蹉

蹉 U+8E49, 蹉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E49 ← 蹈 [U+8E48] CJK Unified Ideographs 蹊 → [U+8E4A]

Translingual

Han character

蹉 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 口一廿手一 (RMTQM), four-corner 6811₁, composition ⿰𧾷差)

1. error, mistake, slip
2. failure

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1231, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37745
• Dae Jaweon: page 1703, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3725, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8E49

Chinese

trad.		蹉
simp. #		蹉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蹉
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
左	*ʔsaːlʔ, *ʔsaːls
佐	*ʔsaːls
袏	*ʔslaːls
蹉	*sʰlaːl
瑳	*sʰlaːl, *sʰlaːlʔ
搓	*sʰlaːl
磋	*sʰlaːl
溠	*sʰlaːl, *sraːl, *ʔsraːls
傞	*sʰlaːl, *slaːl
醝	*zlaːl
瘥	*zlaːl, *ʔsljal, *sʰreːls
鹺	*zlaːl
嵯	*zlaːl, *sʰral
嵳	*zlaːl
蒫	*zlaːl, *ʔsljal, *ʔslɯl
艖	*zlaːl, *sʰraːl
齹	*zlaːl, *sʰral, *zral
縒	*slaːlʔ, *sʰral, *sʰlaːɡ
褨	*slaːlʔ
嗟	*ʔsljal
差	*sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːls, *sʰral
鎈	*sʰraːl
槎	*zraːl, *zraːlʔ
髊	*zlals

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰlaːl) : semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 差 (OC *sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːls, *sʰral).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuō (cuo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhê / chhôe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuo
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻo¹
    • Yale: tswō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuo
    • Palladius: цо (co)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: co¹
    • Yale: chō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhê / chhôe
    • Tâi-lô: tshê / tshuê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhee, zhoee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰe²⁴/, /t͡sʰue²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe²⁴/, /t͡sʰue²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe¹³/, /t͡sʰue¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰe²⁴/, /t͡sʰue²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe²³/, /t͡sʰue²³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsha

Rime
Character	蹉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	七何切
Baxter	tsha
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰa/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cuō
Expected Cantonese Reflex	co1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlaːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蹉
Reading #	1/1
No.	18008
Phonetic component	左
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	蹉
Old Chinese	/*sʰlaːl/
Notes	古作差池

Definitions

蹉

1. to slip and fall
2. to err; to make a mistake
3. to step on; to trample
4. to pass by

Compounds

• 一頭蹉 / 一头蹉
• 平蹉
• 日月蹉跎
• 爬蹉
• 蹉對 / 蹉对
• 蹉跌 (cuōdiē)
• 蹉跎 (cuōtuó)

 

Japanese

Kanji

蹉

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to trip, to stumble
2. to pass by

Readings

• Go-on: さ (sa)
• Kan-on: さ (sa)
• Kun: つまずく (tsumazuku, 蹉く)

Compounds

• 蹉(さ)跌(てつ) (satetsu, “failing partway through”)

Korean

Hanja

蹉 • (cha) (hangeul 차, revised cha, McCune–Reischauer ch'a, Yale cha)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蹉 (tha, sa)