榨

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See also: 搾
榨 U+69A8, 榨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-69A8
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Translingual

Han character

榨 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木十金尸 (DJCS), four-corner 43911, composition ⿰木窄)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 544, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15259
  • Dae Jaweon: page 931, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1270, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+69A8

Chinese

trad. 榨
simp. # 榨
2nd round simp. 乍
alternative forms 搾

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (乍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
作 *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡ
鲊 *ʔsraːʔ
痄 *ʔsraːʔ
厏 *ʔsraːʔ, *zraːʔ
詐 *ʔsraːɡs
咋 *ʔsraːɡs, *zraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ
笮 *ʔsraːɡs, *zaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
榨 *ʔsraːɡs
炸 *ʔr'aːɡs, *zreːb
乍 *zraːɡs
拃 *ʔsraːnʔ
酢 *sʰaːɡs, *zaːɡ
祚 *zaːɡs
胙 *zaːɡs
阼 *zaːɡs
飵 *zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
秨 *zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
迮 *ʔsaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
柞 *ʔsaːɡ, *zaːɡ
昨 *zaːɡ
怍 *zaːɡ
砟 *zaːɡ
莋 *zaːɡ
岝 *zaːɡ, *zraːɡ
鈼 *zaːɡ
筰 *zaːɡ
葃 *zaːɡ, *zreːɡ, *zaɡ
舴 *ʔr'aːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
窄 *ʔsraːɡ
蚱 *ʔsraːɡ
齚 *zraːɡ
泎 *zraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsraːɡs) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 窄 (OC *ʔsraːɡ).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • chè/chèe - vernacular;
  • chà - literary.
    Rime
    Character 榨
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 莊 (18)
    Final (韻) 麻 (98)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 側駕切
    Baxter tsraeH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/t͡ʃˠaH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ʈ͡ʂᵚaH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/t͡ʃaH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ʈ͡ʂaɨH/
    Li
    Rong         		/t͡ʃaH/
    Wang
    Li         		/t͡ʃaH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ʈ͡ʂaH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		zhà
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		zaa3
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 榨
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 16648
    Phonetic
    component         		乍
    Rime
    group         		暮
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		詐
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ʔsraːɡs/
    Notes 廣雅作笮

    Definitions

    榨

    1. to press or extract juices; to squeeze
    2. press to extract juices
    3. (figurative) to exploit; to force; to oppress; to repress
    4. a surname: Zha

    Synonyms

    • (to squeeze): (Hokkien) 𤲍 (khoe̍h)

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    榨

    (Hyōgai kanji)

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    Readings

    • On (unclassified): さ (sa)、しゃ (sha)、さい (sai)、さく (saku)
    • Kun: しぼりき (shiboriki)

    Korean

    Hanja

    榨 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    榨: Hán Nôm readings: trá

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