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奢

奢

Translingual

Han character

奢 (radical 37 大+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大十大日 (KJKA), four-corner 40604, composition ⿱大者)

  1. extravagant, wasteful
  2. exaggerate

References

  • KangXi: page 253, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5964
  • Dae Jaweon: page 514, character 34
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 542, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5962

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 奢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (者) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
觰 *rtaːʔ, *rtaː
諸 *tjaː, *tja
者 *tjaːʔ
堵 *tjaːʔ, *taːʔ
赭 *tjaːʔ
撦 *l̥ʰjaːʔ
扯 *tʰjaːʔ
闍 *djaː, *taː
奢 *hljaː
鍺 *toːlʔ
都 *taː
醏 *taː
覩 *taːʔ
睹 *taːʔ
暏 *taːʔ
賭 *taːʔ
帾 *taːʔ
楮 *taːʔ, *tʰaʔ
屠 *daː, *da
瘏 *daː
廜 *daː
鷵 *daː
緒 *ljaʔ
豬 *ta
猪 *ta
瀦 *ta
藸 *ta, *da
櫫 *ta
褚 *taʔ, *tʰaʔ
著 *taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ
箸 *tas, *das
儲 *da
躇 *da
櫧 *tja
藷 *tja, *djas
蠩 *tja
煮 *tjaʔ
渚 *tjaʔ
煑 *tjaʔ
陼 *tjaʔ
翥 *tjas
署 *djas
薯 *djas
曙 *djas
書 *hlja
暑 *hjaʔ
鐯 *taɡ
擆 *taɡ
櫡 *taɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 奢
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 麻 (100)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 式車切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɕia/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɕia/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɕia/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɕia/
Li
Rong		 /ɕia/
Wang
Li		 /ɕĭa/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɕi̯a/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shē
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 奢
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shē
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ syæ ›
Old
Chinese		 /*s.tʰA/
English extravagant

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 奢
Reading # 1/1
No. 16966
Phonetic
component		 者
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 奢
Old
Chinese		 /*hljaː/

Definitions

奢

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Compounds

  • 奢靡
  • 浮奢
  • 省慾去奢／省欲去奢
  • 禮奢寧儉／礼奢宁俭
  • 窮奢極侈／穷奢极侈
  • 窮奢極欲／穷奢极欲
  • 肆奢
  • 豐奢／丰奢
  • 豪奢
  • 豪奢放逸
  • 驕奢／骄奢
  • 驕奢淫佚／骄奢淫佚
  • 驕奢淫泆／骄奢淫泆
  • 驕奢淫逸／骄奢淫逸
  • 驕奢無度／骄奢无度

References

Japanese

Kanji

奢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

奢 • ‎(sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa)

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Vietnamese

Han character

奢 (xa)

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