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裁
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Translingual
Han character
裁 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十戈卜竹女 (JIYHV), four-corner 43750, composition ⿹𢦏衣)
Derived characters
- 𬿢, 𭢚, 𣚸, 𦅞, 𧸄
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1116, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34258
- Dae Jaweon: page 1581, character 27
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3086, character 2
- Unihan data for U+88C1
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs): semantic 衣 + phonetic 𢦏 (OC *ʔslɯː). However, the phonetic component has a reference to a blade and an arrow, hence to the concept of cutting (e.g., fabric).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): cai2
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): cai1
- Eastern Min (BUC): còi
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6ze
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cái
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cái
- Wade–Giles: tsʻai2
- Yale: tsái
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsair
- Palladius: цай (caj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: cai2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cai
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰai²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
- Jyutping: coi4
- Yale: chòih
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi4
- Guangdong Romanization: coi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: toi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰᵘɔi²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: cai2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰai²⁴/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhài
- Hakka Romanization System: caiˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: cai2
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai̯¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: cai
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: cai1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰai¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: còi
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡søy⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: dzoj, dzojH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤə/
- (Zhengzhang): /*zlɯː/, /*zlɯːs/
Definitions
裁
- to cut out; to cut into parts
- to cut down; to decrease
- (literary, or in compounds) to control; to rule
- (literary, or in compounds) to judge; to decide
- (literary, or in compounds) to select and plan
- (literary, or in compounds) form of writing
- Classifier for divisions of standard-size printing paper.
Synonyms
- (to cut down):
- 削 (literary, or in compounds)
- 削減 / 削减 (xuējiǎn)
- 壓縮 / 压缩 (yāsuō)
- 損 / 损 (sǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 撤 (chè)
- 收縮 / 收缩 (shōusuō)
- 消減 / 消减 (xiāojiǎn)
- 減低 / 减低 (jiǎndī)
- 減削 / 减削 (jiǎnxuè)
- 減少 / 减少 (jiǎnshǎo)
