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Translingual
Han character
裁 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十戈卜竹女 (JIYHV), four-corner 43750, composition ⿹𢦏衣)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1116, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34258
- Dae Jaweon: page 1581, character 27
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3086, character 2
- Unihan data for U+88C1
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 𢦏
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*ʔslɯː
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| 栽
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*ʔslɯː, *zlɯːs
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| 哉
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*ʔslɯː
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| 烖
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*ʔslɯː
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| 載
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*ʔslɯːʔ, *ʔslɯːs, *zlɯːs
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| 渽
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*ʔsɯː
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| 睵
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*ʔsɯː, *sʰɯː
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| 溨
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*zɯː
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| 裁
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*zlɯː, *zlɯːs
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| 酨
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*l'ɯːs, *zlɯːs
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| 蛓
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*sʰles, *sʰɯs
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| 胾
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*ʔsrɯs
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs) : semantic 衣 + phonetic 𢦏 (OC *ʔslɯː).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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裁
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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cái
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dzoj ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁə/
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| English
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cut out clothes
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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裁
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裁
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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16498
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16500
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Phonetic
component
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Rime
group
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之
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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裁
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載
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Old
Chinese
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/*zlɯː/
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/*zlɯːs/
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Definitions
裁
- to cut out; to cut into parts
- 裁縫／裁缝 ― cáiféng ― to tailor ("to cut and sew")
- 裁衣服 ― cái yīfú ― to cut out a garment
- to cut down; to decrease
- 裁軍／裁军 ― cáijūn ― disarmament
- 裁員／裁员 ― cáiyuán ― to lay off staff
- 我被公司裁了。 ― Wǒ bèi gōngsī cái le. ― I got laid off by my company.
- (literary, or in compounds) to control; to rule
- 獨裁／独裁 ― dúcái ― authoritarian rule
- (literary, or in compounds) to judge; to decide
- 裁決／裁决 ― cáijué ― to decide (especially by legal verdict)
- 仲裁 ― zhòngcái ― to arbitrate
- 自裁 ― zìcái ― to make one's own decision (especially of suicide)
- (literary, or in compounds) to select and plan
- (literary, or in compounds) form of writing
- 體裁／体裁 ― tǐcái ― form; style
- Classifier for divisions of standard-size printing paper.
Synonyms
- 削 (literary, or in compounds)
- 削減／削减 (xuējiǎn)
- 壓縮／压缩 (yāsuō)
- 損／损 (sǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 撤 (chè)
- 收縮／收缩 (shōusuō)
- 消減／消减 (xiāojiǎn)
- 減低／减低 (jiǎndī)
- 減少／减少 (jiǎnshǎo)
- 減損／减损 (jiǎnsǔn)
- 減輕／减轻 (jiǎnqīng)
- 省卻／省却 (shěngquè)
- 砍 (kǎn)
- 緊縮／紧缩 (jǐnsuō)
- 縮減／缩减 (suōjiǎn)
- 耗
- 裁汰 (cáitài) (literary)
- 裁減／裁减 (cáijiǎn)
- 鐫汰／镌汰 (juāntài) (literary)
- 降低 (jiàngdī)
- 主宰 (zhǔzǎi)
- 主張／主张 (zhǔzhāng) (archaic)
- 克制 (kèzhì)
- 克治 (kèzhì) (literary)
- 制約／制约 (zhìyuē)
- 君 (jūn) (literary)
- 執掌／执掌 (zhízhǎng)
- 壓制／压制 (yāzhì)
- 局 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 局限 (júxiàn)
- 左右 (zuǒyòu)
- 把
- 抑制 (yìzhì)
- 把持 (bǎchí)
- 把控 (bǎkòng)
- 把攬／把揽 (bǎlǎn)
- 抵制 (dǐzhì)
- 拘束 (jūshù)
- 按 (àn)
- 按捺 (ànnà) (usually in the negative)
- 控 (literary, or in compounds)
- 控制 (kòngzhì)
- 掌控 (zhǎngkòng)
- 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
- 提控 (tíkòng) (literary)
- 撥弄／拨弄 (bōnòng)
- 撙節／撙节 (zǔnjié)
- 操控 (cāokòng)
- 操縱／操纵 (cāozòng)
- 擺佈／摆布 (bǎibù)
- 擺治／摆治 (bǎizhì) (regional)
- 支配 (zhīpèi)
- 收斂／收敛 (shōuliǎn)
- 束 (literary, or in compounds)
- 束縛／束缚 (shùfù)
- 柄 (literary, or in compounds)
- 框 (kuàng)
- 禁錮／禁锢 (jìngù) (figurative)
- 積壓／积压 (jīyā) (figurative)
- 節制／节制 (jiézhì)
- 管制 (guǎnzhì)
- 管束 (guǎnshù)
- 約束／约束 (yuēshù)
- 統御／统御 (tǒngyù) (literary)
- 統治／统治 (tǒngzhì)
- 羈束／羁束 (jīshù) (literary)
- 遏抑 (èyì) (literary)
- 鎮／镇 (zhèn)
- 限 (xiàn)
- 限乏 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 限制 (xiànzhì)
- 駕／驾 (jià)
- 駕馭／驾驭 (jiàyù) (figurative)
- 下結論／下结论 (xià jiélùn)
- 判定 (pàndìng)
- 判斷／判断 (pànduàn)
- 判決／判决 (pànjué)
- 斬截／斩截 (Min Nan)
- 斷定／断定 (duàndìng)
- 裁奪／裁夺 (cáiduó)
- 裁斷／裁断 (cáiduàn)
- 裁酌 (cáizhuó) (formal)
- 評／评 (píng) (literary, or in compounds)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
裁
(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- cut out, judge
Readings
Compounds
References
- Halpern, New Japanese-English Character Dictionary
Korean
Hanja
裁 • (jae) (hangeul 재, revised jae, McCune–Reischauer chae, Yale cay)
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Vietnamese
Han character
裁: Hán Nôm readings: tài, trài
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