寨

寨 U+5BE8, 寨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BE8 ← 寧 [U+5BE7] CJK Unified Ideographs 審 → [U+5BE9]

See also: 寒

Translingual

Han character

寨 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+11, 14 strokes, Cangjie input 十廿金木 (JTCD), four-corner 3090₄, composition ⿱𡨄木)

Derived characters

• 㩟 𩠵

Usage notes

In the Mainland stroke order standard, there is a 豎鉤 stroke in the lower part of the character. In the Taiwan and Hong Kong stroke order standards, the same stroke is a 豎 without a 鉤.

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 291, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7298
• Dae Jaweon: page 577, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1270, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5BE8

Chinese

trad.		寨
simp. #		寨
2nd round simp.		𰌻
alternative forms		砦／寨 𲜉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
賽	*slɯːɡs
塞	*slɯːɡs, *slɯːɡ
簺	*slɯːɡs
僿	*hljɯɡs
寨	*zraːds, *slɯːɡ

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

	Old Chinese
些	*saːls, *sjaːl, *seːs
跐	*ʔsreːʔ, *ʔseʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ʔsreʔ
柴	*zreː
祡	*zreː
茈	*zreː, *ʔseʔ, *ze
眦	*zreːs
砦	*zraːds
寨	*zraːds, *slɯːɡ
啙	*ʔseː, *zeːʔ, *ʔseʔ
泚	*sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ
玼	*sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ze
皉	*sʰeːʔ
鮆	*zeːʔ, *ʔse
眥	*zeːs, *zes
貲	*ʔse
髭	*ʔse
頾	*ʔse
訾	*ʔse, *ʔseʔ
鴜	*ʔse, *ze
鈭	*ʔse, *sʰe
姕	*ʔse, *sʰe, *ze
觜	*ʔse, *ʔse, *ʔseʔ
紫	*ʔseʔ
訿	*ʔseʔ
呰	*ʔseʔ
嘴	*ʔseʔ
雌	*sʰe
此	*sʰeʔ
佌	*sʰeʔ, *seʔ
庛	*sʰes
疵	*ze
骴	*ze, *zes
胔	*ze, *zes
飺	*ze
齜	*ʔsre

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zraːds, *slɯːɡ) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): phonetic 𡨄 (“to block; to block up; to jam; to plug”) + semantic 木 (“wood”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhài (zhai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄞˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zaai⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zai⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhai

  (Hailu, HRS): cai^˖

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cai⁴

• Northern Min (KCR): cāi
• Eastern Min (BUC): câi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chāi / chē / chēe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zê⁷

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶ze; ¹tse / ⁶ze / ⁶dze

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhài
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhài
    • Wade–Giles: chai⁴
    • Yale: jài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jay
    • Palladius: чжай (čžaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaai⁶
    • Yale: jaaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːi̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhai
    • Hakka Romanization System: cai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai̯⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: cai^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai³³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰaɪ⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cāi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: câi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chāi
    • Tâi-lô: tsāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zai
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sai²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chē
    • Tâi-lô: tsē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ze
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡se⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡se²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡se³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chēe
    • Tâi-lô: tsēe
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɛ²²/

Note:

• chāi - literary;
• chē/chēe - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zê⁷
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsē
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡se¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ze; ¹tse
    • MiniDict: ze^去; tse^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ze; ¹tse
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ze²³/, /t͡se⁵³/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ze
    • MiniDict: ze^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ze²³¹/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶dze
    • MiniDict: dze^去
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /d͡zɛ¹¹³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 寨
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂai⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡sai⁵³/ /ʈ͡ʂai⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡sai⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂɛ²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂe⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂai³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡sai⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡sɛ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂɛ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ʈ͡ʂɛ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡sai²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡sai³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡sai¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡sai²¹³/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂæ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂae⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂe̞⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sai⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡sæ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡sɛ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/ze²³/ /t͡se⁵³/
	Suzhou	/ze̞³¹/
	Hangzhou	/d͡ze̞¹³/
	Wenzhou	/d͡za²²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sɛ³²⁴/ /sɛ³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/t͡sa⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡sai⁵⁵/ /t͡sai¹¹/
	Xiangtan	/d͡zai²¹/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰai²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰai⁵³/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sai²²/
	Nanning	/t͡sai²²/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sai²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡sai²²/ /t͡se²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡sɑi²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sai⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡se³¹/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/sai³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzraejH, sok

