滓

滓 U+6ED3, 滓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6ED3 ← 滒 [U+6ED2] CJK Unified Ideographs 滔 → [U+6ED4]

Translingual

Han character

滓 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水十卜十 (EJYJ), four-corner 3314₁, composition ⿰氵宰)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 643, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18034
• Dae Jaweon: page 1050, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1709, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6ED3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		滓

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
宰	*ʔsɯːʔ
縡	*ʔsɯːʔ, *ʔsɯːs
梓	*ʔsɯʔ
滓	*ʔsrɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsrɯʔ) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 宰 (OC *ʔsɯːʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zǐ (zi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zi³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chái / chír / chú / tái / cháiⁿ / lái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³
    • Yale: dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyy
    • Palladius: цзы (czy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: z
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chái
    • Tâi-lô: tsái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zae
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sai⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chír
    • Tâi-lô: tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú
    • Tâi-lô: tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tái
    • Tâi-lô: tái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dae
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cháiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsáinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zvae
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sãi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sãi⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lái
    • Tâi-lô: lái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lae
    • IPA (Taipei): /lai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai⁴¹/

Note:

• chái - vernacular;
• chír/chú - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: tsriX

Rime
Character	滓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	阻史切
Baxter	tsriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂɨX/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃiəX/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsrɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	滓
Reading #	1/1
No.	16510
Phonetic component	宰
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	滓
Old Chinese	/*ʔsrɯʔ/

Definitions

滓

1. dregs; sediment; residue

Compounds

• 囂滓／嚣滓
• 泥滓
• 渣滓 (zhāzǐ)
• 滓方
• 滓穢／滓秽
• 秕滓

 

References

• “滓”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #9716”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji

滓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kan’yō-on: さい (sai)
• Kun: おり (ori, 滓); かす (kasu, 滓)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
滓
かす Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​す [káꜜsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠sɨᵝ]

Noun

滓(かす) or 滓(カス) • (kasu) 

1. dregs; refuse; scum

   消(け)しゴムのカス

   keshigomu no kasu

   eraser dust

Korean

Hanja

滓 • (jae) (hangeul 재, revised jae, McCune–Reischauer chae, Yale cay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

滓: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ, trể

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References

• Nom Foundation