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Han character
佐 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人大一 (OKM), four-corner 24211, composition ⿰亻左)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 506
- Dae Jaweon: page 207, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 130, character 6
- Unihan data for U+4F50
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsaːls): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 左 (OC *ʔsaːlʔ, *ʔsaːls).
Etymology
Compare 佑 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “to assist; to help; to protect”).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zo3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chó
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5tsu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒ
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒ
- Wade–Giles: tso3
- Yale: dzwǒ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoo
- Palladius: цзо (czo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zo3
- Yale: jo
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzo3
- Guangdong Romanization: zo3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɔː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chó
- Hakka Romanization System: zoˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: zo3
- Sinological IPA: /t͡so³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘
- Tâi-lô: tsóo
- Phofsit Daibuun: zor
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó
- Tâi-lô: tsó
- Phofsit Daibuun: zoir
- IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡so⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò
- Tâi-lô: tsò
- Phofsit Daibuun: zoix
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡so¹¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chô
- Tâi-lô: tsô
- Phofsit Daibuun: zooi
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡so²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: zo2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsó
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡so⁵²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: tsaH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*tsˤarʔ-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaːls/
Definitions
佐
Compounds
- 七佐
- 上佐
- 中佐
- 九佐
- 五佐
- 亭佐
- 佐乘
- 佐事
- 佐享
- 佐佑
- 佐使
- 佐僚
- 佐券
- 佐助
- 佐助器
- 佐史
- 佐吏
- 佐命
- 佐將 / 佐将
- 佐屬 / 佐属
- 佐州
- 佐幕
- 佐弋
- 佐戎
- 佐政
- 佐敦 (Zuǒdūn)
- 佐料 (zuǒliào)
- 佐時 / 佐时
- 佐書 / 佐书
- 佐棘
- 佐檢 / 佐检
- 佐歡 / 佐欢
- 佐治 (Zuǒzhì)
- 佐理 (zuǒlǐ)
- 佐疾
- 佐相
- 佐策
- 佐膳
- 佐觴 / 佐觞
- 佐謀 / 佐谋
- 佐證 / 佐证 (zuǒzhèng)
- 佐貳 / 佐贰
- 佐車 / 佐车
- 佐輿 / 佐舆
- 佐轝 / 佐𬛼
- 佐郡
- 佐酒 (zuǒjiǔ)
- 佐釗 / 佐钊
- 佐附
- 佐隸 / 佐隶
- 佐雜 / 佐杂
- 佐領 / 佐领
- 佐食
- 佐餐 (zuǒcān)
- 佐饔得嘗 / 佐饔得尝
- 佐鬥 / 佐斗
- 保佐
- 保佐人
- 假佐
- 僉佐 / 佥佐
- 僚佐 (liáozuǒ)
- 儲佐 / 储佐
- 元佐
- 出佐
- 匡佐
- 協佐 / 协佐
- 卿佐
- 參佐 / 参佐 (cānzuǒ)
- 史佐
- 吏佐
- 君臣佐使 (jūnchénzuǒshǐ)
- 四佐
- 坊佐
- 奉佐
- 孔佐
- 官佐
- 寮佐
- 將佐 / 将佐 (jiàngzuǒ)
- 屈佐
- 屠佐
- 屬佐 / 属佐
- 帝佐
- 幹佐 / 干佐
- 府佐
- 弼佐
- 從佐 / 从佐
- 御佐
- 扶佐
- 掾佐
- 擢佐
- 啟佐 / 启佐
- 旁佐
- 書佐 / 书佐
- 末佐
- 榦佐 / 干佐
- 正佐
- 毗佐
- 營佐 / 营佐
- 王佐
- 王佐之才
- 王佐才
- 皇佐
- 綱佐 / 纲佐
- 縣佐 / 县佐
- 翊佐
- 翼佐
- 臣佐
- 良佐
- 規佐 / 规佐
- 證佐 / 证佐
- 護佐 / 护佐
- 豐佐 / 丰佐
- 貞佐 / 贞佐
- 貳佐 / 贰佐
- 賓佐 / 宾佐
- 賢佐 / 贤佐
- 贊佐 / 赞佐
- 軍佐 / 军佐
- 輔佐 / 辅佐 (fǔzuǒ)
- 輔佐人 / 辅佐人
- 巡佐
- 運佐 / 运佐
- 邦佐
- 郡佐
- 鄉佐 / 乡佐
- 酒佐
References
- “佐”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
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Japanese
Kanji
佐
- aid
- help
- field officer (Military)
Readings
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 佐 (MC tsaH).
Historical readings
- Recorded as Middle Korean 장〮 (Yale: cá) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
- Recorded as Middle Korean 좌 (cwa) (Yale: cwa) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕwa̠(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [좌(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Hanja
- hanja form? of 좌 (“(literary) subordinate”)
- hanja form? of 좌 (“(military) commander; a field grade officer in the Korean People's Army”)
Compounds
- 군신좌사 (君臣佐使, gunsinjwasa)
- 대좌 (大佐, daejwa, “senior colonel; brigadier”)
- 보좌 (輔佐, bojwa, “assistance”)
- 상좌 (上佐, sangjwa, “colonel”)
- 소좌 (少佐, sojwa, “major; lieutenant commander”)
- 속좌 (屬佐, sokjwa)
- 장좌 (將佐, jangjwa)
- 좌거 (佐車, jwageo)
- 좌료 (佐僚, jwaryo)
- 좌리 (佐吏, jwari)
- 좌리 (佐理, jwari)
- 좌막 (佐幕, jwamak)
- 좌명 (佐命, jwamyeong)
- 좌반, 자반 (佐飯, jwaban, jaban)
- 좌사 (佐史, jwasa)
- 좌융 (佐戎, jwayung)
- 좌주 (佐酒, jwaju)
- 좌질 (佐疾, jwajil)
- 좌치 (佐治, jwachi)
- 중좌 (中佐, jungjwa, “lieutenant colonel”)
References
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Vietnamese
Han character
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References
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