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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 156 +7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土人人人土 (GOOOG), four-corner 48801)

References

  • KangXi: page 1217, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37150
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1686, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3489, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+8D96

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*sʰal, *sʰoːlʔ
*ʔsal, *ʔsoːls
*ʔsoːls
*ʔsoːls
*sʰloːl
*sʰoːls, *zoːl, *zoːɡ
*sʰoːls
*sʰoːls
*soːl
*zoːl
*zoːl
*zoːl
*zoːlʔ, *zoːls
*zoːls
*ʔsroːl

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (16)
Final () (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/suɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/suɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/suɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/swa/
Li
Rong
/suɑ/
Wang
Li
/suɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/suɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
suō
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 18059
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*soːl/

Definitions

  1. (regional, archaic) to loiter, to wander about (especially to waste time)

Derived terms

  • 四界趖