挫

挫	U+632B, 挫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-632B

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[U+632A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

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[U+632C]

Translingual

Han character

挫 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手人人土 (QOOG), four-corner 5801₄, composition ⿰扌坐)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 431, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12087
Dae Jaweon: page 780, character 29
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1885, character 3
Unihan data for U+632B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		挫

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
脞	sʰal, sʰoːlʔ
侳	ʔsal, ʔsoːls
挫	*ʔsoːls
夎	*ʔsoːls
遳	*sʰloːl
銼	sʰoːls, zoːl, *zoːɡ
剉	*sʰoːls
莝	*sʰoːls
趖	*soːl
矬	*zoːl
痤	*zoːl
睉	*zoːl
坐	zoːlʔ, zoːls
座	*zoːls
髽	*ʔsroːl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsoːls): semantic 扌 + phonetic 坐 (OC *zoːlʔ, *zoːls).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cuò, cuō (cuo⁴, cuo¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛˋ, ㄘㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): co³
Eastern Min (BUC): chó̤
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhò

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cuò
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻo⁴
  - Yale: tswò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuoh
  - Palladius: цо (co)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cuo
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻo¹
  - Yale: tswō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuo
  - Palladius: цо (co)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: co³
  - Yale: cho
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tso³
  - Guangdong Romanization: co³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chó̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔ²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò
  - Tâi-lô: tshò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰo²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰo¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɤ²¹/

Middle Chinese: tswaH

Rime
Character	挫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	則卧切
Baxter	tswaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suɑ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suɑ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡suɑ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swa^H/
Li Rong	/t͡suɑ^H/
Wang Li	/t͡suɑ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡suɑ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zo³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsoːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	挫
Reading #	1/1
No.	18051
Phonetic component	坐
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ʔsoːls/

Definitions

挫

to break (something); to crush; to smash; to push down
to bend; to flex
to dampen; to strike; to attack; to defeat; to frustrate; to deflate; to obstruct; to oppress
setback; frustration; obstruction

Compounds

下挫 (xiàcuò)
力挫
受挫 (shòucuò)
失挫
愈挫愈奮 / 愈挫愈奋
折挫
抑揚頓挫 / 抑扬顿挫 (yìyángdùncuò)
挫傷 / 挫伤 (cuòshāng)
挫刀
挫創 / 挫创
挫動 / 挫动 (cuòdòng)
挫折 (cuòzhé)
挫敗 / 挫败 (cuòbài)
挫辱
挫過 / 挫过
挫骨揚灰 / 挫骨扬灰
挫魚 / 挫鱼
掙挫 / 挣挫
摧挫
敗挫 / 败挫
沉鬱頓挫 / 沉郁顿挫
百折不挫
眼挫
禁挫
腦挫傷 / 脑挫伤
重挫 (zhòngcuò)
頓挫 / 顿挫 (dùncuò)
頓挫抑揚 / 顿挫抑扬

Japanese

Kanji

挫

(Jōyō kanji)

crush, break, sprain, discourage

Readings

Go-on: さ (sa)
Kan-on: さ (sa)
Kan’yō-on: ざ (za, Jōyō)
Kun: くじく (kujiku, 挫く)、くじける (kujikeru, 挫ける)

Korean

Hanja

挫 (eumhun 꺾을 좌 (kkeokkeul jwa))

hanja form^? of 좌 (“to bend; to flex”)

Compounds

좌절 (挫折, jwajeol, “setback; frustration”)

Vietnamese

Han character

挫: Hán Nôm readings: dọa/doạ, dóa/doá, tỏa/toả, thọa/thoạ, thúa, thòa/thoà, thụa, sọa/soạ, sùa

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