仄

仄

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

Translingual

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: 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

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Chinese

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

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zè (ze⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zak¹
• Min Nan (POJ): cheh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zè
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zè
    • Wade–Giles: tsê⁴
    • Yale: dzè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeh
    • Palladius: цзэ (czɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zak¹
    • Yale: jāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheh
    • Tâi-lô: tseh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡seʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡seʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡seʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡seʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡seʔ³²/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ʃɨk̚/

Rime
Character	仄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	蒸 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	阻力切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]rək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsrɯɡ/

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 (cè, “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) 仄行 偪仄 平仄 (píngzè)

歉仄 赤仄 逼仄 (bīzè) 仄目而視／仄目而视 仄聞／仄闻

仄聲／仄声 (zèshēng) 仄起體／仄起体 仄韻／仄韵 搜揚仄陋／搜扬仄陋 明揚仄陋／明扬仄陋

See also

The tones (of Chinese) in Chinese · 聲調 (layout · text)
	平仄		平 平聲		仄 仄聲
	平上去入 四聲 古四聲		平 平聲		上 上聲		去 去聲		入 入聲
標調方法 標調法	四角標調法		꜀◌		꜂◌		◌꜄		◌꜆
	[Term?]		◌〪		◌〫		◌〬		◌〭
	[Term?]		∅		◌〮		◌〯		∅
			∅		-X		-H		-p -t -k (-ʔ)
	四聲八調		陰平	陽平	陰上	陽上	陰去	陽去	陰入	陽入
	陰	陽
標調方法 標調法	四角標調法		꜀◌	꜁◌	꜂◌	꜃◌	◌꜄	◌꜅	◌꜆	◌꜇

The tones (of Standard Mandarin) in Chinese · 聲調 (layout · text)
四聲	陰平 第一聲		陽平 第二聲		上聲 第三聲		去聲 第四聲		輕聲

SI prefix
Last		Next
阿	介/仄	攸/幺

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00077

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Japanese

Kanji

仄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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

Readings

• Go-on: しき (shiki)
• Kan-on: しょく (shoku)
• Kan’yō-on: そく (soku)
• Kun: ほのか (honoka, 仄か); かたむく (katamuku, 仄く)

Compounds

• 仄白(ほのじろ)い (honojiroi)

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Korean

Hanja

仄 (eum 측 (cheuk))

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Vietnamese

Han character

仄: Hán Nôm readings: trắc

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