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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木人尸 (DOS), four-corner 48911, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 519, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14636
  • Dae Jaweon: page 907, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1184, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+67DE

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡ
*ʔsraːʔ
*ʔsraːʔ
*ʔsraːʔ, *zraːʔ
*ʔsraːɡs
*ʔsraːɡs, *zraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ
*ʔsraːɡs, *zaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
*ʔsraːɡs
*ʔr'aːɡs, *zreːb
*zraːɡs
*ʔsraːnʔ
*sʰaːɡs, *zaːɡ
*zaːɡs
*zaːɡs
*zaːɡs
*zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
*zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
*ʔsaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
*ʔsaːɡ, *zaːɡ
*zaːɡ
*zaːɡ
*zaːɡ
*zaːɡ
*zaːɡ, *zraːɡ
*zaːɡ
*zaːɡ
*zaːɡ, *zreːɡ, *zaɡ
*ʔr'aːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
*ʔsraːɡ
*ʔsraːɡ
*zraːɡ
*zraːɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (13) (15)
Final () (103) (103)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sɑk̚/ /d͡zɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sɑk̚/ /d͡zɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sɑk̚/ /d͡zɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sak̚/ /d͡zak̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡sɑk̚/ /d͡zɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡sɑk̚/ /d͡zɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sɑk̚/ /d͡zʱɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zuo zuó
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsræk ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ts]ˤrak/
English clear brush

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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 16663 16666
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsaːɡ/ /*zaːɡ/

Definitions

  1. oak
  2. spinous evergreen tree
  3. to clear away trees

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(jak, chaek) (hangeul , , revised jak, chaek, McCune-Reischauer chak, ch'aek, Yale cak, chayk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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References