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哉
哉
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Translingual
Han character
哉 (radical 30 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十戈口 (JIR), four-corner 43650, composition ⿹𢦏口)
References
- KangXi: page 189, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3596
- Dae Jaweon: page 408, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 611, character 7
- Unihan data for U+54C9
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
哉 |
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Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (𢦏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
𢦏 | *ʔslɯː |
栽 | *ʔslɯː, *zlɯːs |
哉 | *ʔslɯː |
烖 | *ʔslɯː |
載 | *ʔslɯːʔ, *ʔslɯːs, *zlɯːs |
渽 | *ʔsɯː |
睵 | *ʔsɯː, *sʰɯː |
溨 | *zɯː |
裁 | *zlɯː, *zlɯːs |
酨 | *l'ɯːs, *zlɯːs |
蛓 | *sʰles, *sʰɯs |
胾 | *ʔsrɯs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔslɯː) : semantic 口 + phonetic 𢦔.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄞ
- Wade-Giles: tsai1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzai
- IPA (key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zoi1
- Yale: jōi
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi1
- IPA (key): /t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai
- Tâi-lô: tsai
- Phofsit Daibuun: zay
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saɪ³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chài
- Tâi-lô: tsài
- Phofsit Daibuun: zaix
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡saɪ¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡saɪ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
Rime | |
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Character | 哉 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
Final (韻) | 咍 (41) |
Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
Openness (開合) | Open |
Division (等) | I |
Fanqie | 祖才切 |
Reconstructions | |
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡sʌi/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/t͡səi/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/t͡sɒi/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/t͡səj/ |
Li Rong |
/t͡sᴀi/ |
Wang Li |
/t͡sɒi/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡sɑ̆i/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zāi |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
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Character | 哉 | 哉 |
Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
zāi | zāi |
Middle Chinese |
‹ tsoj › | ‹ tsoj › |
Old Chinese |
/*[ts]ˤə/ | /*[ts]ˤə/ |
English | begin | (particle) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 哉 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 16490 |
Phonetic component |
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Rime group |
之 |
Rime subdivision |
0 |
Corresponding MC rime |
烖 |
Old Chinese |
/*ʔslɯː/ |
Definitions
哉
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Japanese
Kanji
哉
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
- Goon: さい (sai), せ (se)
- Kan’on: さい (sai)
- Kun: かな (kana), や (ya)
- Nanori: か (ka), すけ (suke), とし (toshi), ちか (chika), はじめ (hajime)
Korean
Hanja
哉 • (jae) (hangeul 재, revised jae, McCune-Reischauer chae, Yale cay)
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Vietnamese
Han character
哉 (tai, tơi)
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