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Translingual

Han character

(radical 120 +8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火月木 (VFBD), four-corner 22994)

  1. varicolored silk
  2. variegated

References

  • KangXi: page 928, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27580
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1365, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3417, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7DB5

Chinese

trad.
simp.
alt. forms nonstandard simplified

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*sʰɯːʔ
*sʰɯːʔ
*sʰɯːʔ
*sʰɯːʔ
*sʰɯːʔ
*sʰɯːʔ
*sʰɯːs
*sʰɯːs
*sʰɯːs

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (14)
Final () (41)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰʌiX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰəiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɒiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰəjX/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰᴀiX/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰɒiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰɑ̆iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
cǎi
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 1074
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰɯːʔ/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 世綵堂
  • 全綵
  • 剪綵
  • 張燈結綵张灯结綵
  • 戲綵娛親戏綵娱亲
  • 披紅挂綵披红挂綵
  • 挂燈結綵挂灯结綵
  • 燈綵灯綵
  • 班衣戲綵班衣戏綵
  • 結綵结綵
  • 綵勝綵胜
  • 綵女
  • 綵棚
  • 綵樓綵楼
  • 綵牌樓綵牌楼
  • 綵球
  • 綵筆生花綵笔生花
  • 綵緞綵缎 (cǎiduàn)
  • 綵繒綵缯
  • 綵衣娛親綵衣娱亲
  • 綵頭綵头
  • 綵鳳綵凤
  • 綵鸞綵鸾
  • 翦綵
  • 萊綵北堂莱綵北堂

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. colorful

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(chae) (hangeul , revised chae, McCune-Reischauer ch'ae, Yale chay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(thải, giẻ, thái)

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