渣

Translingual

Han character

渣 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水木日一 (EDAM), four-corner 3411₆, composition ⿰氵查 or ⿰氵査)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 634, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17767
• Dae Jaweon: page 1041, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1670, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6E23

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Chinese

trad.		渣
simp. #		渣

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
虘	*zaːl, *zaː
蔖	*zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ
摣	*rnaː, *ʔsraː
袓	*ʔsjaː, *zaʔ
怚	*ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ
罝	*ʔsjaː
謯	*ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ
姐	*ʔsjaːʔ
抯	*ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː
飷	*ʔsjaːʔ
且	*sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa
趄	*sʰjaːs, *sʰa
笡	*sʰjaːs
查	*ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː
柤	*ʔsraː
樝	*ʔsraː
皻	*ʔsraː
渣	*ʔsraː
楂	*zraː
苴	*zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa
駔	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ
租	*ʔsaː
蒩	*ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa
祖	*ʔsaːʔ
組	*ʔsaːʔ
珇	*ʔsaːʔ
靻	*ʔsaːʔ
粗	*sʰaː, *zaːʔ
徂	*zaː
殂	*zaː
麆	*zaːʔ, *zras
伹	*zaːʔ, *sʰa
蛆	*ʔsa, *sʰa
沮	*ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra
咀	*ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ
疽	*sʰa
雎	*sʰa
狙	*sʰa, *sʰas
岨	*sʰa
砠	*sʰa
坥	*sʰa, *sʰas
刞	*sʰas
覰	*sʰas
覷	*sʰas
跙	*zaʔ
筯	*das
菹	*ʔsra
葅	*ʔsra
阻	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
俎	*ʔsraʔ
詛	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
鉏	*zra, *zraʔ
豠	*zra
鋤	*zra
耡	*zra, *zras
齟	*zraʔ
助	*zras

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhā (zha¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): che / chee / cha

  (Teochew, Peng'im): za¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jha
    • Wade–Giles: cha¹
    • Yale: jā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ja
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhār
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhar
    • Wade–Giles: cha¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: jār
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jal
    • Palladius: чжар (čžar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaa¹
    • Yale: jā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: za¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: che
    • Tâi-lô: tse
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zef
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡se³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chee
    • Tâi-lô: tsee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha
    • Tâi-lô: tsa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sa³³/

Note:

• che/chee - vernacular;
• cha - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: za¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsa
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sa³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrae

Rime
Character	渣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	側加切
Baxter	tsrae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂaɨ/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃa/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃa/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaa1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsraː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	渣
Reading #	1/1
No.	10388
Phonetic component	且
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	樝
Old Chinese	/*ʔsraː/
Notes	同溠水名又柤滓今字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 渣

1. dregs; lees; sediment
2. fragment; particle; piece; scrap; crumb

   蝕到連渣都冇 [Cantonese, trad.]
   蚀到连渣都冇 [Cantonese, simp.]

   sik⁶ dou³ lin⁴ zaa¹ dou¹ mou⁵ [Jyutping]

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3. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 喳.
4. a surname

Synonyms

• (dregs): 渣滓 (zhāzǐ)
• (fragment): 碎末 (suìmò), 碎屑 (suìxiè)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

渣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さ (sa); しゃ (sha)
• Kun: おり (ori); かす (kasu)

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Korean

Hanja

渣 (eum 사 (sa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

渣: Hán Nôm readings: tra

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