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仄

仄

仄 U+4EC4, 仄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EC4
← 仃
[U+4EC3] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 仅 →
[U+4EC5]
See also: 지

Translingual

Han character

仄 (radical 9 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一人 (MO), four-corner 71280, composition ⿸厂人)

  1. slanting, oblique
  2. oblique tones (仄声)

References

  • KangXi: page 91, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 352
  • Dae Jaweon: page 193, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 103, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+4EC4

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 仄

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 仄
Small seal script

s06799
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (仄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
仄 *ʔsrɯɡ
昃 *ʔsrɯɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 仄
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 莊 (18)
Final (韻) 職 (134)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 阻力切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ʃɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈ͡ʂɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ʃiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈ͡ʂik̚/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ʃiək̚/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ʃĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʈ͡ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhe
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 仄
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zè
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsrik ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ts]rək/
English slanting, oblique

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 仄
Reading # 1/1
No. 16607
Phonetic
component		 仄
Rime
group		 職
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 稄
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔsrɯɡ/

Definitions

仄

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Compounds

  • 仄媚
  • 仄日
  • 仄目
  • 仄目而視／仄目而视
  • 仄聞／仄闻
  • 仄聲／仄声
  • 仄行
  • 仄起體／仄起体
  • 仄韻／仄韵
  • 偪仄
  • 平仄
  • 搜揚仄陋／搜扬仄陋
  • 明揚仄陋／明扬仄陋
  • 歉仄
  • 赤仄
  • 逼仄

References

Japanese

Kanji

仄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. be seen dimly
  2. suggest, intimate, hint
  3. faint
  4. stupid

Readings

Compounds

  • 仄白い

References

  • New Nelson: 107
  • Halpern: 2946
  • Halpern Learners: not listed
  • Heisig: 2153
  • Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 2p2.1
  1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Korean

Hanja

仄 • ‎(cheuk) (hangeul 측, revised cheuk, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŭk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

仄 (trắc)

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