汊

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汊 U+6C4A, 汊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C4A
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Translingual

Han character

汊 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水水戈 (EEI), four-corner 37140, composition ⿰氵叉)

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 604, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17115
  • Dae Jaweon: page 998, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1556, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6C4A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 汊
2nd round simp. 叉
alternative forms 㲼
⿰氵义

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (叉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
叉 *sʰraːl, *sʰreːl
杈 *sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːls
靫 *sʰraːl, *sʰreːl
汊 *sʰraːls
衩 *sʰraːls, *sʰreːls
扠 *hr'eːl
釵 *sʰreːl
芆 *sʰreːl
訍 *sʰreːls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰraːls) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 叉 (OC *sʰraːl, *sʰreːl, “to intersect”)

Pronunciation

Note:
  • 2tsho - vernacular;
  • 2tsha - literary.
    Rime
    Character 汊
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 初 (19)
    Final (韻) 麻 (98)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 楚嫁切
    Baxter tsrhaeH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/t͡ʃʰˠaH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚaH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/t͡ʃʰaH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨH/
    Li
    Rong         		/t͡ʃʰaH/
    Wang
    Li         		/t͡ʃʰaH/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/ʈ͡ʂʰaH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		chà
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		caa3
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 汊
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 1178
    Phonetic
    component         		叉
    Rime
    group         		歌
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese         		/*sʰraːls/

    Definitions

    汊

    1. a branching stream

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    汊

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    1. branching stream

    Readings

    • Go-on: しゃ (sha)
    • Kan-on: さ (sa)

    Korean

    Etymology

    From Middle Chinese 汊 (MC tsrhaeH). Recorded as Middle Korean 차 (cha) (Yale: cha) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

    Hanja

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    汊 (eumhun 물 갈래지을 차 (mul gallaejieul cha))

    1. hanja form? of 차 (“branching of water”)

    References

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    汊: Hán Việt readings: xá (楚(sở)嫁(giá)切(thiết))[1]
    汊: Nôm readings: xòa/xoà[1][2]

    1. chữ Hán form of xá (“a branching stream”).
    2. Nôm form of xòa/xoà (“to spread out”).

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Trần (2004).
    2. ^ Génibrel (1898).
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