挫

Translingual

Han character

挫 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手人人土 (QOOG), four-corner 5801₄, composition ⿰扌坐)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 431, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12087
• Dae Jaweon: page 780, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1885, character 3
• Unihan data for U+632B

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		挫

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
脞	*sʰal, *sʰoːlʔ
侳	*ʔsal, *ʔsoːls
挫	*ʔsoːls
夎	*ʔsoːls
遳	*sʰloːl
銼	*sʰoːls, *zoːl, *zoːɡ
剉	*sʰoːls
莝	*sʰoːls
趖	*soːl
矬	*zoːl
痤	*zoːl
睉	*zoːl
坐	*zoːlʔ, *zoːls
座	*zoːls
髽	*ʔsroːl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsoːls) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 坐 (OC *zoːlʔ, *zoːls).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuò, cuō (cuo⁴, cuo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛˋ, ㄘㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuò
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻo⁴
    • Yale: tswò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuoh
    • Palladius: цо (co)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuo
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻo¹
    • Yale: tswō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuo
    • Palladius: цо (co)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: co³
    • Yale: cho
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso³
    • Guangdong Romanization: co³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò
    • Tâi-lô: tshò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰo¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɤ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tswaH

Rime
Character	挫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	則卧切
Baxter	tswaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suɑH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suɑH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡suɑH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swaH/
Li Rong	/t͡suɑH/
Wang Li	/t͡suɑH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡suɑH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zo3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsoːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	挫
Reading #	1/1
No.	18051
Phonetic component	坐
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ʔsoːls/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 挫

1. to break (something); to crush; to smash; to push down
2. to bend; to flex
3. to dampen; to strike; to attack; to defeat; to frustrate; to deflate; to obstruct; to oppress
4. setback; frustration; obstruction

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Japanese

Kanji

挫

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: さ (sa)
• Kan-on: さ (sa)
• Kan’yō-on: ざ (za, Jōyō)
• Kun: くじく (kujiku, 挫く); くじける (kujikeru, 挫ける)

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Korean

Hanja

挫 (eum 좌 (jwa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

挫: Hán Nôm readings: dọa/doạ, dóa/doá, tỏa/toả

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