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乍

乍 U+4E4D, 乍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E4D
← 乌
[U+4E4C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 乎 →
[U+4E4E]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

乍 (Kangxi radical 4, 丿+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸 (HS) or 人尸 (OS), four-corner 80211, composition ⿱𠂉⿰丨二)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 82, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 130
  • Dae Jaweon: page 165, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 35, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4E4D

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 乍
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
         
Oracle bone script
 

j27471

 

j27472

 

j27473

 

j27474

 

j27475

 

j27476

 

j27477

 

j27478

 

j27479

 

j27480

 

j27481

 

j27482

 

j27483

 

j27484

 

j27485

 

j27486

 

j27487

 

j27488

 

j27489

 

j27490

 

j27491

 

j27492

 

j27493

 

j27494

 

j27495

 

j27496

 

j27497

 

j27498

 

j27499

 

j27500

 

j27501

 

j27502

 

j27503

 

j27504

 

j27505

 

j27506

 

j27507

 

j27508

 

j27509

 

j27510

 

j27511

 

j27512

 

j27513

 

j27514

 

j27515

 

j27516

 

j27517

 

j27518

 

j27519

 

j27520

 

j27521

 

j27522

 

j27523

 

j27524

 

j27525

 

j27526

 

j27527

 

j27528

 

j27529

Bronze inscriptions
 

b17714

 

b17715

 

b17716

 

b17717

 

b17718

 

b17719

 

b17720

 

b17721

 

b17722

 

b17723

 

b17724

 

b17725

 

b17726

 

b17727

 

b17728

 

b17729

 

b17730

 

b17731

 

b17732

 

b17733

 

b17734

 

b17735

 

b17736

 

b17737

 

b17738

 

b17739

 

b17740

 

b17741

 

b17742

 

b17743

 

b17744

 

b17745

 

b17746

 

b17747

 

b17748

 

b17749

 

b17750

 

b17751

 

b17752

 

b17753

 

b17754

 

b17755

 

b17756

 

b17757

 

b17758

 

b17759

 

b17760

 

b17761

 

b17762

 

b17763

 

b17764

 

b17765

 

b17766

 

b17767

 

b17768

 

b17769

 

b17770

 

b17771

 

b17772

 

b17773

 

b17774

 

b17775

 

b17776

 

b17777

 

b17778

 

b17779

 

b17780

 

b17781

 

b17782

 

b17783

 

b17784

 

b17785

 

b17786

 

b17787

 

b17788

 

b17789

 

b17790

 

b17791

 

b17792

 

b17793

 

b17794

 

b17795

 

b17796

 

b17797

 

b17798

 

b17799

 

b17800

 

b17801

 

b17802

 

b17803

 

b17804

 

b17805

 

b17806

 

b17807

 

b17808

 

b17809

 

b17810

 

b17811

 

b17812

 

b17813

 

b17814

 

b17815

 

b17816

 

b17817

 

b17818

 

b17819

 

b17820

 

b17821

 

b17822

 

b17823

 

b17824

 

b17825

 

b17826

 

b17827

 

b17828

 

b17829

 

b17830

 

b17831

 

b17832

 

b17833

 

b17834

 

b17835

 

b17836

 

b17837

 

b17838

 

b17839

 

b17840

 

b17841

 

b17842

 

b17843

 

b17844

 

b17845

 

b17846

 

b17847

 

b17848

 

b17849

Small seal script
 

s09434

Transcribed ancient scripts
 

L23775

 

L23776

 

L23777

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (乍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
作 *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡ
鲊 *ʔsraːʔ
痄 *ʔsraːʔ
厏 *ʔsraːʔ, *zraːʔ
詐 *ʔsraːɡs
咋 *ʔsraːɡs, *zraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ
笮 *ʔsraːɡs, *zaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
榨 *ʔsraːɡs
炸 *ʔr'aːɡs, *zreːb
乍 *zraːɡs
拃 *ʔsraːnʔ
酢 *sʰaːɡs, *zaːɡ
祚 *zaːɡs
胙 *zaːɡs
阼 *zaːɡs
飵 *zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
秨 *zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
迮 *ʔsaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
柞 *ʔsaːɡ, *zaːɡ
昨 *zaːɡ
怍 *zaːɡ
砟 *zaːɡ
莋 *zaːɡ
岝 *zaːɡ, *zraːɡ
鈼 *zaːɡ
筰 *zaːɡ
葃 *zaːɡ, *zreːɡ, *zaɡ
舴 *ʔr'aːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
窄 *ʔsraːɡ
蚱 *ʔsraːɡ
齚 *zraːɡ
泎 *zraːɡ

Pictogram (象形) – an axe chopping wood. Original form of 柞.

Etymology 1 edit

simp. and trad.
 乍
alternative forms 𠆦

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character 乍
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 崇 (20)
Final (韻) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 鋤駕切
Baxter dzraeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ʒˠaH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖ͡ʐᵚaH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡ʒaH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖ͡ʐaɨH/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ʒaH/
Wang
Li 		/d͡ʒaH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɖ͡ʐʱaH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhà
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zaa6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 乍
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhà
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzræH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[dz]ˁrak-s/
English suddenly

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 乍
Reading # 1/1
No. 16650
Phonetic
component 		乍
Rime
group 		暮
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		乍
Old
Chinese 		/*zraːɡs/
Notes 曾憲通雲甲金文象以耒起土，
爲耕作字初文

Definitions edit

乍

  1. suddenly
  2. at first
  3. (Eastern Min) just; exactly
  4. (Eastern Min) only a short while ago; just

Etymology 2 edit

simp. and trad.
 乍
alternative forms 蘸

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

乍

  1. (Southern Min) to deep-fry slightly
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 炸 (“to deep-fry”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 炸, 油炸
Mandarin Beijing 炸
Taiwan 炸
Singapore 炸
Cantonese Guangzhou 炸
Hong Kong 炸
Singapore (Guangfu) 炸
Hakka Meixian 炸
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 浮
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 炸
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 浮
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 浮
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 浮, 炸
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 浮
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 浮
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 浮
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 糋
Eastern Min Fuzhou 炸, 浮
Southern Min Xiamen 糋, 浮, 乍
Quanzhou 糋, 浮, 乍
Zhangzhou 糋, 浮, 乍
Tainan 糋, 浮, 乍 GT
Penang (Hokkien) 糋
Singapore (Hokkien) 糋
Manila (Hokkien) 糋
Chaozhou 炸
Wu Shanghai 炸, 氽, 煠
Suzhou 氽, 煠
Wuxi 煠
Hangzhou 煠, 氽
Ningbo 煠, 氽
Zhenhai 煠
Fenghua 煠
Zhoushan 煠
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Etymology 3 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 乍 – see 作 (“to get up; to get up and go to work; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient variant form of 作).

Etymology 4 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 乍 – see 榨 (“to press or extract juices; to squeeze; press to extract juices; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 榨).
Notes:

Further reading edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

乍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. Although

Readings edit

As an alternative form of 作:

Korean edit

Hanja edit

乍 (eumhun 잠깐 사 (jamkkan sa))

  1. (for) a short time

References edit

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

乍: Hán Nôm readings: chạ, sạ, cha, sã, chả

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References edit

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