莋

莋 U+838B, 莋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-838B ← 莊 [U+838A] CJK Unified Ideographs 莌 → [U+838C]

Translingual

Han character

莋 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿人人尸 (TOOS), four-corner 4421₁, composition ⿱艹作)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1033, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31036
• Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3221, character 2
• Unihan data for U+838B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		莋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
作	*ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡ
鲊	*ʔsraːʔ
痄	*ʔsraːʔ
厏	*ʔsraːʔ, *zraːʔ
詐	*ʔsraːɡs
咋	*ʔsraːɡs, *zraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ
笮	*ʔsraːɡs, *zaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
榨	*ʔsraːɡs
炸	*ʔr'aːɡs, *zreːb
乍	*zraːɡs
拃	*ʔsraːnʔ
酢	*sʰaːɡs, *zaːɡ
祚	*zaːɡs
胙	*zaːɡs
阼	*zaːɡs
飵	*zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
秨	*zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
迮	*ʔsaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
柞	*ʔsaːɡ, *zaːɡ
昨	*zaːɡ
怍	*zaːɡ
砟	*zaːɡ
莋	*zaːɡ
岝	*zaːɡ, *zraːɡ
鈼	*zaːɡ
筰	*zaːɡ
葃	*zaːɡ, *zreːɡ, *zaɡ
舴	*ʔr'aːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
窄	*ʔsraːɡ
蚱	*ʔsraːɡ
齚	*zraːɡ
泎	*zraːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuó, jí (zuo², ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˊ, ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuó
    • Wade–Giles: tso²
    • Yale: dzwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzwo
    • Palladius: цзо (czo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jí
    • Wade–Giles: chi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zok⁶
    • Yale: johk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzak

Rime
Character	莋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	在各切
Baxter	dzak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zak̚/
Li Rong	/d͡zɑk̚/
Wang Li	/d͡zɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zok6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莋
Reading #	1/1
No.	16669
Phonetic component	乍
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	昨
Old Chinese	/*zaːɡ/
Notes	見史記

Definitions

莋

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