宰

Translingual

Han character

宰 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十卜廿十 (JYTJ), four-corner 3040₁, composition ⿱宀辛)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 286, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7160
• Dae Jaweon: page 565, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 935, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5BB0

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		宰

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
宰	*ʔsɯːʔ
縡	*ʔsɯːʔ, *ʔsɯːs
梓	*ʔsɯʔ
滓	*ʔsrɯʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎi (zai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chái
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chái / cháiⁿ / táiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎi
    • Wade–Giles: tsai³
    • Yale: dzǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzae
    • Palladius: цзай (czaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zoi²
    • Yale: jói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chái
    • Hakka Romanization System: zai`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zai³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sai̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chái
    • Tâi-lô: tsái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zae
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sai⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cháiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsáinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zvae
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sãi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sãi⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: táinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tãi⁵³/

Note: chái/cháiⁿ - literary, táiⁿ - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: tsojX

Rime
Character	宰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	作亥切
Baxter	tsojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡səiX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡səjX/
Li Rong	/t͡sᴀiX/
Wang Li	/t͡sɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǎi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ˤəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	宰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zǎi
Middle Chinese	‹ tsojX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ˁəʔ/
English	steward; minister
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	宰
Reading #	1/1
No.	16506
Phonetic component	宰
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	宰
Old Chinese	/*ʔsɯːʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 宰

1. to slaughter; to butcher
2. to govern; to rule
3. to overcharge

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Japanese

Kanji

宰

(Jōyō kanji)

1. superintend

Readings

• On (unclassified): さい (sai, Jōyō)
• Kun: つかさどる (tsukasadoru, 宰る); つかさ (tsukasa)

Proper noun

宰(おさむ) or 宰(proper) • (osamu or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|おさむ]]

1. a male given name

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Korean

Hanja

宰 • (jae) (hangeul 재, revised jae, McCune–Reischauer chae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 宰 (tể)

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