仄

仄 U+4EC4, 仄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EC4 ← 仃 [U+4EC3] CJK Unified Ideographs 仅 → [U+4EC5]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𭜔, 㳁, 𣅦, 𠩣, 𫨎, 𩾸, 昃

References

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 仄
Small seal script s06799
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
仄	*ʔsrɯɡ
昃	*ʔsrɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsrɯɡ) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 厂 (“cliff”) + phonetic 夨 (OC *ʔsrɯɡ, “man with crooked head”) – "oblique, slanted"

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		仄
alternative forms		𠨮 𥎦 𠩩 庂 𤴩 𠨮 𥎦 𠩩 庂 𤴩 𠨻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zè, zhè (ze⁴, zhe⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˋ, ㄓㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zak¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zè
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zè
    • Wade–Giles: tsê⁴
    • Yale: dzè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeh
    • Palladius: цзэ (czɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhè
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhè
    • Wade–Giles: chê⁴
    • Yale: jè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeh
    • Palladius: чжэ (čžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zak¹
    • Yale: jāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheh
    • Tâi-lô: tseh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡seʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡seʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡seʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡seʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡seʔ³²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrik

Rime
Character	仄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	蒸 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	阻力切
Baxter	tsrik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂik̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃiək̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhe
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]rək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsrɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	仄
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zè
Middle Chinese	‹ tsrik ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]rək/
English	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	仄
Reading #	1/1
No.	16607
Phonetic component	仄
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	稄
Old Chinese	/*ʔsrɯɡ/

Definitions

仄

1. slanting; oblique
2. narrow
3. uneasy; worried
4. oblique tone

   仄聲／仄声  ―  zèshēng  ―  oblique tone

   平仄  ―  píngzè  ―  level and oblique tones; tonal patterns

5. ^† Alternative form of 側／侧 (“side”)
6. (dialectal) to raise (cause to rise)
7. (loanword, Mainland China) zepto- (SI unit prefix)

Compounds

• 仄媚
• 仄日 (zèrì)
• 仄目 (zèmù)
• 仄目而視／仄目而视
• 仄聞／仄闻
• 仄聲／仄声 (zèshēng)
• 仄行
• 仄起體／仄起体
• 仄韻／仄韵
• 偪仄
• 平仄 (píngzè)
• 搜揚仄陋／搜扬仄陋
• 明揚仄陋／明扬仄陋
• 歉仄
• 赤仄
• 逼仄 (bīzè)

 

See also

The tones (of Chinese) in Mandarin · 聲調／声调 (shēngdiào) (layout · text)
	平仄 (píngzè)		平 (píng) 平聲／平声 (píngshēng)		仄 (zè) 仄聲／仄声 (zèshēng)
	平上去入 (píngshǎngqùrù) 四聲／四声 (sìshēng)		平 (píng) 平聲／平声 (píngshēng)		上 (shǎng) 上聲／上声 (shǎngshēng)		去 (qù) 去聲／去声 (qùshēng)		入 (rù) 入聲／入声 (rùshēng)
標調方法／标调方法 (biāodiào fāngfǎ) 標調法／标调法	四角標調法／四角标调法		꜀◌		꜂◌		◌꜄		◌꜆
	[Term?]		◌〪		◌〫		◌〬		◌〭
	傍點／傍点		∅		◌〮		◌〯		∅
	四聲八調／四声八调		陰平／阴平 (yīnpíng)	陽平／阳平 (yángpíng)	陰上／阴上 (yīnshǎng)	陽上／阳上 (yángshǎng)	陰去／阴去 (yīnqù)	陽去／阳去 (yángqù)	陰入／阴入 (yīnrù)	陽入／阳入 (yángrù)
	陰／阴 (yīn)	陽／阳 (yáng)
標調方法／标调方法 (biāodiào fāngfǎ) 標調法／标调法	四角標調法／四角标调法		꜀◌	꜁◌	꜂◌	꜃◌	◌꜄	◌꜅	◌꜆	◌꜇

The tones (of Standard Mandarin) in Mandarin · 聲調／声调 (shēngdiào) (layout · text)
四聲／四声 (sìshēng)	陰平／阴平 (yīnpíng) 一聲／一声		陽平／阳平 (yángpíng) 二聲／二声 (èrshēng)		上聲／上声 (shǎngshēng) 三聲／三声 (sānshēng)		去聲／去声 (qùshēng) 四聲／四声 (sìshēng)		輕聲／轻声 (qīngshēng)

SI prefix
Last		Next
阿	介/仄	攸/幺

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		仄
alternative forms		積／积

From English cheque.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹, cek¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹, cek¹
    • Yale: jīk, chēk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷, tsek⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹, cég¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵/, /t͡sʰɛːk̚⁵/

Noun

仄

1. (Cantonese, dated) cheque
   • 1965, “賭仔自嘆”, 馬仔 (lyrics), 胡文森 (music), performed by 鄭君綿:

     劃仄又怕彈返轉頭 [Cantonese, trad.]
     划仄又怕弹返转头 [Cantonese, simp.]

     waak⁶ zik¹ jau⁶ paa³ daan⁶ faan¹ zyun³ tau⁴ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 支票 (“cheque”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		支票
Mandarin	Taiwan	支票
	Singapore	支票
Cantonese	Guangzhou	支票, 則紙
	Hong Kong	支票, cheque
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	支票
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	支票
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	支票
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	支票
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	支票
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	支票, 錢票
Southern Min	Xiamen	支票
	Quanzhou	支票
	Zhangzhou	支票
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	支票, 手形
	Tainan (Anping)	支票, 手形
	Penang (Hokkien)	cheque
	Manila (Hokkien)	cheque, 支票
Wu	Hangzhou	支票

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00077

Japanese

Kanji

仄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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

Readings

• Go-on: しき (shiki)
• Kan-on: しょく (shoku)
• Kan’yō-on: そく (soku)
• Kun: ほのか (honoka, 仄か); かたむく (katamuku, 仄く)

Compounds

• 仄白(ほのじろ)い (honojiroi)
• 仄暗(ほのぐら)い (honogurai)

Korean

Hanja

仄 (eum 측 (cheuk))

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Vietnamese

Han character

仄: Hán Nôm readings: trắc

1. (linguistics, poetry, of a tone) being neither the ngang or huyền tone

   Antonym: bằng

2. (poetry, of a rhyme) carrying a trắc tone