匝

Translingual

Han character

匝 (Kangxi radical 22, 匚+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸中月 (SLB), four-corner 7171₂, composition ⿷匚巾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 153, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2599
• Dae Jaweon: page 345, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 82, character 4
• Unihan data for U+531D

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		匝
alternative forms		帀 迊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
帀	*ʔsuːb
沞	*ʔsuːb
魳	*ʔsuːb
迊	*ʔsuːb
匝	*ʔsuːb
咂	*ʔsuːb
韴	*zuːb
砸	*zaːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zā (za¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zā
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: za
    • Wade–Giles: tsa¹
    • Yale: dzā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tza
    • Palladius: цза (cza)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaap³
    • Yale: jaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːp̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chat
    • Tâi-lô: tsat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sat̚³²/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsuːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	匝
Reading #	1/1
No.	16480
Phonetic component	帀
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ʔsuːb/
Notes	帀通行體見六韜， 廣韻集韻左下原作之

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 匝

1. Classifier for circuits or circles.
2. to surround
3. all over; throughout

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Japanese

Kanji

匝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): そう (sō)
• Kun: めぐる (meguru)

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Korean

Hanja

匝 (eum 잡 (jap))

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Vietnamese

Han character

匝: Hán Nôm readings: táp

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