矬

Translingual

Han character

矬 (Kangxi radical 111, 矢+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人大人人土 (OKOOG), four-corner 8841₄, composition ⿰矢坐)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 824, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23975
• Dae Jaweon: page 1237, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2584, character 6
• Unihan data for U+77EC

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		矬

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuó (cuo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuó
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻo²
    • Yale: tswó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tswo
    • Palladius: цо (co)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: co⁴
    • Yale: chòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: co⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzwa

Rime
Character	矬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	昨禾切
Baxter	dzwa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zuɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zuɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zwa/
Li Rong	/d͡zuɑ/
Wang Li	/d͡zuɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	co4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zoːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	矬
Reading #	1/1
No.	18060
Phonetic component	坐
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	矬
Old Chinese	/*zoːl/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 矬

1. (chiefly of stature) vertically short

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Japanese

Kanji

矬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さ (sa), ざ (za)