砑

砑 U+7811, 砑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7811 ← 砐 [U+7810] CJK Unified Ideographs 砒 → [U+7812]

Translingual

Han character

砑 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一口一女竹 (MRMVH), four-corner 1164₀, composition ⿰石牙)

1. to grind, to polish
2. to roll with a stone roller

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 828, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24067
• Dae Jaweon: page 1242, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2419, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7811

Chinese

trad.		砑
simp. #		砑

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
邪	*ljaː, *laː
衺	*ljaː
牙	*ŋraː
芽	*ŋraː
齖	*ŋraː, *ŋraːs
呀	*ŋraː, *hŋraː
枒	*ŋraː, *ŋraːs
雅	*ŋraːʔ
厊	*ŋraːʔ
庌	*ŋraːʔ
訝	*ŋraːs
迓	*ŋraːs
砑	*ŋraːs
犽	*ŋraːs
疨	*hŋraː
岈	*hŋraː
谺	*hŋraː
颬	*hŋraː
鴉	*qraː
釾	*laː

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yà (ya⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gā
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹nga

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yà
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yà
    • Wade–Giles: ya⁴
    • Yale: yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yah
    • Palladius: я (ja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁶
    • Yale: ngah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gā
    • Tâi-lô: gā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ga
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡa²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡa⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹nga
    • MiniDict: 'nga^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹'nga
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋa⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngaeH

Rime
Character	砑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	吾駕切
Baxter	ngaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaɨH/
Li Rong	/ŋaH/
Wang Li	/ŋaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngaa6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋraːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	砑
Reading #	1/1
No.	14187
Phonetic component	牙
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	迓
Old Chinese	/*ŋraːs/

Definitions

砑

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Japanese

Kanji

砑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. grind, calender, polish

Readings

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: が (ga)
• Kun: する (suru, 砑る)

Compounds

• 砑螺(ツメタ)貝(ガイ) (tsumetagai)

Korean

Hanja

砑 • (a) (hangeul 아)

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