仄

仄 U+4EC4, 仄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EC4
← 仃
[U+4EC3] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 仅 →
[U+4EC5]

Translingual
Stroke order

Han character

仄 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一人 (MO), four-corner 71280, composition ⿸厂人)

Derived characters
  • 𭜔, 㳁, 𣅦, 𠩣, 𫨎, 𩾸, 昃

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 91, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 352
  • Dae Jaweon: page 193, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 103, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+4EC4

Chinese

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 仄
Small seal script

s06799

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 (仄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
仄 *ʔsrɯɡ
昃 *ʔsrɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsrɯɡ) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 厂 (“cliff”) + phonetic 夨 (OC *ʔsrɯɡ, “man with crooked head”) – "oblique, slanted"

Etymology 1
simp. and trad.
 仄
alternative forms
 
𠨮
𥎦
𠩩
庂
𤴩
𠨮
𥎦
𠩩
庂
𤴩
𠨻

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 仄
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 莊 (18)
Final (韻) 職 (134)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 阻力切
Baxter tsrik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ʃɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈ͡ʂɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ʃiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈ͡ʂik̚/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ʃiək̚/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ʃĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʈ͡ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhe
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 zik1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 仄
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zè
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsrik ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ts]rək/
English slanting, oblique

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 仄
Reading # 1/1
No. 16607
Phonetic
component		 仄
Rime
group		 職
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 稄
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔsrɯɡ/

Definitions

仄

  1. slanting; oblique
  2. narrow
  3. uneasy; worried
  4. oblique tone
    仄聲／仄声  ―  zèshēng  ―  oblique tone
    平仄  ―  píngzè  ―  level and oblique tones; tonal patterns
  5. † Alternative form of 側／侧 (“side”)
  6. (dialectal) to raise (cause to rise)
  7. (loanword, Mainland China) zepto- (SI unit prefix)

Compounds
  • 仄媚
  • 仄日 (zèrì)
  • 仄目 (zèmù)
  • 仄目而視／仄目而视
  • 仄聞／仄闻
  • 仄聲／仄声 (zèshēng)
  • 仄行
  • 仄起體／仄起体
  • 仄韻／仄韵
  • 偪仄
  • 平仄 (píngzè)
  • 搜揚仄陋／搜扬仄陋
  • 明揚仄陋／明扬仄陋
  • 歉仄
  • 赤仄
  • 逼仄 (bīzè)

See also
The tones (of Chinese) in Mandarin · 聲調／声调 (shēngdiào) (layout · text)
平仄 (píngzè) 平 (píng)
平聲／平声 (píngshēng)		 仄 (zè)
仄聲／仄声 (zèshēng)
平上去入 (píngshǎngqùrù)
四聲／四声 (sìshēng)		 平 (píng)
平聲／平声 (píngshēng)		 上 (shǎng)
上聲／上声 (shǎngshēng)		 去 (qù)
去聲／去声 (qùshēng)		 入 (rù)
入聲／入声 (rùshēng)
標調方法／标调方法 (biāodiào fāngfǎ)
標調法／标调法		 四角標調法／四角标调法 ꜀◌ ꜂◌ ◌꜄ ◌꜆
[Term?] ◌〪 ◌〫 ◌〬 ◌〭
傍點／傍点 ∅ ◌〮 ◌〯 ∅
四聲八調／四声八调 陰平／阴平 (yīnpíng) 陽平／阳平 (yángpíng) 陰上／阴上 (yīnshǎng) 陽上／阳上 (yángshǎng) 陰去／阴去 (yīnqù) 陽去／阳去 (yángqù) 陰入／阴入 (yīnrù) 陽入／阳入 (yángrù)
陰／阴 (yīn) 陽／阳 (yáng)
標調方法／标调方法 (biāodiào fāngfǎ)
標調法／标调法		 四角標調法／四角标调法 ꜀◌ ꜁◌ ꜂◌ ꜃◌ ◌꜄ ◌꜅ ◌꜆ ◌꜇
The tones (of Standard Mandarin) in Mandarin · 聲調／声调 (shēngdiào) (layout · text)
四聲／四声 (sìshēng) 陰平／阴平 (yīnpíng)
一聲／一声		 陽平／阳平 (yángpíng)
二聲／二声 (èrshēng)		 上聲／上声 (shǎngshēng)
三聲／三声 (sānshēng)		 去聲／去声 (qùshēng)
四聲／四声 (sìshēng)		 輕聲／轻声 (qīngshēng)
SI prefix
Last Next
阿 介/仄 攸/幺

Etymology 2
simp. and trad.
 仄
alternative forms 積／积

From English cheque.

Pronunciation

Noun

仄

  1. (Cantonese, dated) cheque
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 支票 (“cheque”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 支票
Mandarin Taiwan 支票
Singapore 支票
Cantonese Guangzhou 支票, 則紙
Hong Kong 支票, cheque
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 支票
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 支票
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 支票
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 支票
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 支票
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 支票, 錢票
Southern Min Xiamen 支票
Quanzhou 支票
Zhangzhou 支票
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 支票, 手形
Tainan (Anping) 支票, 手形
Penang (Hokkien) cheque
Manila (Hokkien) cheque, 支票
Wu Hangzhou 支票

References

Japanese

Kanji
仄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. be seen dimly
  2. suggest, intimate, hint
  3. faint
  4. stupid

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

仄 (eum 측 (cheuk))

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Vietnamese

Han character

仄: Hán Nôm readings: trắc

  1. (linguistics, poetry, of a tone) being neither the ngang or huyền tone
    Antonym: bằng
  2. (poetry, of a rhyme) carrying a trắc tone
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