紮

See also: 扎

Translingual

Han character

紮 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木山女戈火 (DUVIF), four-corner 4290₃, composition ⿱札糸)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 919, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27341
• Dae Jaweon: page 1351, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3379, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7D2E

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Chinese

trad.		紮/扎*
simp.		扎*
alternative forms		紥

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
劜	*qreːd
札	*sqriːd
扎	*sqriːd
蚻	*ʔsriːd
紮	*ʔsriːd
軋	*qriːd
圠	*qriːd
穵	*qriːd, *qʷriːd
挖	*qʷriːd
鳦	*qriːd, *qrid
耴	*ŋrid, *teb
乙	*qriɡ
肊	*qrɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsriːd) : phonetic 札 (OC *sqriːd) + semantic 糸.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zā, zhá (za¹, zha²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄚ, ㄓㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chah / chat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zā
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: za
    • Wade–Giles: tsa¹
    • Yale: dzā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tza
    • Palladius: цза (cza)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhá
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhá
    • Wade–Giles: cha²
    • Yale: já
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jar
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaat³
    • Yale: jaat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chah / chat
    • Tâi-lô: tsah / tsat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaq, zad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡saʔ³²/, /t͡sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saʔ⁵/, /t͡sat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saʔ³²/, /t͡sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡saʔ³²/, /t͡sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡saʔ³²/, /t͡sat̚³²/

Note:

• chah - vernacular;
• chat - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: tsreat

Rime
Character	紮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	鎋 (75)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	側八切
Baxter	tsreat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃˠɛt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂᵚæt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂəɨt̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃɛt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃæt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂat̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zha
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaat3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsriːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	紮
Reading #	1/1
No.	14913
Phonetic component	乙
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	札
Old Chinese	/*ʔsriːd/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 紮

1. to tie; to bind
2. (regional) Classifier for objects put into a bundle: bundle

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhā, zhá (zha¹, zha²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚ, ㄓㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaat³ / zaap³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • 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, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhá
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhá
    • Wade–Giles: cha²
    • Yale: já
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jar
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaat³ / zaap³
    • Yale: jaat / jaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaat⁸ / dzaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zad³ / zab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːt̚³/, /t͡saːp̚³/

Note: zaap3 - rare.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chat
    • Tâi-lô: tsat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sat̚³²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 紮

1. to be stationed; to be quartered (of troops)

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Japanese

Kanji

紮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さつ (satsu)
• Kun: たばねる (tabaneru); からげる (karageru, 紮げる)

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Korean

Hanja

紮 • (chal) (hangeul 찰, revised chal, McCune–Reischauer ch'al, Yale chal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

紮 (trát)

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