榨

See also: 搾

榨 U+69A8, 榨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-69A8 ← 榧 [U+69A7] CJK Unified Ideographs 榩 → [U+69A9]

Translingual

Han character

榨 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木十金尸 (DJCS), four-corner 4391₁, composition ⿰木窄)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 544, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15259
• Dae Jaweon: page 931, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1270, character 3
• Unihan data for U+69A8

Chinese

trad.		榨
simp. #		榨
2nd round simp.		乍
alternative forms		搾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
作	*ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡ
鲊	*ʔsraːʔ
痄	*ʔsraːʔ
厏	*ʔsraːʔ, *zraːʔ
詐	*ʔsraːɡs
咋	*ʔsraːɡs, *zraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ
笮	*ʔsraːɡs, *zaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
榨	*ʔsraːɡs
炸	*ʔr'aːɡs, *zreːb
乍	*zraːɡs
拃	*ʔsraːnʔ
酢	*sʰaːɡs, *zaːɡ
祚	*zaːɡs
胙	*zaːɡs
阼	*zaːɡs
飵	*zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
秨	*zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
迮	*ʔsaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
柞	*ʔsaːɡ, *zaːɡ
昨	*zaːɡ
怍	*zaːɡ
砟	*zaːɡ
莋	*zaːɡ
岝	*zaːɡ, *zraːɡ
鈼	*zaːɡ
筰	*zaːɡ
葃	*zaːɡ, *zreːɡ, *zaɡ
舴	*ʔr'aːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
窄	*ʔsraːɡ
蚱	*ʔsraːɡ
齚	*zraːɡ
泎	*zraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsraːɡs) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 窄 (OC *ʔsraːɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhà (zha⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chè / chèe / chà

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhà
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhà
    • Wade–Giles: cha⁴
    • Yale: jà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jah
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaa³
    • Yale: ja
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: za³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chè
    • Tâi-lô: tsè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡se⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèe
    • Tâi-lô: tsèe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɛ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chà
    • Tâi-lô: tsà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zax
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sa²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sa⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sa¹¹/

Note:

• chè/chèe - vernacular;
• chà - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: tsraeH

Rime
Character	榨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	側駕切
Baxter	tsraeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂaɨH/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃaH/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaa3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsraːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	榨
Reading #	1/1
No.	16648
Phonetic component	乍
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	詐
Old Chinese	/*ʔsraːɡs/
Notes	廣雅作笮

Definitions

榨

1. to press or extract juices; to squeeze
2. press to extract juices
3. (figurative) to exploit; to force; to oppress; to repress
4. a surname: Zha

Synonyms

• (to squeeze): (Hokkien) 𤲍 (khoe̍h)

Compounds

• 壓榨／压榨 (yāzhà)
• 榨乳器
• 榨取 (zhàqǔ)
• 榨床
• 榨汁 (zhàzhī)
• 榨汁機／榨汁机 (zhàzhījī)
• 榨油水
• 榨菜 (zhàcài)

 

Japanese

Kanji

榨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さ (sa); しゃ (sha); さい (sai); さく (saku)
• Kun: しぼりき (shiboriki)

Korean

Hanja

榨 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)

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Vietnamese

Han character

榨: Hán Nôm readings: trá

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