瀉

See also: 泻

Translingual

Han character

瀉 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 水十竹火 (EJHF), four-corner 3312₇, composition ⿰氵寫)

1. drain off, leak
2. flow, pour down

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 658, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18596
• Dae Jaweon: page 1068, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1780, character 14
• Unihan data for U+7009

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Chinese

trad.		瀉
simp.		泻*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
寫	*sjaːʔ
瀉	*sjaːʔ, *sjaːɡs
舄	*sʰjaːɡ, *sʰaɡ, *sjaːɡ, *sjaːɡ
獡	*hjaɡ
潟	*sjaːɡ
磶	*sjaːɡ
蕮	*sjaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sjaːʔ, *sjaːɡs) : semantic 水 + phonetic 寫 (OC *sjaːʔ).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 瀉

1. to pour out; to flow rapidly; to pour down
2. to leak; to drain off
3. to have loose bowels

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Japanese

Kanji

瀉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. evacuation

Readings

• On (unclassified): しゃ (sha)
• Kun: そそぐ (sosogu, 瀉ぐ); はく (haku, 瀉く)
• Nanori: だか (daka)

Compounds

• 瀉下薬(しゃげやく) (shageyaku): laxative

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Korean

Hanja

瀉 (eum 사 (sa))

1. drain off, leak
2. flow, pour down

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Vietnamese

Han character

瀉: Hán Nôm readings: tả, dã, tã

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