茬

茬 U+832C, 茬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-832C ← 茫 [U+832B] CJK Unified Ideographs 茭 → [U+832D]

Translingual

Han character

茬 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿大中土 (TKLG), four-corner 4421₄, composition ⿱艹在)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1028, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30902
• Dae Jaweon: page 1487, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3201, character 2
• Unihan data for U+832C

Chinese

Glyph origin 1

trad.		茬
simp. #		茬
alternative forms		茌

Characters in the same phonetic series (才) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
茬	*zraː, *zraːʔ, *ʔsrɯ, *zrɯ
材	*zlɯː
才	*zlɯː, *zlɯːs
財	*zlɯː
鼒	*zlɯː, *ʔslɯ
在	*zlɯːʔ, *zlɯːs
豺	*zrɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 在 (OC *zlɯːʔ, *zlɯːs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chí (chi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih²
    • Yale: chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyr
    • Palladius: чи (či)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ci⁴
    • Yale: chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsri, dzri

Rime
Character	茬	茬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	側持切	士之切
Baxter	tsri	dzri
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃɨ/	/d͡ʒɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂɨ/	/ɖ͡ʐɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃie/	/d͡ʒie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂɨ/	/ɖ͡ʐɨ/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃiə/	/d͡ʒiə/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃĭə/	/d͡ʒĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂi/	/ɖ͡ʐʱi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhī	chí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi1	ci4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsrɯ/, /*zrɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	茬	茬
Reading #	3/4	4/4
No.	1068	1069
Phonetic component	才	才
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	葘	茬
Old Chinese	/*ʔsrɯ/	/*zrɯ/

Definitions

茬

1. (obsolete) grassy
2. name of a mountain
3. a surname

Glyph origin 2

trad.		茬
simp. #		茬
alternative forms		槎

Evolution from 差 (Yao, 2019).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chá (cha²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): châ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chá
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chá
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa²
    • Yale: chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: char
    • Palladius: ча (ča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (茬兒／茬儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chár
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chár
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa²-ʼrh
    • Yale: chár
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charl
    • Palladius: чар (čar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑɻ³⁵/

Note: chár – senses other than "to chop slantingly".

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caa⁴
    • Yale: chàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châ
    • Tâi-lô: tsâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sa¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡sa²⁴/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zraː/, /*zraːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	茬	茬
Reading #	1/4	2/4
No.	1058	1059
Phonetic component	才	才
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	楂	槎
Old Chinese	/*zraː/	/*zraːʔ/
Notes	或作槎查

Definitions

茬

1. (agriculture) stubble (short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested)
2. stubble (short, coarse hair on a man’s face)
3. something just said
4. Classifier for batches of crops.
5. Classifier for generations or batches of people.
6. Alternative form of 槎 (chá, “to chop slantingly”).

Compounds

• 換茬／换茬
• 滅茬／灭茬
• 話茬兒／话茬儿 (huàchár)
• 鬍子茬／胡子茬 (húzichá)
• 麥茬／麦茬

 

References

• “茬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

茬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)、じ (ji)
• Kun: しげる (shigeru)

Korean

Hanja

茬 • (si) (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune–Reischauer si, Yale si)

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