final () (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʒˠa/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖ͡ʐᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʒa/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖ͡ʐaɨ/
Li
Rong
/d͡ʒa/
Wang
Li
/d͡ʒa/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɖ͡ʐʱa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chá
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/4
No. 10393
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zraː/
Definitions

  1. floating weed; dead grass
  2. (historical) A vassal state of the State of Shu during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
Compounds

Pronunciation 4


Definitions

  1. humic soil; dregs; dross
  2. Alternative form of (zhā, “hawthorn”).
Compounds

Pronunciation 5


Definitions

  1. Alternative form of (“straw”).
Compounds

Pronunciation 6


Definitions

  1. (historical) Only used in 羊苴咩 (“Yangxiemie, capital city of Nanzhao in modern-day Dali”).
Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
alt. forms

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Min Nan) to lay something on a surface
  2. (Min Nan) cushion; pad

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(jeo) (hangeul , revised jeo, McCune-Reischauer chŏ, Yale ce)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(thư, tra, )

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