剚

剚 U+525A, 剚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-525A ← 剙 [U+5259] CJK Unified Ideographs 剛 → [U+525B]

Translingual

Han character

剚 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十弓中弓 (JNLN), four-corner 5200₀, composition ⿰事刂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 141, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2041
• Dae Jaweon: page 320, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 343, character 16
• Unihan data for U+525A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		剚
alternative forms		事 倳 𨧫 ／ 𬭑

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
吏	*rɯs
倳	*ʔsrɯs
剚	*ʔsrɯs
事	*ʔsrɯs, *zrɯs
史	*srɯʔ
使	*srɯʔ, *srɯs
駛	*srɯʔ, *srɯs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsrɯs): phonetic 事 (OC *ʔsrɯs, *zrɯs) + semantic 刀 (“knife; sword”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zì (zi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ / zi⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): cé̤ṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìh
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyh
    • Palladius: цзы (czy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi³ / zi⁶
    • Yale: ji / jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ / dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³ / ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³/, /t͡siː²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cé̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡søy²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chù
    • Tâi-lô: tsù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zux
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /t͡su²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsriH

Rime
Character	剚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	側吏切
Baxter	tsriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂɨH/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃiəH/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃĭəH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsrɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	剚
Reading #	1/1
No.	11484
Phonetic component	史
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	胾
Old Chinese	/*ʔsrɯs/
Notes	同倳見漢賦

Definitions

剚

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to stab (with a knife or sword)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to stick into the ground

Compounds

• 剚刃
• 剚刃敵人 / 剚刃敌人

Japanese

Kanji

剚

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)
• Kun: さす (sasu)、さしこむ (sashikomu, 剚む)、おく (oku, 剚く)

Korean

Hanja

剚 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa)

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