乍

Translingual

Han character

乍 (radical 4 丿+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸 (HS), four-corner 8021₁, composition ⿱𠂉⿰丨二)

1. first time, for the first time

References

• KangXi: page 82, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 130
• Dae Jaweon: page 165, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 35, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4E4D

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		乍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhà, zuò (zha⁴, zuo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˋ, ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa³, zaa⁶, zok³
• Min Nan (POJ): chàⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhà
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˋ
    • Wade-Giles: cha⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jah
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂa̠⁵¹/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Wade-Giles: tso⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaa³, zaa⁶, zok³
    • Yale: ja, jah, jok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa³, dzaa⁶, dzok⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑː³³/, /t͡sɑː²²/, /t͡sɔːk̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chàⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsànn
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sã¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sã²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (乍, reconstructed)
Character (乍), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 崇 (20) Final: 麻 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 鋤駕切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/d͡ʒɣaH/	/ɖ͡ʐʱaH/	/d͡ʒaH/	/ɖ͡ʐɯaH/	/ɖ͡ʐaɨH/	/d͡ʒaH/	/d͡ʒaH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (乍, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
乍								zhà								‹ dzræH ›								/*[dz]ˤrak-s/								suddenly
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
乍					16650					乍					暮					0					乍					/*zraːɡs/					曾憲通雲甲金文象以耒起土，爲耕作字初文

Definitions

1. suddenly
2. at first

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

乍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: さく (saku), さ (sa)
• Kun: たちまち (tachimachi), ながら (nagara)

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Korean

Hanja

乍 (sa)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 사 (revised: sa, McCune-Reischauer: sa, Yale: sa)

• Name (hangeul): 잠깐 (revised: jamkkan, McCune-Reischauer: chamkkan)

1. (for) a short time

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 乍

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: chạ, sạ, cha, sã

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References

• Nom Foundation