甾
See also: 畄 and 𤰝
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Translingual
Han character
甾 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女女田 (VVW), four-corner 22600, composition ⿱巛田)
Derived characters
- 崰, 𭘦, 淄, 𭸖, 椔, 𤉣, 𪺟, 䐉, 𰏛, 㿳, 𥓲, 𥚉, 䅔, 𮖓, 緇(缁), 䎩, 𧱥, 輜(辎), 錙(锱), 𩋝, 𩗮, 𩜊, 𮪌, 鯔(鲻)
- 㓯, 䣎, 𤱽, 𤱾, 𤲑, 𨿴, 𤳊, 疀, 𤳤, 鶅, 𱊎, 𪋍, 𤳫, 𤳲, 𤳯, 𤴅, 𰏆, 𰃱, 𡙂, 𫳗, 𡸟, 菑, 𰣇, 𣓩, 𤲙, 𫻾, 𧇄
- 𬌊, 𧑳, 𬯞, 𠞰
See also
- 湽, 輺, 鍿, 𤱹, 葘, 𧇕, 𦿨
References
- KangXi: page 759, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21742
- Dae Jaweon: page 1169, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2531, character 5
- Unihan data for U+753E
- Unihan data for U+2F936
Chinese
| simp. and trad. | 甾 | |
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The basic structure of steroids (甾), featuring the tetracyclic backbone with three side chains.
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (甾) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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| 輜 | *ʔsrɯ, *sʰrɯ |
| 淄 | *ʔsrɯ |
| 錙 | *ʔsrɯ |
| 緇 | *ʔsrɯ |
| 甾 | *ʔsrɯ |
| 菑 | *ʔsrɯ, *ʔsɯː, *ʔsɯː |
| 鶅 | *ʔsrɯ, *ʔsrɯs |
| 椔 | *ʔsrɯ, *ʔsrɯs |
| 鯔 | *ʔsrɯ |
This character is a fusion of two characters which were separate in small seal script.
- “earthenware”
- 甾 of this sense was 𠙹 in the small seal script (古文/ancient variant 𠙾 in the Shuowen Jiezi), with three vertical straight strokes on top, representing the pictogram (象形) of a vessel (缶) made of clay: Xu Shen says 東楚名缶曰甾。象形. This became the current form in the clerical script. "Zi" was the name used in Chu to call this kind of vessel.
- This glyph was used as 載 (OC *zlɯːs) or proper nouns in oracle bone script.
- “one-year field”
- The glyph of this sense is composed of 𡿧 (“calamity”) and 田 (OC *l'iːŋ, “field”). This glyph is also used as an alternative form of 災 (OC *ʔslɯː). It can be seen in the lower part of 葘.
- “steroid”
- This character was practically obsolete before it was revived as a modern translation for steroid. It is also a pictogram (象形) in this sense; the upper part represents the three side chains on the ring system, and the 田 component represents the tetracyclic core of steroids. See the image on right.
Smith (2011) interprets the oracle bone glyph as depicting the new moon and proposes that it originally wrote a word *ts[r]əʔ "darkened phase" i.e. "new moon", related to 緇 (OC *tsrə) "blackened", 菑 (OC *tsrə) "field cleared by slash and burn", 淄 (OC *tsrə) "murky (water)". Lunar meaning is also present in 臘 of which this character is the upper-right component.
Pronunciation 1
Definitions
甾
- ‡ Name of an ancient earthen alcohol vessel.
- † (～水) Original form of 淄 (zī, “Zi River, a river in Shandong province”).
- † Alternative form of 𨿴 (“a kind of pheasant”).
- ‡ Alternative form of 菑／灾 (zī, “ground that has been under cultivation for one year”).
- † (historical) An ancient placename.
Compounds
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Pronunciation 2
Definitions
甾
- † Alternative form of 災／灾 (zāi, “calamity; disaster”).
- (～族, ～體) (biochemistry) steroid
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
甾
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
- Go-on: さい (sai); し (shi)
- Kan-on: さい (sai); し (shi)
- Kun: かめ (kame, 甾)
Korean
Hanja
甾 • (jae) (hangeul 재, revised jae, McCune–Reischauer chae)
- pheasant
- an ancient pottery
- calamity
Vietnamese
Han character
甾: Hán Nôm readings: tai
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