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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 64 +20, 23 strokes, cangjie input 手竹月火 (QHBF), four-corner 58093, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 464, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13038
  • Dae Jaweon: page 813, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1990, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+6525

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ʔsloːnʔ
*ʔsloːnʔ
*sloːnʔ, *sloːns
*sloːnʔ
*sloːnʔ
*sʰroːns
*ʔsloːd

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (13)
Final () (64)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡suɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʷɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡suɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡swat̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡suɑt̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡suɑt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡suɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zuo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 12142
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsloːd/
Notes

Definitions

  1. to hold tight
    拳頭 / 拳头   zuàn quántóu   clench one's fist
    /    bǎ qián zuàn zài shǒu zhōng   hold money tightly in one's hand
    大權 / 大权   zuàn zhe dàquán   hold tightly onto power

Synonyms