𢦏

𢦏 U+2298F, 𢦏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-2298F ← 𢦎 [U+2298E] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𢦐 → [U+22990]

Translingual

Han character

𢦏 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+2, 6 strokes, composition ⿽戈十)

Derived characters

• 戴, 載(载), 裁, 截, 臷, 蛓, 哉, 㘽, 胾, 栽, 烖, 酨, 𨚵, 韯, 䳒, 䵧

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 411, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1397, character 7
• Unihan data for U+2298F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		𢦏
alternative forms		𢦒 𢦔

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 𢦏
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
𢦏	*ʔslɯː
栽	*ʔslɯː, *zlɯːs
哉	*ʔslɯː
烖	*ʔslɯː
載	*ʔslɯːʔ, *ʔslɯːs, *zlɯːs
渽	*ʔsɯː
睵	*ʔsɯː, *sʰɯː
溨	*zɯː
裁	*zlɯː, *zlɯːs
酨	*l'ɯːs, *zlɯːs
蛓	*sʰles, *sʰɯs
胾	*ʔsrɯs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔslɯː) : semantic 戈 + phonetic 才 (OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs). The original version is 𢦔. The 才 component here could represent the tip of an arrow pointing down (similar to 至) if not a sharp peg.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zāi (zai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zai
    • Wade–Giles: tsai¹
    • Yale: dzāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzai
    • Palladius: цзай (czaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ˤə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslɯː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	𢦏
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zāi
Middle Chinese	‹ tsoj ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ˁə/
English	hurt, damage (v.)
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	𢦏
Reading #	1/1
No.	16488
Phonetic component	
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	烖
Old Chinese	/*ʔslɯː/
Notes	說文從戈才聲

Definitions

𢦏

1. (obsolete) to hurt; to wound