縡

縡 U+7E21, 縡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E21 ← 縠 [U+7E20] CJK Unified Ideographs 縢 → [U+7E22]

Translingual

Han character

縡 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女火十卜十 (VFJYJ), four-corner 2394₁, composition ⿰糹宰)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 934, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27781
• Dae Jaweon: page 1373, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3440, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7E21

Chinese

trad.		縡
simp.		𰬴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎi, zài (zai³, zai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˇ, ㄗㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi² / zoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎi
    • Wade–Giles: tsai³
    • Yale: dzǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzae
    • Palladius: цзай (czaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zài
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zài
    • Wade–Giles: tsai⁴
    • Yale: dzài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzay
    • Palladius: цзай (czaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zoi² / zoi³
    • Yale: jói / joi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi² / dzoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi² / zoi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯³⁵/, /t͡sɔːi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsojX, tsojH

Rime
Character	縡	縡
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	作亥切	作代切
Baxter	tsojX	tsojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʌiX/	/t͡sʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡səiX/	/t͡səiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɒiX/	/t͡sɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡səjX/	/t͡səjH/
Li Rong	/t͡sᴀiX/	/t͡sᴀiH/
Wang Li	/t͡sɒiX/	/t͡sɒiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sɑ̆iX/	/t͡sɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǎi	zài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoi2	zoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯːʔ/, /*ʔsɯːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	縡	縡
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16507	16508
Phonetic component	宰	宰
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	宰	載
Old Chinese	/*ʔsɯːʔ/	/*ʔsɯːs/

Definitions

縡

1. (literary) thing; matter; affair

Japanese

Kanji

縡

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. thing, matter
2. life

Readings

• On (unclassified): さい (sai)
• Kun: こと (koto, 縡)、いき (iki, 縡)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
縡
こと Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 縡 – see the following entry.

【こと】 [noun] broadly, any abstract thing, affair, matter, or fact [noun] a thing, occasion, circumstances, detail, particular [noun] act of (word used for the nominalization of verbs, adjectives, or phrases) [noun] (by extension) experience, having been or done (used with ある (aru, “have, possess”)) [noun] event of special importance: affair, something, incident, case, occurrence, trouble [noun] business matters, affairs, business, work, duty [noun] Used as a nominalizer for precepts. [noun] It is said that; I've heard that (used with とのこと) [noun] Used to introduce aliases/stage names. Alternative spellings 事, 亊, ヿ

(This term, 縡, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

縡 • (jae) (hangeul 재, revised jae, McCune–Reischauer chae, Yale cay)

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