吒

See also: 咤

吒 U+5412, 吒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5412 ← 向 [U+5411] CJK Unified Ideographs 吓 → [U+5413]

Translingual

Han character

吒 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 口竹心 (RHP), four-corner 6201₄, composition ⿰口乇)

1. shout, roar, bellow
2. scold

Derived characters

• 䆛, 𬏨, 𬙳, 𭊼, 𪔘, 𭌐, 𤕔, 𬗍, 𤚧

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 176, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3302
• Dae Jaweon: page 394, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 579, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5412

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
咤	*ʔr'aː, *ʔr'aːɡs
吒	*ʔr'aːɡs
灹	*ʔr'aːɡs
矺	*ʔr'aːɡs, *ʔl'aːb, *ʔl'aːɡ, *l̥ʰaːɡ, *ʔr'eːɡ
奼	*ʔr'aːɡs, *hr'aːʔ, *ʔl'aːɡs
侘	*hr'aː, *hr'aːɡs
詫	*hr'aːɡs
秅	*r'aː, *ʔl'aːɡs
秺	*ʔl'aːɡs
亳	*blaːɡ
托	*l̥ʰaːɡ
託	*l̥ʰaːɡ
魠	*l̥ʰaːɡ
馲	*l̥ʰaːɡ, *raːɡ, *ʔr'aːɡ
侂	*l̥ʰaːɡ
飥	*l̥ʰaːɡ
仛	*l'aːɡ
虴	*pr'aːɡ
杔	*ʔr'aːɡ
乇	*ʔr'aːɡ
宅	*r'aːɡ
厇	*ʔr'eːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔr'aːɡs): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 乇 (OC *ʔr'aːɡ).

Etymology 1

trad.		吒/咤*
simp.		咤*

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhà (zha⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa³ / caak¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tà / chhà
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tso

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhà
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhà
    • Wade–Giles: cha⁴
    • Yale: jà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jah
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: zaa³ / caak¹
    • Yale: ja / chāak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa³ / tsaak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: za³ / cag¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː³³/, /t͡sʰaːk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tà
    • Tâi-lô: tà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dax
    • IPA (Taipei): /ta¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /ta²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ta⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhà
    • Tâi-lô: tshà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhax
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰa¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tso
    • MiniDict: tso^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tso
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡so³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: traeH

Rime
Character	吒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	陟駕切
Baxter	traeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈaɨH/
Li Rong	/ȶaH/
Wang Li	/ȶaH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaa3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔr'aːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	吒
Reading #	1/1
No.	16901
Phonetic component	乇
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	吒
Old Chinese	/*ʔr'aːɡs/

Definitions

吒

1. braided hair

Compounds

• 叱吒 / 叱咤
• 叱吒風雲 / 叱咤风云
• 吒叉 / 咤叉
• 吒吒 / 咤咤
• 吒異 / 咤異
• 吒食 / 咤食
• 啞吒 / 哑咤 (yāzhà)
• 喑嗚叱吒 / 喑呜叱咤
• 喑惡叱吒 / 喑恶叱咤
• 怛吒 / 怛咤
• 悲吒 / 悲咤
• 波波吒吒 / 波波咤咤
• 赫吒 / 赫咤
• 醜吒 / 丑咤
• 風雲叱吒 / 风云叱咤

Etymology 2

trad.		吒
simp. #		吒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhā, zhà

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚ, ㄓㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): chiă
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhia / cha / tà

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jha
    • Wade–Giles: cha¹
    • Yale: jā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ja
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhà
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhà
    • Wade–Giles: cha⁴
    • Yale: jà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jah
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: zaa¹
    • Yale: jā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: za¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰia⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhia
    • Tâi-lô: tshia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha
    • Tâi-lô: tsa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sa³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tà
    • Tâi-lô: tà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dax
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ta²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ta⁴¹/

Definitions

吒

1. Used in names of mythological characters.

Compounds

• 哪吒
• 木吒
• 金吒

Etymology 3

trad.		吒
simp. #		吒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhā (zha¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jha
    • Wade–Giles: cha¹
    • Yale: jā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ja
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: zaa¹
    • Yale: jā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: za¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː⁵⁵/

Definitions

吒

1. Used in place names.

Compounds

• 吒溪河
• 吒灘 / 吒滩
• 吒祖

Japanese

Kanji

吒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ちゃ (cha)
• Kan-on: た (ta)
• Kun: しかる (shikaru, 吒る)

Korean

Hanja

吒 • (ta, tak) (hangeul 타, 탁, revised ta, tak, McCune–Reischauer t'a, t'ak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

吒: Hán Nôm readings: tra, cha, chá, sá, xá

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