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
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): za⁶ / zeh⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheh / chek

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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/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: za⁶
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sa¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: za⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sa²¹/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zeh⁶
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ceh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛʔ²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zeh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛʔ²/

Note:

• za5 - vernacular;
• zeh6 = literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheh
    • Tâi-lô: tseh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡seʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡seʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek
    • Tâi-lô: tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪk̚⁵/

Note:

• cheh - vernacular;
• chek = literary.

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• Middle Chinese: tsrik

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
Baxter	tsrik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂik̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃiək̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃĭək̚/
Bernhard 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. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) 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
• 仄陋
• 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 (qiànzè)
• 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
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	支票
	Singapore	支票
Cantonese	Guangzhou	支票, 則紙
	Hong Kong	支票, cheque
	Rongxian	支票
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	支票, cheque
	Betong (Rongxian)	cheque
Hakka	Meixian	支票
	Jiexi	支票
	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
	Zhao'an	支票
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	支票, 手形
	Tainan (Anping)	支票, 手形
	Penang (Hokkien)	cheque
	Manila (Hokkien)	cheque, 支票
	Chaozhou	支票
	Bangkok (Teochew)	支票, cheque
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	銀行票, cheque
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	cheque
Wu	Hangzhou	支票

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

仄

(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