匝

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匝 U+531D, 匝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-531D
← 匜
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 匞 →

Translingual

Han character

匝 (Kangxi radical 22, 匚+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸中月 (SLB), four-corner 71712, composition ⿷匚巾)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 153, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2599
  • Dae Jaweon: page 345, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 82, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+531D

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 匝
alternative forms 帀
迊

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (帀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
帀 *ʔsuːb
沞 *ʔsuːb
魳 *ʔsuːb
迊 *ʔsuːb
匝 *ʔsuːb
咂 *ʔsuːb
韴 *zuːb
砸 *zaːd

Originally written 帀, see there for more.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • zab4 - Chaozhou;
  • zag4 - Shantou.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 匝
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 16480
    Phonetic
    component         		帀
    Rime
    group         		緝
    Rime
    subdivision         		3
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ʔsuːb/
    Notes 帀通行體見六韜，
    廣韻集韻左下原作之

    Definitions

    匝

    1. (literary or dialectal) Classifier for circuits or circles.
    2. (dialectal) Classifier for times, as in frequency.
      雨逿一匝復逿一匝 [Eastern Min, trad.]
      雨𰺲一匝复𰺲一匝 [Eastern Min, simp.]
      From: 2002, 李榮 (Li Rong), chief editor, 《現代漢語方言大詞典》 , Nanjing: Jiangsu Education Publishing House, →ISBN, page 890
      huô dâung siŏh-cák bô-*dâung siŏh-cák / [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
      It rains again and again
    3. (literary) to surround; to encircle
    4. (literary) to spread all over; to reach (a limit); to complete a full cycle
      匝地  ―  zādì  ―  to be all over the ground
      匝月  ―  zāyuè  ―  to reach one month

    Synonyms

    Dialectal synonyms of 次 (“time (frequency)”)
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 度
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 次, 回, 遍
    Mandarin Taiwan 次
    Malaysia 次
    Singapore 次
    Cantonese Guangzhou 次
    Hong Kong 次
    Macau 次
    Rongxian 次
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 次, 擺
    Ipoh (Guangfu) 次, 擺
    Singapore (Guangfu) 次, 擺
    Bangkok (Guangfu) 次
    Betong (Rongxian) 擺
    Hakka Meixian 擺
    Wuhua (Huacheng) 擺
    Heyuan (Bendihua) 次
    Liannan 次
    Jiexi 輪
    Changting 回
    Wuping 下, 到
    Ninghua 回
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 擺, 到
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 擺, 到
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 擺, 到
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 擺, 到
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 擺, 到
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 擺, 回
    Hong Kong 次
    Senai (Huiyang) 擺
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 匝
    Southern Min Xiamen 擺, 斗
    Xiamen (Tong'an) 擺
    Quanzhou 擺, 斗
    Anxi 擺
    Zhangzhou 擺, 斗
    Zhao'an 次, 擺
    Tainan 擺, 改, 斗
    Penang (Hokkien) 斗
    Singapore (Hokkien) 擺
    Manila (Hokkien) 擺
    Chaozhou 匝, 過
    Jieyang 匝, 過, 擺
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 次, 匝
    Singapore (Teochew) 擺, 匝
    Wenchang 下, 次
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 遍
    Wu Shanghai 次, 埭, 趟, 頓, 遍, 場, 轉, 下
    Shanghai (Chongming) 趟, 頓, 場
    Suzhou 趟, 頓, 場
    Danyang 頓, 場
    Hangzhou 埭, 趟, 頓, 通
    Ningbo 回, 埭, 卯, 遭 dated, 記

    Compounds

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji

    匝

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. to go around
    2. Classifier for circuits or circles

    Readings

    Compounds

    Korean

    Etymology

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

    Pronunciation

    Hanja

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    匝 (eum 잡 (jap))

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    匝: Hán Nôm readings: táp

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