劄

See also: 札, 剳, and 箚

劄 U+5284, 劄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5284 ← 劃 [U+5283] CJK Unified Ideographs 劅 → [U+5285]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• In mainland China (based on GB 18030 encoding standard), Japanese kanji and Vietnamese Nôm, the left component is 答.
• In Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (based on Big5 encoding standard), the bottom component is 㓣, which is the orthodox form found in the Kangxi dictionary. Note that this form is identical with that of 箚 (U+7B9A).
• Due to Han unification, this character will appear differently depending on the font used.

Han character

• 劄 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹口中弓 (HRLN) or 難竹口中弓 (XHRLN), four-corner 8260₀, composition ⿰答刂(GJV))
• 劄 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹人口弓 (HORN), four-corner 8862₃ or 8860₂, composition ⿱𥫗㓣(HT))

Related characters

• 札 (Orthodox form of 剳, 劄 in mainland China)
• 剳 (Variant form of 札 in mainland China. Variant form of 劄 in Taiwan)
• 箚 (Orthodox form based on Kangxi dictionary. Also a duplicate of the form used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau for this character)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 144, character 26
• Dae Jaweon: page 325, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 356, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5284

Chinese

Glyph 1

This section refers to ⿰答刂 glyph.

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
龕	*kʰuːm
媕	*quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb
頜	*ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb
答	*tkuːb
畣	*tkuːb
荅	*tkuːb
嗒	*tuːb, *tʰoːb
褡	*tuːb, *toːb
撘	*tuːb
搭	*tuːb, *tʰoːb
榙	*tkuːb, *ɡuːb
佮	*tkʰuːb, *kuːb, *quːb, *quːb
蛤	*kuːb
鴿	*kuːb
合	*kuːb, *ɡuːb
郃	*kuːb, *ɡuːb
匌	*kuːb, *kʰuːb
鉿	*kuːb
閤	*kuːb
鞈	*kuːb, *kruːb
韐	*kuːb, *kruːb
鮯	*kuːb
哈	*ŋɡuːb
姶	*quːb, *quːb
欱	*qʰuːb, *qʰruːb
盒	*ɡuːb
耠	*ɡuːb
詥	*ɡuːb
塔	*tʰuːb
鞳	*tʰoːb
劄	*rtuːb
跲	*kruːb, *kob, *ɡob
袷	*kruːb, *ŋkob
餄	*kruːb
恰	*kʰruːb
帢	*kʰruːb
洽	*ɡruːb
祫	*ɡruːb
珨	*ɡruːb
烚	*ɡruːb
歙	*qʰjob, *qʰrub
湁	*tkʰub
拾	*ɡjub
給	*krub
翕	*qʰrub
噏	*qʰrub
潝	*qʰrub
熻	*qʰrub
嬆	*qʰrub
翖	*qʰrub
闟	*qʰrub

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rtuːb) : phonetic 答 (OC *tkuːb) + semantic 刂 (“knife; blade”).

Note that historical dictionaries such as Yupian 《玉篇 (Yùpiān)》 (543 AD) and Jiyun 《集韻 (Jíyùn)》 (1039 AD) that predated the Kangxi dictionary (published 1716 AD) used this form.

Etymology 1

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 劄 – see 札 (“letter; note; correspondence; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 札).

Usage notes

This glyph form is considered a variant form of 札 (zhá) in mainland China but not in Taiwan.

Etymology 2

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 劄 – see 箚 (“refer glyph 2 below”). (This character is a variant form of 箚).

Usage notes

This glyph form is considered a variant form of ⿱𥫗㓣 in Taiwan but not in mainland China.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03225-003

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhá (zha²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhá
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhá
    • Wade–Giles: cha²
    • Yale: já
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jar
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä³⁵/

Definitions

劄

1. (Mainland China, traditional Chinese medicine) Used in 目劄 (“type of eye related illness”)..

Glyph 2

This section refers to ⿱𥫗㓣 glyph.

trad.		劄
simp. #		劄
alternative forms		剳 劄 (⿰答刂)

Glyph origin

Found in the authoritative Kangxi dictionary published during the Qing dynasty in 1716 AD.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhá (zha²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap³, zaat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhá
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhá
    • Wade–Giles: cha²
    • Yale: já
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jar
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaap³, zaat³
    • Yale: jaap, jaat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap⁸, dzaat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zab³, zad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːp̚³/, /t͡saːt̚³/

Note:

• zaap3 - colloquial;
• zaat3 - variant.

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• Middle Chinese: treap

Rime
Character	劄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	咸 (152)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	竹洽切
Baxter	treap
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠɛp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚæp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶɐp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈəɨp̚/
Li Rong	/ȶɐp̚/
Wang Li	/ȶɐp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zha
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rtuːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	劄
Reading #	1/1
No.	4983
Phonetic component	合
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	劄
Old Chinese	/*rtuːb/

Definitions

劄

1. (alt. form 札) letter
2. (alt. form 札) official communiqué

   Synonym: 公文 (gōngwén)

3. brief note

   Synonym: 筆記／笔记 (bǐjì)

Compounds

• 劄付
• 劄子
• 劄記／劄记 (zhájì)
• 告劄
• 撩東劄西／撩东劄西
• 紙劄／纸劄
• 駐劄／驻劄
• 駐劄國／驻劄国
• 點劄／点劄

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03225
• “劄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

劄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さつ (satsu); とう (tō)
• Kun: さす (sasu); かぎ (kagi); かま (kama)

Korean

Hanja

劄 (eum 차 (cha))

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Vietnamese

Han character

劄: Hán Nôm readings: chép, tráp, trát

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References

• Nom Foundation