匝
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Translingual
Han character
匝 (Kangxi radical 22, 匚+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸中月 (SLB), four-corner 71712, composition ⿷匚巾)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 153, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2599
- Dae Jaweon: page 345, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 82, character 4
- Unihan data for U+531D
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
匝 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 帀 迊 | |
Glyph origin
Originally written 帀, see there for more.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap3
- Eastern Min (BUC): cák
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zah6
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: za
- Wade–Giles: tsa1
- Yale: dzā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tza
- Palladius: цза (cza)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zaap3
- Yale: jaap
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap8
- Guangdong Romanization: zab3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡saːp̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: cák
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɑʔ²⁴/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zah6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡saʔ¹/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zah6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡saʔ²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
Note:
- zab4 - Chaozhou;
- zag4 - Shantou.
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsuːb/
Definitions
匝
- (literary or dialectal) Classifier for circuits or circles.
- 月明星稀，烏鵲南飛。繞樹三匝，何枝可依？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 曹操 (Cao Cao), 《短歌行》
- Yuèmíngxīngxī, wūquè nán fēi. Rào shù sān zā, hé zhī kě yī?
- The moon is bright and the stars are few, and southward the crows flew. Circling the tree thrice, on which branch can they perch?
月明星稀，乌鹊南飞。绕树三匝，何枝可依？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (dialectal) Classifier for times, as in frequency.
- (literary) to surround; to encircle
- (literary) to spread all over; to reach (a limit); to complete a full cycle
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 次 (“time (frequency)”)
Compounds
References
- “匝”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “匝”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 297.
Japanese
Kanji
匝
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
Hanja
匝 (eum 잡 (jap))
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Vietnamese
Han character
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