裁

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 衣 + phonetic 𢦏

Han character

裁 (radical 145 衣+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十戈卜竹女 (JIYHV), four-corner 4375₀)

1. cut out
2. decrease

References

• KangXi: page 1116, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34258
• Dae Jaweon: page 1581, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3086, character 2
• Unihan data for U+88C1

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Cantonese

Hanzi

裁 (Yale choi4)

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Japanese

Kanji

裁 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: さい (sai)
• Kun: たつ (tatsu), さばく (sabaku)

Compounds

裁判 (さいばん, saiban) 裁判所 (さいばんしょ, saibansho) 制裁 (せいさい, seisai) 裁断 (さいだん, saidan) 裁決 (さいけつ, saiketsu) 最高裁 (さいこうさい, saikōsai) 裁量 (さいりょう, sairyō)

天裁 (てんさい, tensai) 簡裁 (かんさい, kansai) 高裁 (こうさい, kousai) 家裁 (かさい, kasai) 地裁 (ちさい, chisai) 裁縫 (さいほう, saihō) 裁定 (さいてい, saitei)

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Korean

Hanja

裁 (hangeul 재, revised jae, McCune-Reischauer chae, Yale cay)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

裁 (pinyin cái (cai2), Wade-Giles ts'ai²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

裁 (tài, trài)