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U+5BB0, 宰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BB0

[U+5BAF]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5BB1]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 40, +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十卜廿十 (JYTJ), four-corner 30401, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 286, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7160
  • Dae Jaweon: page 565, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 935, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5BB0
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): (house) + (crime; sin).

In the modern form, contains instead.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • chái/cháiⁿ - literary;
  • táiⁿ - vernacular.

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More information Character, Reading # ...
More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Definitions

  1. to slaughter; to butcher
       zǎishā   to slaughter; to butcher
       zǎi le yī tóu zhū   slaughtered one pig
  2. (historical) prefect; minister
       xiànzǎi   head of a county; county magistrate
  3. to govern; to rule
       zhǔzǎi   to dominate; to rule; to dictate;
  4. (colloquial) to overcharge
       ái zǎi   to get ripped off
       zǎi   to rip off customers
  5. a surname, Zai

Synonyms

  • (to slaughter):

Compounds

  • 主宰 (zhǔzǎi)
  • 任人宰割 (rènrénzǎigē)
  • 伴食宰相
  • 元宰
  • 冢宰 (zhǒngzǎi)
  • 出宰
  • 圓宰 / 圆宰
  • 大冢宰
  • 太宰 (tàizǎi)
  • 宰予
  • 宰制 (zǎizhì)
  • 宰割 (zǎigē)
  • 宰夫
  • 宰客 (zǎikè)
  • 宰我
  • 宰殺 / 宰杀 (zǎishā)
  • 宰牲節 / 宰牲节 (Zǎishēngjié)
  • 宰相 (zǎixiàng)
  • 宰衡 (zǎihéng)
  • 宰輔 / 宰辅
  • 屠宰 (túzǎi)
  • 屠宰場 / 屠宰场 (túzǎichǎng)
  • 屠宰稅 / 屠宰税
  • 山中宰相
  • 庖宰
  • 廊廟宰 / 廊庙宰
  • 弄獐宰相
  • 彭澤宰 / 彭泽宰
  • 摸稜宰相 / 摸棱宰相
  • 敲牛宰馬 / 敲牛宰马
  • 烹宰
  • 甌宰 / 瓯宰
  • 當朝宰相 / 当朝宰相
  • 真宰
  • 縣宰 / 县宰
  • 荃宰
  • 邑宰
  • 里宰
  • 鐵血宰相 / 铁血宰相
  • 電宰廠 / 电宰厂
  • 電宰豬肉 / 电宰猪肉
  • 風流宰相 / 风流宰相

References

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Japanese

Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. superintend

Readings

Etymology 1

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
みこともち
[noun] (archaic, possibly obsolete, historical) in ancient Japan prior to the Taika Reform, a governor appointed by the emperor to carry out imperial policies in the provinces
Alternative spelling
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
おさむ
[proper noun] , , , , , , , : a male given name
Alternative spellings
, , , , , ,
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

More information Kanji in this term ...
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
つかさ2
[noun] a manager, a headman, a foreman
[noun] an official
[noun] government service
[proper noun] a surname
[proper noun] a unisex given name
Alternative spellings
, , , ,
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC tsojX). Recorded as Middle Korean ᄌᆡ〯 (cǒy) (Yale: cǒy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɛ(ː)] ~ [t͡ɕe̞(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

(eumhun 재상 (jaesang jae))

  1. hanja form? of (official (person))

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: tể

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