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責
責
See also: 责
Translingual
Han character
責 (radical 154 貝+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手一月山金 (QMBUC), four-corner 50806, composition ⿱龶貝)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 1205, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36682
- Dae Jaweon: page 1668, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3626, character 2
- Unihan data for U+8CAC
Chinese
| trad. | 責 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 责 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (朿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 債 | *ʔsreːɡs, *ʔsreːɡ |
| 積 | *ʔseɡs, *ʔseɡ |
| 刺 | *sʰeɡs, *sʰeɡ |
| 莿 | *sʰeːɡs, *raːds |
| 刾 | *sʰeɡs |
| 朿 | *sʰeɡs |
| 漬 | *zeɡs |
| 耫 | *zraːd, *zreːɡ |
| 嘖 | *ʔsraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ, *zreːɡ |
| 梀 | *sreːɡ, *sʰloːɡ, *sloːɡ, *l̥ʰoɡ |
| 捒 | *sreːɡ, *sroɡs, *sroɡs |
| 幘 | *ʔsreːɡ |
| 簀 | *ʔsreːɡ |
| 嫧 | *ʔsreːɡ, *sʰreːɡ, *sʰeɡ |
| 謮 | *ʔsreːɡ |
| 責 | *ʔsreːɡ |
| 皟 | *sʰreːɡ |
| 憡 | *sʰreːɡ |
| 策 | *sʰreːɡ |
| 筴 | *sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb |
| 拺 | *sʰreːɡ, *sreːɡ |
| 賾 | *zreːɡ |
| 鰿 | *zreːɡ, *ʔseɡ |
| 擌 | *sreːɡ |
| 蹟 | *ʔseɡ |
| 襀 | *ʔseɡ |
| 磧 | *sʰeɡ |
| 洓 | *sʰeɡ |
| 績 | *ʔseːɡ |
| 勣 | *ʔseːɡ |
| 樍 | *ʔseːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsreːɡ) : phonetic 朿 (OC *sʰeɡs) + semantic 貝 (“cowry; money”) – tax; debt.
Top component now resembles 生 (without the diagonal stroke) – compare 青, 素.
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chit
- Min Dong (BUC): cáik
- Min Nan (POJ): chiak / chek / chit
- Wu (Wiktionary): tseq (T4)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ
- Wade-Giles: tsê2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzer
- IPA (key): /t͡sɤ³⁵/
- (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: chit
- Hakka Romanization System: jid`
- Hagfa Pinyim: jid5
- IPA: /t͡ɕit̚²/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: cáik
- IPA (key): /t͡saiʔ²⁴/
- (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)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit
- Tâi-lô: tsit
- Phofsit Daibuun: cid
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕit̚⁵/
- Note: chiak/chek - literary; chit - vernacular.
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: tseq (T4)
- IPA (key): /t͡səʔ⁵⁵/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 責 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡sɤ³⁵/ |
| Harbin |
/t͡sai²⁴/ /t͡sɤ²⁴/ |
|
| Tianjin | /t͡sɤ⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan |
/t͡sə²¹³/ /ʈ͡ʂei²¹³/ |
|
| Qingdao |
/t͡sə⁴²/ /t͡se⁴²/ |
|
| Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂɛ⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /t͡sei²¹/ | |
| Xining | /t͡sɨ⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /t͡sə¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂə¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi |
/t͡sɤ⁵¹/ /t͡sei⁵¹/ |
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| Wuhan | /t͡sɤ²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /t͡se³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /t͡sɛ²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /t͡sə³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /t͡səʔ⁵/ | |
| Hefei | /t͡sɐʔ⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡saʔ²/ |
| Pingyao | /t͡sʌʔ⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡saʔ⁴³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡səʔ⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /t͡səʔ⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /t͡sɑʔ⁵/ | |
| Wenzhou | /t͡sa²¹³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sɛʔ²¹/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡sa⁵/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sə²⁴/ |
| Xiangtan | /t͡sæ²⁴/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sɛʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sit̚¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /t͡sit̚²²/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sak̚³/ |
| Nanning | /t͡sak̚³³/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡sak̚³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /t͡sik̚³²/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /t͡saiʔ²³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /t͡sɛ²⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /t͡seʔ²/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /t͡sɛ⁵⁵/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 責 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 莊 (18) |
| Final (韻) | 麥 (119) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 側革切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡ʃˠɛk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʈ͡ʂᵚæk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡ʃɐk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʈ͡ʂəɨjk̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡ʃɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡ʃæk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʈ͡ʂæk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhe |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 責 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1761 |
| Phonetic component |
朿 |
| Rime group |
錫 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
責 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ʔsreːɡ/ |
Definitions
責
- to demand; to ask for (something)
- to demand to; to order to
- to blame; to reproach
- to interrogate; to question closely
- to punish by beating
- duty; responsibility
Compounds
Derived terms from 責
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Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄞˋ
- Wade-Giles: chai4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jay
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zaai3
- Yale: jaai
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzaai3
- IPA (key): /t͡sɑːi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Definitions
責
Compounds
Derived terms from 責
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Japanese
Kanji
責
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Readings
- Goon: しゃく (shaku)
- Kan’on: さく (saku)
- Kan’yōon: せき (seki)
- On (unclassified): さい (sai)
- Kun: せめる (semeru), せめ (seme)
Korean
Hanja
責 • (chaek, chae) (hangeul 책, 채, revised chaek, chae, McCune-Reischauer ch'aek, ch'ae, Yale chayk, chay)
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Vietnamese
Han character
- Hán Việt: trách
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