挫

挫

挫 U+632B, 挫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-632B ← 挪 [U+632A] CJK Unified Ideographs 挬 → [U+632C]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• KangXi: page 431, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12087
• Dae Jaweon: page 780, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1885, character 3
• Unihan data for U+632B

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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, OC *ʔsoːls) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 坐 (OC *zoːlʔ, *zoːls).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuò, cuō (cuo⁴, cuo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛˋ, ㄘㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co³
• Min Nan (POJ): chhò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: cuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋ
    • Wade–Giles: ts'o⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuoh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: cuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛ
    • Wade–Giles: ts'o¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuo
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: co³
    • Yale: cho
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso³
    • Guangdong Romanization: co³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː³³/
• Min Nan
  • (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/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡suɑ^H/▼

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suɑH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suɑH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡suɑH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swaH/
Li Rong	/t͡suɑH/
Wang Li	/t͡suɑH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡suɑH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuò

• 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

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

Compounds

下挫 (xiàcuò) 力挫 受挫 (shòucuò) 失挫 愈挫愈奮／愈挫愈奋 抑揚頓挫／抑扬顿挫 (yìyángdùncuò) 折挫 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 頓挫／顿挫 (dùncuò) 頓挫抑揚／顿挫抑扬

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Japanese

Kanji

挫

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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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)

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Korean

Hanja

挫 (eum 좌 (jwa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

挫: Hán Nôm readings: dọa/doạ, dóa/doá, tỏa/toả

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