瘥

瘥 U+7625, 瘥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7625 ← 瘤 [U+7624] CJK Unified Ideographs 瘦 → [U+7626]

Translingual

Han character

瘥 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 大廿手一 (KTQM), four-corner 0011₂, composition ⿸疒差)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 778, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22412
• Dae Jaweon: page 1188, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2686, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7625

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
左	*ʔsaːlʔ, *ʔsaːls
佐	*ʔsaːls
袏	*ʔslaːls
蹉	*sʰlaːl
瑳	*sʰlaːl, *sʰlaːlʔ
搓	*sʰlaːl
磋	*sʰlaːl
溠	*sʰlaːl, *sraːl, *ʔsraːls
傞	*sʰlaːl, *slaːl
醝	*zlaːl
瘥	*zlaːl, *ʔsljal, *sʰreːls
鹺	*zlaːl
嵯	*zlaːl, *sʰral
嵳	*zlaːl
蒫	*zlaːl, *ʔsljal, *ʔslɯl
艖	*zlaːl, *sʰraːl
齹	*zlaːl, *sʰral, *zral
縒	*slaːlʔ, *sʰral, *sʰlaːɡ
褨	*slaːlʔ
嗟	*ʔsljal
差	*sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːls, *sʰral
鎈	*sʰraːl
槎	*zraːl, *zraːlʔ
髊	*zlals

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zlaːl, *ʔsljal, *sʰreːls) : semantic 疒 + phonetic 差 (OC *sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːls, *sʰral).

Etymology 1

trad.		瘥
simp. #		瘥
alternative forms		𣩈 𤻸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuó (cuo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuó
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻo²
    • Yale: tswó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tswo
    • Palladius: цо (co)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: co⁴
    • Yale: chòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: co⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dza, tsjae

Rime
Character	瘥	瘥
Reading #	1/3	2/3
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	昨何切	子邪切
Baxter	dza	tsjae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɑ/	/t͡sia/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɑ/	/t͡sia/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɑ/	/t͡sia/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡za/	/t͡sia/
Li Rong	/d͡zɑ/	/t͡sia/
Wang Li	/d͡zɑ/	/t͡sĭa/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱɑ/	/t͡si̯a/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cuó	jiē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	co4	ze1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zlaːl/, /*ʔsljal/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瘥	瘥
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	18016	18027
Phonetic component	左	左
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	醝	嗟
Old Chinese	/*zlaːl/	/*ʔsljal/

Definitions

瘥

1. sickness, illness
2. epidemic, plague

   天方薦瘥、喪亂弘多。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
   天方荐瘥、丧乱弘多。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

   Tiān fāng jiàn cuó, sàng luàn hóng duō. [Pinyin]

   Heaven is continually redoubling its afflictions; Deaths and disorder increase and multiply

3. defect

Etymology 2

trad.		瘥
simp. #		瘥
alternative forms		差 𤻸 𦏱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chài (chai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai³
• Eastern Min (BUC): chă

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chài
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chài
    • Wade–Giles: chʻai⁴
    • Yale: chài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chay
    • Palladius: чай (čaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caai³
    • Yale: chaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrheaH

Rime
Character	瘥
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	楚懈切
Baxter	tsrheaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠɛH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚæH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨjH/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰɛH/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰaiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰaiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰreːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瘥
Reading #	3/3
No.	18040
Phonetic component	左
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	差
Old Chinese	/*sʰreːls/

Definitions

瘥

1. cure
2. (literary or Eastern Min) to recover from an illness

Japanese

Kanji

瘥

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さ (sa)、ざ (za)、しゃ (sha)、さい (sai)
• Kun: いえる (ieru)