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Translingual
Han character
赭 (Kangxi radical 155, 赤+8 in Chinese and Japanese, 赤+9 in Korean, 15 strokes in Chinese and Japanese, 16 strokes in Korean, cangjie input 土金十大日 (GCJKA), four-corner 44360, composition ⿰赤者)
- reddish brown
- hematite
- ochre
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1214, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37017
- Dae Jaweon: page 1682, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3508, character 9
- Unihan data for U+8D6D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 觰
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*rtaːʔ, *rtaː
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| 諸
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*tjaː, *tja
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| 者
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*tjaːʔ
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| 堵
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*tjaːʔ, *taːʔ
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| 赭
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*tjaːʔ
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| 撦
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*l̥ʰjaːʔ
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| 扯
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*tʰjaːʔ
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| 闍
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*djaː, *taː
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| 奢
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*hljaː
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| 鍺
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*toːlʔ
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| 都
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*taː
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| 醏
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*taː
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| 覩
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*taːʔ
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| 睹
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*taːʔ
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| 暏
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*taːʔ
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| 賭
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*taːʔ
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| 帾
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*taːʔ
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| 楮
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*taːʔ, *tʰaʔ
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| 屠
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*daː, *da
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| 瘏
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*daː
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| 廜
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*daː
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| 鷵
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*daː
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| 緒
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*ljaʔ
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| 豬
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*ta
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| 猪
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*ta
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| 瀦
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*ta
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| 藸
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*ta, *da
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| 櫫
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*ta
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| 褚
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*taʔ, *tʰaʔ
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| 著
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*taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ
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| 箸
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*tas, *das
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| 儲
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*da
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| 躇
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*da
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| 櫧
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*tja
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| 藷
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*tja, *djas
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| 蠩
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*tja
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| 煮
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*tjaʔ
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| 渚
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*tjaʔ
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| 煑
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*tjaʔ
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| 陼
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*tjaʔ
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| 翥
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*tjas
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| 署
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*djas
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| 薯
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*djas
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| 曙
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*djas
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| 書
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*hlja
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| 暑
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*hjaʔ
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| 鐯
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*taɡ
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| 擆
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*taɡ
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| 櫡
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*taɡ
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Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t(j)a-n ⪤ *tsa-n (“red”) (STEDT); cognate with Burmese တာ (ta, “red”) (as in Burmese နီတာရဲ (nitarai:, “of loud red color”)) and Burmese တျာတျာ (tya-tya, “scarlet”). According to Schuessler (2007), 朱 (OC *tjo) may be related.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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赭
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zhě
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsyaeX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*tAʔ/
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| English
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red earth; red pigment
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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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赭
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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16962
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Phonetic
component
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者
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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者
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Old
Chinese
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/*tjaːʔ/
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Definitions
赭
- † red soil
- † ochre dye
- reddish brown; burnt ochre
- † to dye red
- † bare
- † Short for 赭衣 (zhěyī, “red clothing worn by convicts”).
- † to punish
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
赭
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
赭 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)
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Vietnamese
Glyph origin (Nom)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjaːʔ) : semantic 赤 (xích, “red”) + phonetic 覩 (đổ).
Han character
赭: Hán Việt readings: giả[1][2][3][4][5][6]
赭: Nôm readings: đỏ[1][2][3]
- chữ Hán form of giả (“red soil, ochre, reddish brown”).
- Nôm form of đỏ (“red”).
References