挫

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挫 U+632B, 挫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-632B
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Translingual

Han character

挫 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手人人土 (QOOG), four-corner 58014, composition ⿰扌坐)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 431, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12087
  • Dae Jaweon: page 780, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1885, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+632B

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 挫

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (坐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
脞 *sʰal, *sʰoːlʔ
侳 *ʔsal, *ʔsoːls
挫 *ʔsoːls
夎 *ʔsoːls
遳 *sʰloːl
銼 *sʰoːls, *zoːl, *zoːɡ
剉 *sʰoːls
莝 *sʰoːls
趖 *soːl
矬 *zoːl
痤 *zoːl
睉 *zoːl
坐 *zoːlʔ, *zoːls
座 *zoːls
髽 *ʔsroːl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsoːls): semantic 扌 + phonetic 坐 (OC *zoːlʔ, *zoːls).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 挫
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 則卧切
Baxter tswaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡suɑH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡suɑH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡suɑH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡swaH/
Li
Rong 		/t͡suɑH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡suɑH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡suɑH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zuò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zo3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 挫
Reading # 1/1
No. 18051
Phonetic
component 		坐
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsoːls/

Definitions

挫

  1. to break (something); to crush; to smash; to push down
  2. to bend; to flex
  3. to dampen; to strike; to attack; to defeat; to frustrate; to deflate; to obstruct; to oppress
  4. setback; frustration; obstruction

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

挫

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. crush, break, sprain, discourage

Readings

  • Go-on: さ (sa)
  • Kan-on: さ (sa)
  • Kan’yō-on: ざ (za, Jōyō)
  • Kun: くじく (kujiku, 挫く)、くじける (kujikeru, 挫ける)

Korean

Hanja

挫 (eumhun 꺾을 좌 (kkeokkeul jwa))

  1. hanja form? of 좌 (“to bend; to flex”)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

挫: Hán Nôm readings: dọa/doạ, dóa/doá, tỏa/toả, thọa/thoạ, thúa, thòa/thoà, thụa, sọa/soạ, sùa

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