See also:
U+5247, 則
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5247

[U+5246]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5248]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 18, +7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月金中弓 (BCLN), four-corner 62800, composition )

Derived characters edit

Related characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 139, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1994
  • Dae Jaweon: page 317, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 340, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5247

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Shizhoupian script Ancient script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
                 

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (ding, a bronze cauldron for cooking or sacrificial rituals) + (knife). 鼎 was simplified as 貝 in the Small seal script. Cf. (OC *teŋ, “to divine; righteous; firm”), which underwent similar development.

Etymology 1 edit

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𠞋
𠟔
𠟻
𠟭

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • zah4 - vernacular;
  • zeh4 - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /t͡sɤ³⁵/
Harbin /t͡sai²⁴/
/t͡sɤ²⁴/
Tianjin /t͡sɤ⁴⁵/
Jinan /t͡sə²¹³/
/t͡sei²¹³/
Qingdao /t͡sə⁴²/
/t͡se⁴²/
Zhengzhou /t͡sɛ²⁴/
Xi'an /t͡sei²¹/
Xining /t͡sɨ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡sə¹³/
Lanzhou /t͡sə³¹/
Ürümqi /t͡sɤ⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡sɤ²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡se³¹/
Guiyang /t͡sɛ²¹/
Kunming /t͡sə³¹/
Nanjing /t͡səʔ⁵/
Hefei /t͡sɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡səʔ²/
Pingyao /t͡sʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡saʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /t͡səʔ⁵/
Suzhou /t͡səʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡səʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /t͡se²¹³/
Hui Shexian /t͡sɛʔ²¹/
Tunxi /t͡sa⁵/
Xiang Changsha /t͡sə²⁴/
Xiangtan /t͡sæ²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sɛʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /t͡set̚¹/
Taoyuan /t͡set̚²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sɐk̚⁵/
Nanning /t͡sɐk̚⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡sɐk̚⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡sik̚³²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡saiʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡sɛ²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sek̚²/
Haikou (Hainanese) /t͡sek̚⁵/
/t͡sɔk̚⁵/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (13)
Final () (131)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter tsok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sək̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sək̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sək̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡sək̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡sək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ze
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zak1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsok › ‹ tsok ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ts]ˁək/ /*[ts]ˁək/
English then rule, pattern

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 16595
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsɯːɡ/

Definitions edit

  1. rule; law; regulation
  2. standard; example
  3. to follow an example
  4. Classifier for news, writings, stories, or narratives: item
    寓言寓言  ―  yùyán  ―  a fable
  5. conjunction used to indicate sequence of events; and
  6. conjunction used to indicate cause and effect; so; thus
  7. conjunction used to indicate contrast; but; on the other hand
  8. conjunction used between two identical or near-identical words to indicate concession; it is ... but it ...
  9. particle used as the copula
  10. particle used after numerals to list reasons

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

trad.
simp.
alternative forms

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from English cheque?”)

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

  1. (Cantonese) floor plan or layout (of buildings, especially of apartments or flats) (Classifier: c)

Compounds edit

Etymology 3 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“(Min Nan)”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. rule, law
  2. measure, norm
  3. to follow, to conform

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
そく
Grade: 5
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC tsok, “rule”).

Pronunciation edit

Counter edit

(そく) (-soku

  1. counter for rules

Noun edit

(そく) (soku

  1. rule, law
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
のり
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
のり
[noun] rule, regulation, law
[noun] norm, standard
[noun] measure, scale, ruler (measuring device)
[noun] measure, scale, size
Alternative spellings
, ,
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Chinese.

Historical Readings
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Gwangju Cheonjamun, 1575 법즉 (Yale: pepcuk) (Yale: cuk)

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 법칙(法則) (beopchik chik))

  1. Hanja form? of (rule; law; regulation). [affix]
Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Chinese.

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 즉〮 (Yale: cúk)

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

(eumhun (got jeuk))

  1. (literary Chinese) Hanja form? of (particle in literary Chinese texts).
Compounds edit

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Việt readings: tắc[1][2][3][4][5], trắc[1]
: Nôm readings: tắc[1][2][3][4][6], tấc[1][2], trắc[1]

  1. chữ Hán form of tắc (law; regulation).

Compounds edit

References edit