搽

搽 U+643D, 搽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-643D ← 搼 [U+643C] CJK Unified Ideographs 搾 → [U+643E]

Translingual

Han character

搽 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手廿人木 (QTOD), four-corner 5409₄, composition ⿰扌茶)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 449, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12552
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1912, character 2
• Unihan data for U+643D

Chinese

trad.		搽
simp. #		搽
alternative forms		𢴉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
斜	*lja, *laː
茶	*rlaː
荼	*rlaː, *ɦlja, *l'aː
梌	*rlaː, *l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
搽	*rlaː
塗	*rlaː, *l'aː
佘	*ɦlja
賒	*hljaː
畬	*hljaː, *la
舍	*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
捨	*hljaːʔ
騇	*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
涻	*hljaːs
稌	*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰaːʔ
悇	*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰas, *las
庩	*l̥ʰaː
捈	*l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
途	*l'aː
酴	*l'aː
駼	*l'aː
鵌	*l'aː, *la
涂	*l'aː, *l'a
嵞	*l'aː
峹	*l'aː
筡	*l'aː, *l̥ʰa
蒤	*l'aː
徐	*lja
俆	*lja
敘	*ljaʔ
漵	*ljaʔ
除	*l'a, *l'as
篨	*rla
滁	*rla
蒢	*rla
蜍	*ɦlja, *la
鵨	*hljaː
瑹	*hlja
余	*la
餘	*la
艅	*la
狳	*la
雓	*la
悆	*las

Etymology

From 塗 (OC *rlaː, “to daub”) (Liu, 1984).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chá (cha²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): caa⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ca³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhà
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chá
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chá
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa²
    • Yale: chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: char
    • Palladius: ча (ča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa⁴
    • Yale: chàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ca³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhà
    • Hakka Romanization System: caˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ca²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâ
    • Tâi-lô: tâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ta²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ta²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ta¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ta²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ta²³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rlaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	搽
Reading #	1/1
No.	15750
Phonetic component	余
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	𡨀
Old Chinese	/*rlaː/
Notes	塗晚起分化字

Definitions

搽

1. to apply; to anoint

   搽藥膏／搽药膏 [Cantonese]  ―  caa⁴ joek⁶ gou¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to apply topical medication

Compounds

• 抹土搽灰
• 搽匙
• 搽旦
• 搽灰抹土
• 搽灰抹粉
• 搽穰捲兒／搽穰卷儿
• 搽粉
• 搽脂抹粉
• 白搽白折
• 花臘搽／花腊搽

 

Japanese

Kanji

搽

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): た (ta); だ (da)

Korean

Hanja

搽 • (cha) (hangeul 차, revised cha, McCune–Reischauer ch'a, Yale cha)

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Vietnamese

Han character

搽: Hán Nôm readings: chà, trà

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References

• Nom Foundation