侘

Translingual

Han character

侘 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人十竹心 (OJHP), four-corner 2321₄, composition ⿰亻宅)

1. disappointed, forlorn

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 102, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 602
• Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 154, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4F98

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Chinese

trad.		侘
simp. #		侘

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
咤	*ʔr'aː, *ʔr'aːɡs
吒	*ʔr'aːɡs
灹	*ʔr'aːɡs
矺	*ʔr'aːɡs, *ʔl'aːb, *ʔl'aːɡ, *l̥ʰaːɡ, *ʔr'eːɡ
奼	*ʔr'aːɡs, *hr'aːʔ, *ʔl'aːɡs
侘	*hr'aː, *hr'aːɡs
詫	*hr'aːɡs
秅	*r'aː, *ʔl'aːɡs
秺	*ʔl'aːɡs
亳	*blaːɡ
托	*l̥ʰaːɡ
託	*l̥ʰaːɡ
魠	*l̥ʰaːɡ
馲	*l̥ʰaːɡ, *raːɡ, *ʔr'aːɡ
侂	*l̥ʰaːɡ
飥	*l̥ʰaːɡ
仛	*l'aːɡ
虴	*pr'aːɡ
杔	*ʔr'aːɡ
乇	*ʔr'aːɡ
宅	*r'aːɡ
厇	*ʔr'eːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chà (cha⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chà
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chà
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴
    • Yale: chà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chah
    • Palladius: ча (ča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caa³
    • Yale: cha
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː³³/

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• Middle Chinese: trhae, trhaeH

Rime
Character	侘	侘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	敕加切	丑亞切
Baxter	trhae	trhaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠa/	/ʈʰˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚa/	/ʈʰᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰa/	/ȶʰaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰaɨ/	/ʈʰaɨH/
Li Rong	/ȶʰa/	/ȶʰaH/
Wang Li	/ȶʰa/	/ȶʰaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰa/	/ȶʰaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chā	chà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caa1	caa3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hr'aː/, /*hr'aːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	侘	侘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16906	16908
Phonetic component	乇	乇
Rime group	魚	暮
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	侘	詫
Old Chinese	/*hr'aː/	/*hr'aːɡs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 侘

1. Used in 侘傺 (chàchì).
2. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 詫／诧 (chà, “to brag; to boast”).

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Japanese

Kanji

侘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ちゃ (cha)
• Kan-on: た (ta)
• Kun: ほこる (hokoru, 侘る); わびる (wabiru, 侘びる); わびしい (wabishii, 侘しい)

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Korean

Hanja

侘 (eum 차 (cha))

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Vietnamese

Han character

侘: Hán Nôm readings: sá

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