Rime
Character	寨	寨
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	夬 (29)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	犲夬切	蘇則切
Baxter	dzraejH	sok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠaiH/	/sək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚaiH/	/sək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒaiH/	/sək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐaɨjsH/	/sək̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒaiH/	/sək̚/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒæiH/	/sək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱaiH/	/sək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhài	se
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaai6	sak1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zraːds/, /*slɯːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	寨	寨
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1693	10962
Phonetic component	此	塞
Rime group	祭	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	寨	塞
Old Chinese	/*zraːds/	/*slɯːɡ/
Notes	集韻同柴或做砦， 從塞柴省聲

Definitions

寨

1. stockade; stronghold; fort
2. stockaded village
3. barracks
4. bandit den
5. a surname, Zhai

Synonyms

• (stockaded village): 寨子 (zhàizi)
• (barracks):

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• 兵營 / 兵营 (bīngyíng)
• 營 / 营 (yíng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 營子 / 营子 (yíngzi)
• 營房 / 营房 (yíngfáng)
• 營盤 / 营盘 (yíngpán) (dated)
• 軍營 / 军营 (jūnyíng)
• 陣營 / 阵营 (zhènyíng)

Compounds

• 丁寨 (Dīngzhài)
• 付寨 (Fùzhài)
• 倒寨計 / 倒寨计
• 偷營劫寨 / 偷营劫寨
• 劫寨 (jiézhài)
• 呂寨 / 吕寨 (Lǚzhài)
• 周寨 (Zhōuzhài)
• 壓寨夫人 / 压寨夫人
• 大堖寨 / 大垴寨 (Dànǎozhài)
• 大寨 (Dàzhài)
• 安營下寨 / 安营下寨 (ānyíngxiàzhài)
• 安營紮寨 / 安营扎寨
• 寨主
• 寨坡 (Zhàipō)
• 寨子 (zhàizi)
• 寨柵 / 寨栅
• 小寨 (Xiǎozhài)
• 山寨 (shānzhài)
• 引狗入寨
• 拔寨 (bázhài)
• 押寨夫人
• 李寨 (Lǐzhài)
• 東寨 / 东寨 (Dōngzhài)
• 柬埔寨 (Jiǎnpǔzhài)
• 楊寨 / 杨寨 (Yángzhài)
• 煙花寨 / 烟花寨
• 煙花寨主 / 烟花寨主
• 營寨 / 营寨 (yíngzhài)
• 王寨 (Wángzhài)
• 萬寨 / 万寨 (Wànzhài)
• 紮寨 / 扎寨
• 老寨
• 者來寨 / 者来寨 (Zhělái Zhài)
• 貫寨 / 贯寨
• 迷魂寨
• 邊寨 / 边寨 (biānzhài)
• 錢寨 / 钱寨 (Qiánzhài)
• 雙寨 / 双寨 (Shuāngzhài)
• 馬家寨 / 马家寨 (Mǎjiāzhài)
• 馬鞍寨 / 马鞍寨 (Mǎ'ānzhài)
• 鶯花寨 / 莺花寨
• 鹿寨 (lùzhài)

Japanese

Kanji

寨

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. fort

Readings

• Go-on: ざい (zai)
• Kan-on: さい (sai)
• Kun: とりで (toride)

Noun

Kanji in this term
寨
とりで Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 寨 – see the following entry.

【砦とりで】J [noun] fort Alternative spelling 塁

(This term, 寨, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “^▲寨”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

寨 (eumhun 울짱, 목책 채 (uljjang, mokchaek chae))

1. fort
2. wooden fence

Vietnamese

Han character

寨: Hán Nôm readings: trại

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