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裁

裁 U+88C1, 裁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-88C1
← 裀
[U+88C0] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 裂 →
[U+88C2]

Translingual

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Han character

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裁 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十戈卜竹女 (JIYHV), four-corner 43750, composition ⿹𢦏衣)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1116, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34258
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1581, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3086, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+88C1

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 裁

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 裁
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   
Characters in the same phonetic series (𢦏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
𢦏 *ʔslɯː
栽 *ʔslɯː, *zlɯːs
哉 *ʔslɯː
烖 *ʔslɯː
載 *ʔslɯːʔ, *ʔslɯːs, *zlɯːs
渽 *ʔsɯː
睵 *ʔsɯː, *sʰɯː
溨 *zɯː
裁 *zlɯː, *zlɯːs
酨 *l'ɯːs, *zlɯːs
蛓 *sʰles, *sʰɯs
胾 *ʔsrɯs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs) : semantic 衣 + phonetic 𢦏 (OC *ʔslɯː). However, the phonetic component has a reference to a blade and an arrow, hence to the concept of cutting (e.g., fabric).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 裁 裁
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 從 (15) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 咍 (41) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 昨哉切 昨代切
Baxter dzoj dzojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡zʌi/ /d͡zʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡zəi/ /d͡zəiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡zɒi/ /d͡zɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡zəj/ /d͡zəjH/
Li
Rong 		/d͡zᴀi/ /d͡zᴀiH/
Wang
Li 		/d͡zɒi/ /d͡zɒiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/d͡zʱɑ̆i/ /d͡zʱɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		cái zài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		coi4 zoi6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 裁
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		cái
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzoj ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[dz]ˁə/
English cut out clothes

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 裁 裁
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 16498 16500
Phonetic
component
Rime
group 		之 之
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		裁 載
Old
Chinese 		/*zlɯː/ /*zlɯːs/

Definitions

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裁

  1. to cut out; to cut into parts
    裁縫／裁缝  ―  cáiféng  ―  to tailor ("to cut and sew")
    裁衣服  ―  cái yīfú  ―  to cut out a garment
  2. to cut down; to decrease
    裁軍／裁军  ―  cáijūn  ―  disarmament
    裁員／裁员  ―  cáiyuán  ―  to lay off staff
    我被公司裁了。  ―  Wǒ bèi gōngsī cái le.  ―  I got laid off by my company.
  3. (literary, or in compounds) to control; to rule
    獨裁／独裁  ―  dúcái  ―  authoritarian rule
  4. (literary, or in compounds) to judge; to decide
    裁決／裁决  ―  cáijué  ―  to decide (especially by legal verdict)
    仲裁  ―  zhòngcái  ―  to arbitrate
    自裁  ―  zìcái  ―  to make one's own decision (especially of suicide)
  5. (literary, or in compounds) to select and plan
  6. (literary, or in compounds) form of writing
    體裁／体裁  ―  tǐcái  ―  form; style
  7. Classifier for divisions of standard-size printing paper.

Synonyms

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  • (to cut down):
  • (to control):
  • (to judge):

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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裁

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. cut out, judge

Readings

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  • Go-on: ざい (zai)
  • Kan-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
  • Kun: たつ (tatsu, 裁つ, Jōyō)、さばく (sabaku, 裁く, Jōyō)

Compounds

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Pronunciation

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Kanji in this term
裁
たち
Grade: 6
irregular

Proper noun

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裁(たち) • (Tachi) 

  1. a surname

References

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  • Halpern, New Japanese-English Character Dictionary

Korean

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Hanja

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裁 (eumhun 마를 재 (mareul jae))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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裁: Hán Việt readings: tài
裁: Nôm readings: tài, trài

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