裁

裁 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十戈卜竹女 (JIYHV), four-corner 4375₀, composition ⿹𢦏衣)

• 𬿢, 𭢚, 𣚸, 𦅞, 𧸄

• 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

Historical forms of the character 裁
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs) : semantic 衣 + phonetic 𢦏 (OC *ʔslɯː). However, the phonetic component has a reference to a blade and an arrow, hence to the concept of cutting (e.g., fabric).

裁

1. 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

   • 不知細葉誰裁出，二月春風似剪刀。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不知细叶谁裁出，二月春风似剪刀。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 7th–8th century, He Zhizhang, 詠柳

     Bùzhī xì yè shéi cái chū, èryuè chūnfēng sì jiǎndāo.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. 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.

3. (literary, or in compounds) to control; to rule

   獨裁／独裁  ―  dúcái  ―  authoritarian rule

4. (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)

5. (literary, or in compounds) to select and plan
6. (literary, or in compounds) form of writing

   體裁／体裁  ―  tǐcái  ―  form; style

7. Classifier for divisions of standard-size printing paper.

• (to cut down):

• (to control):

• (to judge):

• “裁”, 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–

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. cut out, judge

• Go-on: ざい (zai)
• Kan-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
• Kun: たつ (tatsu, 裁つ, Jōyō)、さばく (sabaku, 裁く, Jōyō)

• IPA^(key):

裁(たち) • (Tachi) 

1. a surname

• Halpern, New Japanese-English Character Dictionary

裁 (eumhun 마를 재 (mareul jae))

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裁: Hán Việt readings: tài
裁: Nôm readings: tài, trài

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