- 減損 / 减损 (jiǎnsǔn)
- 減縮 / 减缩 (jiǎnsuō)
- 減輕 / 减轻 (jiǎnqīng)
- 省卻 / 省却 (shěngquè)
- 砍 (kǎn)
- 緊縮 / 紧缩 (jǐnsuō)
- 縮減 / 缩减 (suōjiǎn)
- 耗
- 裁汰 (cáitài) (literary)
- 裁減 / 裁减 (cáijiǎn)
- 鐫汰 / 镌汰 (juāntài) (literary)
- 降低 (jiàngdī)
- (to control):
- 主宰 (zhǔzǎi)
- 主張 / 主张 (zhǔzhāng) (archaic)
- 克制 (kèzhì)
- 克治 (kèzhì) (literary)
- 制壓 / 制压 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 制禦 / 制御 (zhìyù) (literary)
- 制約 / 制约 (zhìyuē)
- 君 (jūn) (literary)
- 執掌 / 执掌 (zhízhǎng)
- 壓制 / 压制 (yāzhì)
- 壓抑 / 压抑 (yāyì)
- 局 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 局限 (júxiàn)
- 左右 (zuǒyòu)
- 把
- 抑制 (yìzhì)
- 把持 (bǎchí)
- 把控 (bǎkòng)
- 把攬 / 把揽 (bǎlǎn)
- 抵制 (dǐzhì)
- 拘束 (jūshù)
- 按 (àn)
- 按捺 (ànnà) (usually in the negative)
- 控 (literary, or in compounds)
- 控制 (kòngzhì)
- 掌控 (zhǎngkòng)
- 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
- 提控 (tíkòng) (literary)
- 撥弄 / 拨弄 (bōnòng)
- 撙節 / 撙节 (zǔnjié)
- 操控 (cāokòng)
- 操縱 / 操纵 (cāozòng)
- 擺佈 / 摆布 (bǎibù)
- 擺治 / 摆治 (bǎizhì) (regional)
- 支配 (zhīpèi)
- 收斂 / 收敛 (shōuliǎn)
- 束 (literary, or in compounds)
- 束縛 / 束缚 (shùfù)
- 柄 (literary, or in compounds)
- 框 (kuàng)
- 禁錮 / 禁锢 (jìngù) (figurative)
- 積壓 / 积压 (jīyā) (figurative)
- 節制 / 节制 (jiézhì)
- 節撙 / 节撙 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 管制 (guǎnzhì)
- 管束 (guǎnshù)
- 約束 / 约束 (yuēshù)
- 統御 / 统御 (tǒngyù) (literary)
- 統治 / 统治 (tǒngzhì)
- 羈束 / 羁束 (jīshù) (literary)
- 遏抑 (èyì) (literary)
- 鎮 / 镇 (zhèn)
- 限 (xiàn)
- 限乏 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 限制 (xiànzhì)
- 駕 / 驾 (jià)
- 駕馭 / 驾驭 (jiàyù) (figurative)
- (to judge):
Compounds
- 仲裁 (zhòngcái)
- 別出心裁 / 别出心裁 (biéchūxīncái)
- 別出新裁 / 别出新裁
- 別裁 / 别裁 (biécái)
- 別裁偽體 / 别裁伪体
- 制裁 (zhìcái)
- 副總裁 / 副总裁 (fùzǒngcái)
- 剪裁 (jiǎncái)
- 卓裁
- 商務仲裁 / 商务仲裁
- 國際仲裁 / 国际仲裁
- 國際裁判 / 国际裁判
- 報窮制裁 / 报穷制裁
- 心裁 (xīncái)
- 指腹裁襟
- 洋裁
- 混合裁判
- 清裁
- 獨出心裁 / 独出心裁
- 獨裁 / 独裁 (dúcái)
- 獨裁者 / 独裁者 (dúcáizhě)
- 登高賦裁 / 登高赋裁
- 稱體裁衣 / 称体裁衣 (chèntǐcáiyī)
- 終局裁判 / 终局裁判
- 經濟制裁 / 经济制裁
- 總裁 / 总裁 (zǒngcái)
- 自由裁量
- 自裁 (zìcái)
- 裁併 / 裁并 (cáibìng)
- 裁兵 (cáibīng)
- 裁刀
- 裁判 (cáipàn)
- 裁判員 / 裁判员 (cáipànyuán)
- 裁判書 / 裁判书
- 裁制 (cáizhì)
- 裁剪 (cáijiǎn)
- 裁劃 / 裁划
- 裁可
- 裁員 / 裁员 (cáiyuán)
- 裁奪 / 裁夺 (cáiduó)
- 裁定 (cáidìng)
- 裁度 (cáiduó)
- 裁成
- 裁損 / 裁损
- 裁撤 (cáichè)
- 裁斷 / 裁断 (cáiduàn)
- 裁格
- 裁決 / 裁决 (cáijué)
- 裁汰 (cáitài)
- 裁減 / 裁减 (cáijiǎn)
- 裁示 (cáishì)
- 裁答
- 裁縫 / 裁缝
- 裁縫店 / 裁缝店
- 裁縫鋪 / 裁缝铺
- 裁處 / 裁处 (cáichǔ)
- 裁衣
- 裁衣合帳 / 裁衣合帐
- 裁衣尺
- 裁製 / 裁制 (cáizhì)
- 裁詩 / 裁诗
- 裁軍 / 裁军 (cáijūn)
- 裁軍會議 / 裁军会议
- 裁量 (cáiliáng)
- 裁錦 / 裁锦
- 裁革
- 辨裁
- 量體裁衣 / 量体裁衣
- 鎔裁 / 镕裁
- 鏤月裁雲 / 镂月裁云
- 電子裁判 / 电子裁判
- 體裁 / 体裁 (tǐcái)
- 鬢若刀裁 / 鬓若刀裁
- 鴻裁 / 鸿裁
References
- “裁”, 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
裁
- cut out, judge
Readings
Compounds
Pronunciation
Proper noun
裁 • (Tachi)
- a surname
References
- Halpern, New Japanese-English Character Dictionary
Korean
Hanja
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Vietnamese
Han character
裁: Hán Việt readings: tài
裁: Nôm readings: tài, trài
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