䖳

䖳 U+45B3, 䖳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-45B3 ← 䖲 [U+45B2] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䖴 → [U+45B4]

Translingual

Han character

䖳 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十竹心 (LIJHP), composition ⿰虫宅)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1082, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2852, character 6
• Unihan data for U+45B3

Chinese

trad.		䖳
simp. #		䖳

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 虫 (“insect; creature”) + phonetic 宅 (OC *r'aːɡ).

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhà (zha⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thē / thēe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tê⁷

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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)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaa³
    • Yale: ja
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: za³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thē
    • Tâi-lô: thē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: te
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰe³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thēe
    • Tâi-lô: thēe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɛ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tê⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thē
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰe¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: draeH

Rime
Character	䖳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	除駕切
Baxter	draeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖaɨH/
Li Rong	/ȡaH/
Wang Li	/ȡaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaa6

Definitions

䖳

1. (literary or dialectal) jellyfish

Compounds

• 海䖳
• 白䖳

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 䖳 – see 虴. (This character is a variant form of 虴).