砦

Translingual

Han character

砦 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜心一口 (YPMR), four-corner 2160₁, composition ⿱此石)

1. stockade, fort, military outpost
2. brothel

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 828, character 42
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24098
• Dae Jaweon: page 1243, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2428, character 15
• Unihan data for U+7826

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 砦 – see 寨 (“stockade; stronghold; fort; stockaded village; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 寨).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		砦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhài (Zhai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chāi / chē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhài
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhài
    • Wade–Giles: Chai⁴
    • Yale: Jài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jay
    • Palladius: Чжай (Čžaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaai⁶
    • Yale: jaaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chāi
    • Tâi-lô: tsāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sai²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chē
    • Tâi-lô: tsē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ze
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡se²²/

Note:

• chāi - literary;
• chē - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: dzraejH

Rime
Character	砦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	夬 (29)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	犲夬切
Baxter	dzraejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠaiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚaiH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒaiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐaɨjsH/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒaiH/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒæiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱaiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zraːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	砦
Reading #	1/1
No.	1692
Phonetic component	此
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	寨
Old Chinese	/*zraːds/
Notes	見三國志，莊子作柴

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 砦

1. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

砦

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さい (sai)
• Kun: とりで (toride, 砦)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
砦
とりで Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

• 塁, 寨

Noun

砦(とりで) • (toride) 

1. fort

See also

• Ainu: チャシ (chashi)

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Korean

Hanja

砦 • (chae) (hangeul 채, revised chae, McCune–Reischauer ch'ae, Yale chay)

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