雑

See also: 雜

Translingual

Traditional	雜
Shinjitai	雑
Simplified	杂

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant of 雜. Compare 卆 from 卒.

The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.

Han character

雑 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 大木人土 (KDOG), composition ⿰杂隹)

Derived characters

• 𫝜

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1367, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42022
• Dae Jaweon: page 1871, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4099, character 14
• Unihan data for U+96D1

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 雑 – see 雜 (“miscellaneous; mixed; extra; irregular; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 雜).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	雑
Kyūjitai	雜

Kanji

雑

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 雜)

1. miscellaneous

Readings

• Go-on: ぞう (zō, Jōyō)^{←ざふ (zafu, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さふ (safu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ざつ (zatsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: まじる (majiru, 雑じる); まじえる (majieru)

Compounds

• 雑(ざっ)誌(し) (zasshi): magazine
• 猥(わい)雑(ざつ) (waizatsu): confusion
• 乱(らん)雑(ざつ) (ranzatsu): clutter
• 粗(そ)雑(ざつ) (sozatsu): coarse
• 無(む)雑(ざつ) (muzatsu): unadulterated
• 雑(ざっ)酒(しゅ) (zasshu)

Adjectival noun

1. rough, crude, sloppy, messy
2. miscellaneous (see note)

Usage notes

• 雑 usually uses the declension の (no) instead of な (na), as in 雑(ざつ)の部(ぶ) (zatsu no bu, “miscellany”).

Noun

1. miscellany

Synonyms

• 雑(ざつ)の部(ぶ) (zatsu no bu): miscellany