砸

砸

砸 U+7838, 砸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7838 ← 砷 [U+7837] CJK Unified Ideographs 砹 → [U+7839]

Translingual

Han character

砸 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一口尸中月 (MRSLB), four-corner 1161₂, composition ⿰石匝)

1. smash, crush, break
2. pound, mash

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 829, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24143
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2422, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7838

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		砸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
帀	*ʔsuːb
沞	*ʔsuːb
魳	*ʔsuːb
迊	*ʔsuːb
匝	*ʔsuːb
咂	*ʔsuːb
韴	*zuːb
砸	*zaːd

Etymology

“to sew with a sewing machine”

When sewing with a sewing machine, it looks as if it is smashing the cloth.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zá (za²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄚˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): zang²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chap
• Min Nan (POJ): chap / chà
• Wu (Wiktionary): zaq (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zá
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zá
    • Wade–Giles: tsa²
    • Yale: dzá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzar
    • Palladius: цза (cza)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sä³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zang²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saŋ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaap³
    • Yale: jaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːp̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chap
    • Hakka Romanization System: zab`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sap̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chap
    • Tâi-lô: tsap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zab
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sap̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sap̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chà
    • Tâi-lô: tsà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zax
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sa²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sa⁴¹/

Note: chap - literary, chà - vernacular (俗).

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zaq (T5)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /z̥a̱ʔ¹²/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zaːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	砸
Reading #	1/1
No.	16483
Phonetic component	帀
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	巀
Old Chinese	/*zaːd/
Notes	手冊作㩵今字

Definitions

砸

1. (of falling objects) to crush; to smash
2. to bash; to smash

   • 我們村莊上的人商量著還要拿榔頭砸他呢。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     我们村庄上的人商量著还要拿榔头砸他呢。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Wǒmen cūnzhuāng shàng de rén shāngliàng zhù hái yào ná lángtou zá tā ne. [Pinyin]

     People in my village were discussing smashing him with a hammer.

3. to break; to destroy

   杯子砸了  ―  bēizǐ zá le  ―  the cup is broken

   • 周秀花：龐四奶奶也未必敢砸茶館！ [MSC, trad.]
     周秀花：庞四奶奶也未必敢砸茶馆！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, Lao She, 茶館（第三幕）

     Zhōu Xiùhuā: páng sì nǎinǎi yě wèibì gǎn zá cháguǎn! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

4. to throw; to toss

   砸雞蛋／砸鸡蛋  ―  zá jīdàn  ―  to throw eggs

5. (dialectal Mandarin) to sew with a sewing machine
6. (colloquial) to flop; to fail; to fall through

   考砸了  ―  kǎo zá le  ―  to have failed a test

Synonyms

• (to sew with a sewing machine): 車／车 (chē)
• (to fail):

edit

失利 (shīlì) 挫折 (cuòzhé)

未成功 (wèi chénggōng) 跌倒 (diēdǎo)

失敗／失败 (shībài) 破產／破产 (pòchǎn)

Compounds

搞砸 (gǎozá) 摔打砸拉 砸了 砸招牌 砸明火

砸破 搬磚砸腳／搬砖砸脚 砸傷／砸伤 (záshāng) 砸兌／砸兑 砸壞／砸坏

砸毀／砸毁 (záhuǐ) 砸爛／砸烂 (zálàn) 砸鍋／砸锅 (záguō) 砸鍋賣鐵／砸锅卖铁 砸飯碗／砸饭碗 (záfànwǎn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

砸: Hán Nôm readings: táp, tặp

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