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Translingual
Han character
雜 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 卜木人土 (YDOG), four-corner 00914, composition ⿰𰗣隹)
Descendants
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1368, character 40
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42122
- Dae Jaweon: page 1874, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4106, character 1
- Unihan data for U+96DC
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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雜
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*zuːb
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磼
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*zuːb
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囃
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*sʰoːb
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鏶
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*zob, *zub
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穕
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*zob
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潗
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*ʔsub
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集
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*zub
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *zuːb) : semantic 衣 + phonetic 集 (OC *zub) with an original reference to a combination of various colours put together, perhaps linked to dyed clothes. A more comprehensible variant is 襍.
Etymology
Cognate with 集 (OC *zub, “to gather; to collect”) (Schuessler, 2007). Note similarities to Burmese သုပ် (sup, “to mix ingredients”).
Pronunciation
Note:
- 8dzaq (Ningbonese) — Literary;
- 8dzaeq (Chongmingnese) — Literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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雜
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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zá
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Middle Chinese
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‹ dzop ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁp/
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English
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mixed
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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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雜
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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5748
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Phonetic component
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集
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Rime group
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緝
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Rime subdivision
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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雜
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Old Chinese
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/*zuːb/
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Definitions
雜
- miscellaneous; mixed
- 雜貨/杂货 ― záhuò ― miscellaneous goods
這裡賣的東西很雜。 [MSC, trad.]
这里卖的东西很杂。 [MSC, simp.]- Zhèlǐ mài de dōngxi hěn zá.
- They sell all sorts of stuff here.
- extra; irregular
- 雜項/杂项 ― záxiàng ― miscellaneous items (apart from the main item)
- 雜牌軍/杂牌军 ― zápáijūn ― ragtag troops; miscellaneous troops
- (Cantonese, of a place) having all kinds of people, especially bad people (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
呢幾條街夜晚好雜。 [Cantonese, trad.]
呢几条街夜晚好杂。 [Cantonese, simp.]- ni1 gei2 tiu4 gaai1 je6 maan5 hou2 zaap6.
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- (Cantonese) entrails for food
- 牛雜/牛杂 [Cantonese] ― ngau4 zaap6 ― beef entrails
- to mix
Synonyms
Compounds
References
- “雜”, 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), “杂”, 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
雜
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 雑)
- mixed
- blended
- mix
- mingle
Readings
Korean
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
雜 (eumhun 섞일 잡 (seokkil jap))
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Vietnamese
Han character
雜: Hán Nôm readings: tạp, xạp, tọp
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