宅

Translingual

Etymology

宀 "roof" + 乇 (phonetic)

Han character

宅 (radical 40 宀+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 十竹心 (JHP), four-corner 3071₄, composition ⿱宀乇)

1. residence, dwelling, home
2. grave

References

• KangXi: page 281, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7064
• Dae Jaweon: page 551, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 913, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5B85

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		宅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhái (zhai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): the̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhái
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄞˊ
    • Wade-Giles: chai²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jair
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaak⁶
    • Yale: jaahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑːk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: the̍h
    • Tâi-lô: the̍h
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰeʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰeʔ¹²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (宅, reconstructed)
Character (宅), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 澄 (11) Final: 陌 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 瑒伯切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɖɣæk̚/	/ȡʱɐk̚/	/ȡɐk̚/	/ɖɯak̚/	/ɖaɨjk̚/	/ȡɐk̚/	/ȡak̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (宅, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
宅								zhái								‹ dræk ›								/*m-tˤ<r>ak/								residence
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
宅					16929					乇					鐸					0										/*r'aːɡ/

Adjective

宅

1. (slang) describes someone who prefers to stay at home rather than go outside; a homebody

Derived terms

• 宅男
• 宅女

Noun

宅

1. residence; house

   住宅

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Japanese

Kanji

宅

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• On: たく (taku)
• Kun: いえ (ie), すまう (sumau), やけ (yake)

Noun

宅 (hiragana たく, romaji taku)

1. home
2. husband

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Korean

Hanja

宅 (daek, taek) (hangeul 댁, 택, revised daek, taek, McCune-Reischauer taek, t'aek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

宅 (trạch)

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