䰂

䰂 U+4C02, 䰂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4C02 ← 䰁 [U+4C01] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䰃 → [U+4C03]

Translingual

Han character

䰂 (Kangxi radical 190, 髟+8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹月木 (SHBD), composition ⿱髟采)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1455, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4528, character 6
• Unihan data for U+4C02

Chinese

simp. and trad.		䰂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
采	*sʰɯːʔ
睬	*sʰɯːʔ
彩	*sʰɯːʔ
採	*sʰɯːʔ
綵	*sʰɯːʔ
寀	*sʰɯːʔ
菜	*sʰɯːs
埰	*sʰɯːs
棌	*sʰɯːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 髟 + phonetic 采 (OC *sʰɯːʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cài (cai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cài
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cài
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsay
    • Palladius: цай (caj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi³
    • Yale: choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshojX, tshojH

Rime
Character	䰂	䰂
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	倉宰切	倉代切
Baxter	tshojX	tshojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰʌiX/	/t͡sʰʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəiX/	/t͡sʰəiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɒiX/	/t͡sʰɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəjX/	/t͡sʰəjH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰᴀiX/	/t͡sʰᴀiH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɒiX/	/t͡sʰɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑ̆iX/	/t͡sʰɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cǎi	cài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coi2	coi3

Definitions

䰂

1. a coiffure with a topknot
2. turban, kerchief