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Translingual
Han character
察 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十月人火 (JBOF), four-corner 30901, composition ⿱宀祭)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 290, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7283
- Dae Jaweon: page 574, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 948, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5BDF
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 蔡
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*sʰlaːds
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| 瘵
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*ʔsreːds
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| 祭
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*ʔsreːds, *ʔsleds
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| 際
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*ʔsleds
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| 穄
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*ʔsleds
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| 鰶
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*ʔsleds
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| 傺
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*hr'eds
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| 摖
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*sʰleːds
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| 擦
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*sʰlaːd
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| 攃
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*sʰlaːd, *saːd
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| 礤
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*sʰlaːd
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| 察
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*sʰreːd
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| 詧
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*sʰreːd, *sʰeːd
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰreːd) : semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 祭 (OC *ʔsreːds, *ʔsleds) – study carefully at home.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): chá (cha2)
- (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ca2
- (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): cǎ
- (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): chåq
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ца (ca, I)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): caat3
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): cat2
- Gan (Wiktionary): cat6
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): chhat
- (Meixian, Guangdong): cad5
- Jin (Wiktionary): cah4
- Northern Min (KCR): chuŏi
- Eastern Min (BUC): chák
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): chhat / sat
- (Teochew, Peng'im): cag4
- (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): cag4
- Wu (Wugniu)
- Xiang
- (Changsha, Wiktionary): ca6
- (Loudi, Wiktionary): ca2
- (Hengyang, Wiktionary): ca6
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan
- Hakka
- Jin
- Northern Min
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Tongxiang, Haining, Haiyan, Hangzhou, Ningbo)
- (Northern: Chongming, Suzhou, Shaoxing)
- (Jinhua)
- Xiang
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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察
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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chá
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsrhɛt ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁret/
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| English
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examine
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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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察
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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5849
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Phonetic
component
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祭
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Rime
group
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月
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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𪙻
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Old
Chinese
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/*sʰreːd/
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Definitions
察
- to examine; to investigate; to notice
- Short for 察哈爾／察哈尔 (Cháhā'ěr).
- 晉察冀邊區／晋察冀边区 ― Jìn Chá Jì Biānqū ― Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
察
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
- guess
Readings
Korean
Hanja
察 • (chal) (hangeul 찰, revised chal, McCune–Reischauer ch'al)
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Vietnamese
Han character
察: Hán Nôm readings: sát, xét
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