仄

See also: 지

Translingual

Han character

仄 (radical 9 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一人 (MO), four-corner 7128₀, composition ⿸厂人)

1. slanting, oblique
2. oblique tones (仄声)

References

• KangXi: page 91, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 352
• Dae Jaweon: page 193, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 103, character 7
• Unihan data for U+4EC4

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		仄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zè (ze⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zè
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˋ
    • Wade-Giles: tsê⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zak¹
    • Yale: jāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzak⁷
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐk̚⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (仄, reconstructed)
Character (仄), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 莊 (18) Final: 職 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 阻力切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡ʃɨk̚/	/ʈ͡ʂi̯ək̚/	/t͡ʃiək̚/	/ʈ͡ʂɨk̚/	/ʈ͡ʂik̚/	/t͡ʃĭək̚/	/t͡ʃiek̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (仄, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
仄								zè								‹ tsrik ›								/*[ts]rək/								slanting, oblique
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
仄					16607					仄					職					0					稄					/*ʔsrɯɡ/

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Japanese

shinjitai	仄
simplified	仄
traditional	庂

Kanji

仄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. be seen dimly
2. suggest, intimate, hint
3. faint
4. stupid

Readings

• On: そく (soku), しょく (shoku), しき (shiki)
• Kun: かたむく (katamuku), ほのか (honoka)

Compounds

• 仄白い

References

JIS: 503C Kuten: 4828 Shift JIS: 98BA EUC-JP: D0BC Frequency: not ranked Nelson: 815

New Nelson: 107 Halpern: 2946 Halpern Learners: not listed Heisig: 2153 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 2p2.1

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

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Korean

Hanja

仄 (cheuk) (hangeul 측, revised cheuk, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŭk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

仄 (trắc)

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