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U+4E4D, 乍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E4D

[U+4E4C]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4E4E]

Translingual

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Stroke order

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 4, 丿+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸 (HS) or 人尸 (OS), four-corner 80211, composition 𠂉)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 82, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 130
  • Dae Jaweon: page 165, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 35, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4E4D

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts



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 (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pictogram (象形) – an axe chopping wood. Original form of .

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𠆦

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (20)
Final () (98)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter dzraeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʒˠaH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖ͡ʐᵚaH/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʒaH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖ͡ʐaɨH/
Li
Rong
/d͡ʒaH/
Wang
Li
/d͡ʒaH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɖ͡ʐʱaH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhà
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zaa6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhà
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzræH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[dz]ˁrak-s/
English suddenly

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 # 1/1
No. 16650
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zraːɡs/
Notes

Definitions

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  1. suddenly
  2. at first
  3. (Eastern Min) just; exactly
  4. (Eastern Min) only a short while ago; just
  5. a surname: Zha[1]

References

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  1. ^ 乍姓起源、名人分布及起名大全”, in 百家姓大全 - 911查询[1] (in Chinese), 2024

Etymology 2

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Southern Min) to deep-fry slightly
Synonyms
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Etymology 3

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to get up; to get up and go to work; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient variant form of ).

Etymology 4

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to press or extract juices; to squeeze; press to extract juices; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of ).
Notes:

Further reading

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. Although

Readings

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  • Go-on: じゃ (ja)
  • Kan-on: (sa)
  • Kun: たちまち (tachimachi, 乍ち)ながら (nagara, 乍ら)

As an alternative form of :

Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 잠깐 (jamkkan sa))

  1. (for) a short time

References

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: chạ, sạ, cha, , chả

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

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