阼

阼

阼 U+963C, 阼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-963C ← 阻 [U+963B] CJK Unified Ideographs 阽 → [U+963D]

Translingual

Han character

阼 (radical 170, 阜+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓中人尸 (NLOS), four-corner 7821₁, composition ⿰阝乍)

1. the steps leading to the eastern door

References

• KangXi: page 1348, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41594
• Dae Jaweon: page 1849, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4121, character 6
• Unihan data for U+963C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		阼

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 阼
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (乍) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
作	*ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡ
鲊	*ʔsraːʔ
痄	*ʔsraːʔ
厏	*ʔsraːʔ, *zraːʔ
詐	*ʔsraːɡs
咋	*ʔsraːɡs, *zraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ
笮	*ʔsraːɡs, *zaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
榨	*ʔsraːɡs
炸	*ʔr'aːɡs, *zreːb
乍	*zraːɡs
拃	*ʔsraːnʔ
酢	*sʰaːɡs, *zaːɡ
祚	*zaːɡs
胙	*zaːɡs
阼	*zaːɡs
飵	*zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
秨	*zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
迮	*ʔsaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
柞	*ʔsaːɡ, *zaːɡ
昨	*zaːɡ
怍	*zaːɡ
砟	*zaːɡ
莋	*zaːɡ
岝	*zaːɡ, *zraːɡ
鈼	*zaːɡ
筰	*zaːɡ
葃	*zaːɡ, *zreːɡ, *zaɡ
舴	*ʔr'aːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
窄	*ʔsraːɡ
蚱	*ʔsraːɡ
齚	*zraːɡ
泎	*zraːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuò (zuo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶
    • Yale: jouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡zuo^H/▼

Rime
Character	阼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	昨誤切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zoH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɔH/
Li Rong	/d͡zoH/
Wang Li	/d͡zuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zù

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*zaːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	阼
Reading #	1/1
No.	16657
Phonetic component	乍
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	祚
Old Chinese	/*zaːɡs/

Definitions

阼

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Japanese

Kanji

阼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. steps leading to the eastern door or throne

Readings

• On (unclassified): そ (so), ぞ (zo), さく (saku), ざく (zaku)
• Kun: きざはし (kizahashi)

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Korean

Hanja

阼 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

1. the steps leading to the eastern door