宰
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See also: 幸
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Translingual
Han character
宰 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十卜廿十 (JYTJ), four-corner 30401, composition ⿱宀辛)
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
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
宰 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 𡨧 𡨔 𠈾 𡪤 | |
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 宀 (“house”) + 䇂.
In the modern form, contains 辛 instead.
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zai3
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chái
- Jin (Wiktionary): zai2
- Eastern Min (BUC): cāi
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zǎi
- Wade–Giles: tsai3
- Yale: dzǎi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzae
- Palladius: цзай (czaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: zai3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zaai
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sai⁵³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zoi2
- Yale: jói
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi2
- Guangdong Romanization: zoi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɔːi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chái
- Hakka Romanization System: zaiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: zai3
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sai̯³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: zai2
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sai⁵³/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: cāi
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sai³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- chái/cháiⁿ - literary;
- táiⁿ - vernacular.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: zai2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsái
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sai⁵²/
- Middle Chinese: tsojX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ˤəʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯːʔ/
Definitions
宰
- to slaughter; to butcher
- (historical) prefect; minister
- to govern; to rule
- 主宰 ― zhǔzǎi ― to dominate; to rule; to dictate;
- (colloquial) to overcharge
- 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
- “宰”, 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–
Japanese
Kanji
宰
Readings
- Go-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
- Kun: つかさどる (tsukasadoru, 宰る)、つかさ (tsukasa, 宰)、みこともち (mikotomochi, 宰)
- Nanori: おさむ (osamu, 宰)
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 宰 |
| みこともち Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 宰 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 宰, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 宰 |
| おさむ Grade: S |
| nanori |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 宰 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 宰, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 宰 (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): ~
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Hanja
Compounds
References
Vietnamese
Han character
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