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 (Jyutping coi4, Yale choi4)

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Japanese

Kanji

裁

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. cut out, judge

Readings

• Goon: ざい (zai)
• Kan’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)

References

• Halpern, New Japanese-English Character Dictionary

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Korean

Hanja

裁 (jae) (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)

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