衩

Translingual

Han character

衩 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中水戈 (LEI), four-corner 3724₀, composition ⿰衤叉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1111, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34106
• Dae Jaweon: page 1577, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3075, character 16
• Unihan data for U+8869

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		衩
alternative forms		叉 second round simplified

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
叉	*sʰraːl, *sʰreːl
杈	*sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːls
靫	*sʰraːl, *sʰreːl
汊	*sʰraːls
衩	*sʰraːls, *sʰreːls
扠	*hr'eːl
釵	*sʰreːl
芆	*sʰreːl
訍	*sʰreːls

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chà (cha⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chà
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chà
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴
    • Yale: chà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chah
    • Palladius: ча (ča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caa³
    • Yale: cha
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː³³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 衩

1. the open seam of a garment which allows freedom of movement

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǎ (cha³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǎ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa³
    • Yale: chǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaa
    • Palladius: ча (ča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 衩

1. Used in 褲衩／裤衩 (kùchǎ).

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Japanese

Kanji

衩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さい (sai), しゃ (sha), さ (sa)