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窄
窄
Translingual
Han character
窄 (radical 116 穴+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十金竹尸 (JCHS), four-corner 30211, composition ⿱穴乍)
References
- KangXi: page 864, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25455
- Dae Jaweon: page 1292, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2726, character 6
- Unihan data for U+7A84
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
窄 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (乍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 作 | *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡ |
| 鲊 | *ʔsraːʔ |
| 痄 | *ʔsraːʔ |
| 厏 | *ʔsraːʔ, *zraːʔ |
| 詐 | *ʔsraːɡs |
| 咋 | *ʔsraːɡs, *zraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ |
| 笮 | *ʔsraːɡs, *zaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ |
| 榨 | *ʔsraːɡs |
| 炸 | *ʔr'aːɡs, *zreːb |
| 乍 | *zraːɡs |
| 拃 | *ʔsraːnʔ |
| 酢 | *sʰaːɡs, *zaːɡ |
| 祚 | *zaːɡs |
| 胙 | *zaːɡs |
| 阼 | *zaːɡs |
| 飵 | *zaːɡs, *zaːɡ |
| 秨 | *zaːɡs, *zaːɡ |
| 迮 | *ʔsaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ |
| 柞 | *ʔsaːɡ, *zaːɡ |
| 昨 | *zaːɡ |
| 怍 | *zaːɡ |
| 砟 | *zaːɡ |
| 莋 | *zaːɡ |
| 岝 | *zaːɡ, *zraːɡ |
| 鈼 | *zaːɡ |
| 筰 | *zaːɡ |
| 葃 | *zaːɡ, *zreːɡ, *zaɡ |
| 舴 | *ʔr'aːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ |
| 窄 | *ʔsraːɡ |
| 蚱 | *ʔsraːɡ |
| 齚 | *zraːɡ |
| 泎 | *zraːɡ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chak
- Min Dong (BUC): cáh
- Min Nan (POJ): chiak / chek
- Wu (Wiktionary): tsaq (T4)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄞˇ
- Wade-Giles: chai3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jae
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zaak3
- Yale: jaak
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak8
- IPA (key): /t͡sɑːk̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chak
- Hakka Romanization System: zag`
- Hagfa Pinyim: zag5
- IPA: /t͡sak̚²/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: cáh
- IPA (key): /t͡sɑʔ²⁴/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiak
- Tâi-lô: tsiak
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciag
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek
- Tâi-lô: tsik
- Phofsit Daibuun: zeg
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪk̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪk̚³²/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪk̚³²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: tsaq (T4)
- IPA (key): /t͡sᴀʔ⁵⁵/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 窄 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂai²¹⁴/ |
| Harbin |
/t͡sai²¹³/ /ʈ͡ʂai²¹³/ |
|
| Tianjin | /t͡sai¹³/ | |
| Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂei²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂe⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂɛ²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /t͡sei²¹/ | |
| Xining | /t͡sɨ⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /t͡sə⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂə¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi |
/t͡sai⁵¹/ /t͡sei⁴⁴/ |
|
| Wuhan | /t͡sɤ²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /t͡se³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /t͡sɛ²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /t͡sə³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /t͡səʔ⁵/ | |
| Hefei | /t͡sɐʔ⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡saʔ²/ |
| Pingyao | /t͡sʌʔ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡saʔ⁴³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡saʔ⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /t͡saʔ⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /t͡sɑʔ⁵/ | |
| Wenzhou | /t͡sa²¹³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian |
/t͡saʔ²¹/ /t͡sɛʔ²¹/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡sa⁵/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sə²⁴/ |
| Xiangtan | /t͡sæ²⁴/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sɛʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | |
| Taoyuan | ||
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sak̚³/ |
| Nanning | /t͡sak̚³³/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡sak̚³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /t͡sik̚³²/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /t͡sɑʔ²³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /t͡sɛ²⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /t͡sa²¹³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /t͡sa³⁵/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 窄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 莊 (18) |
| Final (韻) | 陌 (113) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 側伯切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡ʃˠæk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʈ͡ʂᵚak̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡ʃak̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʈ͡ʂaɨjk̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡ʃɐk̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡ʃɐk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʈ͡ʂɐk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zha |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 窄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16678 |
| Phonetic component |
乍 |
| Rime group |
鐸 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
嘖 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ʔsraːɡ/ |
Definitions
窄
- narrow, tight (of rooms, pants, etc.)
- narrow-minded
Japanese
Kanji
窄
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
窄 • (chak) (hangeul 착, McCune-Reischauer ch'ak, Yale chak)
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Vietnamese
Han character
窄 (trách)
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