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Translingual
Han character
渣 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水木日一 (EDAM), four-corner 34116, composition ⿰氵查 or ⿰氵査)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 634, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17767
- Dae Jaweon: page 1041, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1670, character 5
- Unihan data for U+6E23
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 虘
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*zaːl, *zaː
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| 蔖
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*zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ
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| 摣
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*rnaː, *ʔsraː
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| 袓
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*ʔsjaː, *zaʔ
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| 怚
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*ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ
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| 罝
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*ʔsjaː
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| 謯
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*ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ
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| 姐
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*ʔsjaːʔ
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| 抯
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*ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː
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| 飷
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*ʔsjaːʔ
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| 且
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*sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa
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| 趄
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*sʰjaːs, *sʰa
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| 笡
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*sʰjaːs
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| 查
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*ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː
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| 柤
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*ʔsraː
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| 樝
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*ʔsraː
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| 皻
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*ʔsraː
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| 渣
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*ʔsraː
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| 楂
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*zraː
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| 苴
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*zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa
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| 駔
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*ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ
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| 租
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*ʔsaː
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| 蒩
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*ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa
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| 祖
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*ʔsaːʔ
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| 組
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*ʔsaːʔ
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| 珇
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*ʔsaːʔ
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| 靻
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*ʔsaːʔ
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| 粗
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*sʰaː, *zaːʔ
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| 徂
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*zaː
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| 殂
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*zaː
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| 麆
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*zaːʔ, *zras
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| 伹
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*zaːʔ, *sʰa
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| 蛆
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*ʔsa, *sʰa
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| 沮
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*ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra
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| 咀
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*ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ
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| 疽
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*sʰa
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| 雎
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*sʰa
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| 狙
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*sʰa, *sʰas
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| 岨
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*sʰa
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| 砠
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*sʰa
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| 坥
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*sʰa, *sʰas
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| 刞
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*sʰas
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| 覰
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*sʰas
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| 覷
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*sʰas
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| 跙
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*zaʔ
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| 筯
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*das
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| 菹
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*ʔsra
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| 葅
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*ʔsra
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| 阻
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*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
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| 俎
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*ʔsraʔ
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| 詛
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*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
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| 鉏
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*zra, *zraʔ
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| 豠
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*zra
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| 鋤
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*zra
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| 耡
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*zra, *zras
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| 齟
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*zraʔ
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| 助
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*zras
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsraː) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 查 (OC *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note:
- che/chee - vernacular;
- cha - literary.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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渣
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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10388
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Phonetic
component
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且
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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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樝
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔsraː/
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| Notes
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同溠水名又柤滓今字
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Definitions
渣
- dregs; lees; sediment
- fragment; particle; piece; scrap; crumb
蝕到連渣都冇 [Cantonese, trad.]
蚀到连渣都冇 [Cantonese, simp.]- sik6 dou3 lin4 zaa1 dou1 mou5
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Alternative form of 喳
- Used in transcription of foreign names in Cantonese.
- 渣打銀行／渣打银行 [Cantonese] ― zaa1 daa2 ngan4 hong4 ― Standard Chartered Bank
- 渣華道／渣华道 [Cantonese] ― zaa1 waa4 dou6 ― Java Road
- a surname: Zha
Synonyms
- (dregs): 渣滓 (zhāzǐ)
- (fragment): 碎末 (suìmò), 碎屑 (suìxiè)
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 渣 – see 鮓 (“of poor quality”).
(This character is a variant form of 鮓). |
References
Japanese
Kanji
渣
(Hyōgai kanji)
- dregs
Readings
Korean
Hanja
渣 (eum 사 (sa))
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Vietnamese
Han character
渣: Hán Nôm readings: tra
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