笮

笮 U+7B2E, 笮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B2E ← 笭 [U+7B2D] CJK Unified Ideographs 笯 → [U+7B2F]

Translingual

Han character

笮 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹人尸 (HOS), four-corner 8821₁, composition ⿱𥫗乍)

1. boards which support tiles on a roof

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 881, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25945
• Dae Jaweon: page 1309, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2956, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7B2E

Chinese

trad.		笮
simp. #		笮

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 笮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
作	*ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡ
鲊	*ʔsraːʔ
痄	*ʔsraːʔ
厏	*ʔsraːʔ, *zraːʔ
詐	*ʔsraːɡs
咋	*ʔsraːɡs, *zraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ
笮	*ʔsraːɡs, *zaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
榨	*ʔsraːɡs
炸	*ʔr'aːɡs, *zreːb
乍	*zraːɡs
拃	*ʔsraːnʔ
酢	*sʰaːɡs, *zaːɡ
祚	*zaːɡs
胙	*zaːɡs
阼	*zaːɡs
飵	*zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
秨	*zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
迮	*ʔsaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
柞	*ʔsaːɡ, *zaːɡ
昨	*zaːɡ
怍	*zaːɡ
砟	*zaːɡ
莋	*zaːɡ
岝	*zaːɡ, *zraːɡ
鈼	*zaːɡ
筰	*zaːɡ
葃	*zaːɡ, *zreːɡ, *zaɡ
舴	*ʔr'aːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
窄	*ʔsraːɡ
蚱	*ʔsraːɡ
齚	*zraːɡ
泎	*zraːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zé (ze²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak³ / zaak⁶ / zok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zé
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zé
    • Wade–Giles: tsê²
    • Yale: dzé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzer
    • Palladius: цзэ (czɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaak³ / zaak⁶ / zok⁶
    • Yale: jaak / jaahk / johk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak⁸ / dzaak⁹ / dzok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zag³ / zag⁶ / zog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːk̚³/, /t͡saːk̚²/, /t͡sɔːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsraeH, dzak, tsraek

Rime
Character	笮	笮	笮
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)	從 (15)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	鐸 (103)	陌 (113)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I	II
Fanqie	側駕切	在各切	側伯切
Baxter	tsraeH	dzak	tsraek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃˠaH/	/d͡zɑk̚/	/t͡ʃˠæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂᵚaH/	/d͡zɑk̚/	/ʈ͡ʂᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃaH/	/d͡zɑk̚/	/t͡ʃak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂaɨH/	/d͡zak̚/	/ʈ͡ʂaɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃaH/	/d͡zɑk̚/	/t͡ʃɐk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃaH/	/d͡zɑk̚/	/t͡ʃɐk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂaH/	/d͡zʱɑk̚/	/ʈ͡ʂɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhà	zuó	zhe
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaa3	zok6	zak1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsraːɡs/, /*zaːɡ/, /*ʔsraːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	笮	笮	笮
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	16647	16670	16679
Phonetic component	乍	乍	乍
Rime group	暮	鐸	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	詐	昨	嘖
Old Chinese	/*ʔsraːɡs/	/*zaːɡ/	/*ʔsraːɡ/

Definitions

笮

1. bamboo quiver for arrows

Japanese

Kanji

笮

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. narrow

Readings

• On (unclassified): さく (saku)、しゃく (shaku)、ざく (zaku)
• Kun: せまい (semai)