奢

奢 U+5962, 奢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5962 ← 奡 [U+5961] CJK Unified Ideographs 奣 → [U+5963]

奢 U+2F85F, 奢 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F85F ← 夢 [U+2F85E] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𡚨 → [U+2F860]

Translingual

Han character

奢 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大十大日 (KJKA), four-corner 4060₄, composition ⿱大者)

1. extravagant, wasteful
2. exaggerate

Derived characters

• 𠍽, 𠾏, 𢄳, 㦋, 撦, 㵔, 𭧤, 𭫠, 𦠏, 𦅁, 𧤺, 譇(𰶄), 𨅓, 𨣍, 𭑥, 𩴟, 奲(𫰂), 𮑂, 𨶶

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 253, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5964
• Dae Jaweon: page 514, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 542, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5962

• Unihan data for U+2F85F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		奢
alternative forms		奓

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
觰	*rtaːʔ, *rtaː
諸	*tjaː, *tja
者	*tjaːʔ
堵	*tjaːʔ, *taːʔ
赭	*tjaːʔ
撦	*l̥ʰjaːʔ
扯	*tʰjaːʔ
闍	*djaː, *taː
奢	*hljaː
鍺	*toːlʔ
都	*taː
醏	*taː
覩	*taːʔ
睹	*taːʔ
暏	*taːʔ
賭	*taːʔ
帾	*taːʔ
楮	*taːʔ, *tʰaʔ
屠	*daː, *da
瘏	*daː
廜	*daː
鷵	*daː
緒	*ljaʔ
豬	*ta
猪	*ta
瀦	*ta
藸	*ta, *da
櫫	*ta
褚	*taʔ, *tʰaʔ
著	*taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ
箸	*tas, *das
儲	*da
躇	*da
櫧	*tja
藷	*tja, *djas
蠩	*tja
煮	*tjaʔ
渚	*tjaʔ
煑	*tjaʔ
陼	*tjaʔ
翥	*tjas
署	*djas
薯	*djas
曙	*djas
書	*hlja
暑	*hjaʔ
鐯	*taɡ
擆	*taɡ
櫡	*taɡ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shē (she¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ce¹ / se¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâ
• Eastern Min (BUC): chiă
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sia¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhia / sia

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cia¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹soe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shē
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: she
    • Wade–Giles: shê¹
    • Yale: shē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: she
    • Palladius: шэ (šɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ce¹ / se¹
    • Yale: chē / sē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse¹ / se¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé¹ / sé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/, /sɛː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: sa^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sa²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰia⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sia¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sia
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬia⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sia¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬia⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhia
    • Tâi-lô: tshia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰia³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sia
    • Tâi-lô: sia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sia³³/

Note:

• Xiamen, Quanzhou:
  • chhia - vernacular;
  • sia - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cia¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshia
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰia³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹soe
    • MiniDict: soe^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹soe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sø⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: syae

Rime
Character	奢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	式車切
Baxter	syae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕia/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕia/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕia/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕia/
Li Rong	/ɕia/
Wang Li	/ɕĭa/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯a/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	se1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.tʰA/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljaː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	奢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shē
Middle Chinese	‹ syæ ›
Old Chinese	/*s.tʰA/
English	extravagant
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	奢
Reading #	1/1
No.	16966
Phonetic component	者
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	奢
Old Chinese	/*hljaː/

Definitions

奢

1. extravagant; lavish; wasteful
2. excessive
3. (Wuhan Mandarin) to smile; to laugh

Synonyms

• (to smile):

Dialectal synonyms of 笑 (“to laugh; to smile”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		笑
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	樂, 笑
	Taiwan	笑
	Harbin	樂
	Malaysia	笑
	Singapore	笑
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	笑
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	笑
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	笑
	Xi'an	笑
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	笑
	Wuhan	笑, 奢
	Guilin	笑
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	笑
	Hefei	笑
Cantonese	Guangzhou	笑
	Hong Kong	笑
	Yangjiang	笑
	Beihai	笑
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	笑
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	笑
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	笑
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	笑
	Móng Cái	笑
Gan	Nanchang	笑
	Pingxiang	笑
Hakka	Meixian	笑
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	笑
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	笑
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	笑
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	笑
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	笑
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	笑
Huizhou	Jixi	笑
Jin	Taiyuan	笑
Northern Min	Jian'ou	笑
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	笑
Southern Min	Xiamen	笑
	Quanzhou	笑
	Zhangzhou	笑
	Manila (Hokkien)	笑
	Chaozhou	笑
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	笑
	Binyang	笑
Shehua	Fu'an	笑
	Fuding	笑
	Luoyuan	笑
	Sanming	笑
	Shunchang	笑
	Hua'an	笑
	Guixi (Zhangping)	笑
	Cangnan	笑
	Jingning (Hexi)	笑
	Lishui	笑
	Longyou	笑
	Chaozhou	笑
	Fengshun	笑
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	笑
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	笑
	Luxi (Baisha)	笑
Wu	Shanghai	笑
	Suzhou	笑
	Danyang	笑
	Hangzhou	笑
	Wenzhou	笑
Xiang	Changsha	笑
	Shuangfeng	笑

Compounds

• 奢侈 (shēchǐ)
• 奢侈品 (shēchǐpǐn)
• 奢放
• 奢望 (shēwàng)
• 奢求 (shēqiú)
• 奢泰
• 奢華 / 奢华 (shēhuá)
• 奢遮
• 奢靡
• 浮奢
• 省慾去奢 / 省欲去奢
• 禮奢寧儉 / 礼奢宁俭
• 窮奢極侈 / 穷奢极侈 (qióngshējíchǐ)
• 窮奢極欲 / 穷奢极欲 (qióngshējíyù)
• 肆奢
• 豐奢 / 丰奢
• 豪奢 (háoshē)
• 豪奢放逸
• 驕奢 / 骄奢
• 驕奢淫佚 / 骄奢淫佚 (jiāoshēyínyì)
• 驕奢淫泆 / 骄奢淫泆 (jiāoshēyínyì)
• 驕奢淫逸 / 骄奢淫逸 (jiāoshēyínyì)
• 驕奢無度 / 骄奢无度

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shá (sha²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shá
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shá
    • Wade–Giles: sha²
    • Yale: shá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shar
    • Palladius: ша (ša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä³⁵/

Definitions

奢

1. a surname

References

• “奢”, 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–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “奢”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 207.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 奢

奢

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しゃ (sha)
• Kun: おごる (ogoru, 奢る)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

奢: Hán Nôm readings: xa

1. chữ Hán form of xa (“extravagant, wasteful”)

Compounds

• 奢侈 (xa xỉ)
• 奢侈品 (xa xỉ phẩm)
• 奢華 (xa hoa)
• 驕奢 (kiêu xa)