縡

縡	U+7E21, 縡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E21

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CJK Unified Ideographs

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[U+7E22]

Translingual

Han character

縡 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女火十卜十 (VFJYJ), four-corner 2394₁, composition ⿰糹宰)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 934, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27781
Dae Jaweon: page 1373, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3440, character 6
Unihan data for U+7E21

Chinese

trad.		縡
simp.		𰬴

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǎi, zài (zai³, zai⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˇ, ㄗㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi² / zoi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǎi
  - Wade–Giles: tsai³
  - Yale: dzǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzae
  - Palladius: цзай (czaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zài
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zài
  - Wade–Giles: tsai⁴
  - Yale: dzài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzay
  - Palladius: цзай (czaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zoi² / zoi³
  - Yale: jói / joi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi² / dzoi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zoi² / zoi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯³⁵/, /t͡sɔːi̯³³/

Middle Chinese: tsojX, tsojH

Rime
Character	縡	縡
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	作亥切	作代切
Baxter	tsojX	tsojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʌi^X/	/t͡sʌi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡səi^X/	/t͡səi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɒi^X/	/t͡sɒi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡səj^X/	/t͡səj^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sᴀi^X/	/t͡sᴀi^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sɒi^X/	/t͡sɒi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sɑ̆i^X/	/t͡sɑ̆i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǎi	zài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoi²	zoi³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯːʔ/, /*ʔsɯːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	縡	縡
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16507	16508
Phonetic component	宰	宰
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	宰	載
Old Chinese	/*ʔsɯːʔ/	/*ʔsɯːs/

Definitions

縡

(literary) thing; matter; affair

Japanese

Kanji

縡

(Hyōgai kanji)

thing, matter^[1]
life

Readings

On (unclassified): さい (sai)
Kun: こと (koto, 縡)、いき (iki, 縡)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
縡
こと Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 縡 – see the following entry.

【こと】

[noun] broadly, any abstract thing, affair, matter, or fact

[noun] a thing, occasion, circumstances, detail, particular

[noun] act of (word used for the nominalization of verbs, adjectives, or phrases)

[noun] (by extension) experience, having been or done (used with ある (aru, “have, possess”))

[noun] event of special importance: affair, something, incident, case, occurrence, trouble

[noun] business matters, affairs, business, work, duty

[noun] Used as a nominalizer for precepts.

[noun] It is said that; I've heard that (used with とのこと)

[noun] Used to introduce aliases/stage names.

Alternative spellings
事, 亊, ヿ

(This term, 縡, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

References

^ “縡”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

縡 • (jae) (hangeul 재, revised jae, McCune–Reischauer chae, Yale cay)

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[1] “縡”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

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