蕞

蕞 U+855E, 蕞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-855E ← 蕝 [U+855D] CJK Unified Ideographs 蕟 → [U+855F]

Translingual

Han character

蕞 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿日尸水 (TASE), four-corner 4414₇, composition ⿱艹最)

1. little, small, tiny
2. petty

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1058, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31977
• Dae Jaweon: page 1521, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3290, character 12
• Unihan data for U+855E

Chinese

trad.		蕞
simp. #		蕞
alternative forms		𦸤

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (取) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
陬	*ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *ʔslo
棷	*ʔsloː, *sʰloːʔ, *sloːʔ, *ʔsru
掫	*ʔsloː, *ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo
緅	*ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *slos
趣	*sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos
取	*sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ
鯫	*zloː, *zloːʔ, *sʰlo
棸	*rlu, *rluʔ, *ʔsru
鄹	*ʔsru, *zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ
郰	*ʔsru
齱	*ʔsru, *sʰroːɡ
菆	*ʔsru, *sʰros, *zloːn
箃	*ʔsru
黀	*ʔsru
驟	*zrus
最	*zloːds
襊	*sʰoːds, *sʰoːd
蕞	*zoːds
嘬	*sʰroːds
諏	*ʔslo
娵	*ʔslo
娶	*sʰloʔ, *sʰlos, *slo
聚	*zloʔ, *zlos
埾	*zlos
藂	*zloːŋ
叢	*zloːŋ
繓	*ʔsoːd
撮	*ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuì, jué, zhuó (zui⁴, jue², zhuo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˋ, ㄐㄩㄝˊ, ㄓㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuèi
    • Wade–Giles: tsui⁴
    • Yale: dzwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuey
    • Palladius: цзуй (czuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²
    • Yale: jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
    • Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuó
    • Wade–Giles: cho²
    • Yale: jwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwo
    • Palladius: чжо (čžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi³
    • Yale: jeui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzwajH

Rime
Character	蕞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	泰 (26)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	才外切
Baxter	dzwajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zʷɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zuɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zwajH/
Li Rong	/d͡zuɑiH/
Wang Li	/d͡zuɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zoːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕞
Reading #	1/1
No.	10647
Phonetic component	取
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	蕞
Old Chinese	/*zoːds/

Definitions

蕞

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Japanese

Kanji

蕞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. little, petty, small, tiny

Readings

• Go-on: ざい (zai)
• Kan-on: さい (sai)

As variant kanji for 蕝:

• Go-on: せち (sechi)
• Kan-on: せつ (setsu)

Compounds

• 蕞(さい)爾(じ) (saiji)

Korean

Hanja

蕞 • (che) (hangeul 체, revised che, McCune–Reischauer ch'e, Yale chey)

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