衩

衩 U+8869, 衩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8869 ← 表 [U+8868] CJK Unified Ideographs 衪 → [U+886A]

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		衩
2nd round simp.		叉

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰraːls, *sʰreːls) : semantic 衣 (“clothing”) + phonetic 叉 (OC *sʰraːl, *sʰreːl)

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

衩

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

Compounds

• 衩衣
• 開衩／开衩 (kāichà)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǎ, chà

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˇ, ㄔㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǎ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa³
    • Yale: chǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaa
    • Palladius: ча (ča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chà
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chà
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴
    • Yale: chà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chah
    • Palladius: ча (ča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹/

Definitions

衩

1. Used in 褲衩／裤衩 (kùchǎ).

Japanese

Kanji

衩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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