渣

渣 U+6E23, 渣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E23
← 渢
[U+6E22]
CJK Unified Ideographs 渤 →
[U+6E24]

Translingual

Han character

渣 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水木日一 (EDAM), four-corner 34116, composition ⿰氵查 or ⿰氵査)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 634, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17767
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1041, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1670, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6E23

Chinese

trad. 渣
simp. # 渣
2nd round simp. 泎

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ʔsraː) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 查 (OC *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • che/chee - vernacular;
  • cha - literary.

Rime
Character 渣
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 莊 (18)
Final (韻) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 側加切
Baxter tsrae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ʃˠa/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈ͡ʂᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ʃa/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈ͡ʂaɨ/
Li
Rong
/t͡ʃa/
Wang
Li
/t͡ʃa/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʈ͡ʂa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zaa1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 渣
Reading # 1/1
No. 10388
Phonetic
component
且
Rime
group
魚
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
樝
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsraː/
Notes 同溠水名又柤滓今字

Definitions

渣

  1. dregs; lees; sediment
  2. fragment; particle; piece; scrap; crumb
    蝕到連渣都冇 [Cantonese, trad.]
    蚀到连渣都冇 [Cantonese, simp.]
    sik6 dou3 lin4 zaa1 dou1 mou5 [Jyutping]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. Alternative form of 喳
  4. Used in transcription of foreign names in Cantonese.
    渣打銀行/渣打银行 [Cantonese]  ―  zaa1 daa2 ngan4 hong4 [Jyutping]  ―  Standard Chartered Bank
    渣華道/渣华道 [Cantonese]  ―  zaa1 waa4 dou6 [Jyutping]  ―  Java Road
  5. a surname: Zha
Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 渣 – see 鮓 (“of poor quality”).
(This character is a variant form of 鮓).

References

Japanese

Kanji

渣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. dregs

Readings

  • Go-on: しゃ (sha)
  • Kan-on: さ (sa)
  • Kun: おり (ori); かす (kasu)

Korean

Hanja

渣 (eum 사 (sa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

渣: Hán Nôm readings: tra

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