酢

See also: 醋

酢	U+9162, 酢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9162

← 酡
[U+9161]

CJK Unified Ideographs

酣 →
[U+9163]

Translingual

Han character

酢 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一田人尸 (MWOS), four-corner 1861₁, composition ⿰酉乍)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1282, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39824
Dae Jaweon: page 1781, character 43
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3578, character 9
Unihan data for U+9162

Chinese

trad.		酢
simp. ^#		酢

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 酢
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuò (zuo⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zok⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuò
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴
  - Yale: dzwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh
  - Palladius: цзо (czo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zok⁶
  - Yale: johk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚²/

Middle Chinese: dzak

Rime
Character	酢
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	酢
Reading #	2/2
No.	16667
Phonetic component	乍
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	昨
Old Chinese	/*zaːɡ/

Definitions

酢

guest toast back to host

Compounds

一酬一酢
酬酢 (chóuzuò)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cù (cu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ
Eastern Min (BUC): chó
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhò͘
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cù
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cù
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻu⁴
  - Yale: tsù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuh
  - Palladius: цу (cu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cou³
  - Yale: chou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: cii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhox
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔ²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshu
  - MiniDict: tshu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰu³⁴/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	酢
Reading #	1/2
No.	16654
Phonetic component	乍
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	厝
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːɡs/
Notes	醋字注：説文作酢

Definitions

酢

Alternative form of 醋 (“vinegar”)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

酢

(Jōyō kanji)

vinegar

Readings

From Middle Chinese 酢 (MC tshuH); compare Mandarin 酢 (cù):

Go-on: す (su)
Kan-on: そ (so)
Kan’yō-on: さく (saku, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 酢 (MC dzak); compare Mandarin 酢 (zuò):

Go-on: ざく (zaku)
Kan-on: さく (saku, Jōyō)

From native Japanese roots:

Kun: す (su, 酢, Jōyō)、すい (sui, 酢い)、むくいる (mukuiru, 酢いる)
Nanori: す (su)

Compounds

酢(さく)酸(さん) (sakusan, “acetic acid”)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
酢
す Grade: S
kun'yomi

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

【す】	[noun] 酢, 醋, 酸: vinegar (condiment) Alternative spellings 醋, 酸

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

Korean

Hanja

酢 • (cho, jak) (hangeul 초, 작, revised cho, jak, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, chak, Yale cho, cak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

酢: Hán Nôm readings: tạc, thố

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