仄

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

Translingual

Han character

仄 (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: 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

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Chinese

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

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zè (ze⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zak¹
• Min Nan (POJ): cheh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zè
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˋ
    • Wade–Giles: tsê4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zak¹
    • Yale: jāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (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: /t͡ʃɨk̚/

Rime
Character	仄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	阻力切
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 (cè, “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

See also

The tones (of Chinese) in Chinese · 聲調 (layout · text)
	平仄		平 平聲		仄 仄聲
	平上去入 四聲 古四聲		平 平聲		上 上聲		去 去聲		入 入聲
標調方法 標調法	四角標調法		꜀◌		꜂◌		◌꜄		◌꜆
	[Term?]		◌〪		◌〫		◌〬		◌〭
	[Term?]		∅		◌〮		◌〯		∅
			∅		-X		-H		-p -t -k (-ʔ)
	四聲八調		陰平	陽平	陰上	陽上	陰去	陽去	陰入	陽入
	陰	陽
標調方法 標調法	四角標調法		꜀◌	꜁◌	꜂◌	꜃◌	◌꜄	◌꜅	◌꜆	◌꜇

SI prefix
Last		Next
阿	介/仄	攸/幺

References

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

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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)

References

JIS: 503C Kuten: 4828 Shift JIS: 98BA EUC-JP: D0BC Frequency: not ranked Nelson: 815

New Nelson: 107 Halpern: 2946 Halpern Learners: not listed Heisig: 2153 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 2p2.1

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

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Korean

Hanja

仄 (eum 측 (cheuk))

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Vietnamese

Han character

仄: Hán Nôm readings: trắc

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