U+4F50, 佐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F50

[U+4F4F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4F51]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

(Kangxi radical 9, +5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人大一 (OKM), four-corner 24211, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 506
  • Dae Jaweon: page 207, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 130, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+4F50

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms
𠡃

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character


References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ʔsaːls) : semantic (person) + phonetic (OC *ʔsaːlʔ, *ʔsaːls).

Etymology

Compare (OC *ɢʷɯs, “to assist; to help; to protect”).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (13)
Final () (94)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter tsaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sɑH/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sɑH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sɑH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡saH/
Li
Rong
/t͡sɑH/
Wang
Li
/t͡sɑH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sɑH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zuò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zo3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zuǒ
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsaH ›
Old
Chinese
/*tsˁarʔ-s/ (dialect: *-r > *-j)
English aid, assist

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 18005
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsaːls/

Definitions

  1. to assist; to aid; to second
  2. assistant; aide; subordinate

Compounds

  • 七佐
  • 上佐
  • 中佐
  • 九佐
  • 五佐
  • 亭佐
  • 佐乘
  • 佐事
  • 佐享
  • 佐佑
  • 佐使
  • 佐僚
  • 佐券
  • 佐助
  • 佐助器
  • 佐史
  • 佐吏
  • 佐命
  • 佐將佐将
  • 佐屬佐属
  • 佐州
  • 佐幕
  • 佐弋
  • 佐戎
  • 佐政
  • 佐敦 (Zuǒdūn)
  • 佐料 (zuǒliào)
  • 佐時佐时
  • 佐書佐书
  • 佐棘
  • 佐檢佐检
  • 佐歡佐欢
  • 佐治 (Zuǒzhì)
  • 佐理 (zuǒlǐ)
  • 佐疾
  • 佐相
  • 佐策
  • 佐膳
  • 佐觴佐觞
  • 佐謀佐谋
  • 佐證佐证 (zuǒzhèng)
  • 佐貳佐贰
  • 佐車佐车
  • 佐輿佐舆
  • 佐轝
  • 佐郡
  • 佐酒
  • 佐釗佐钊
  • 佐附
  • 佐隸佐隶
  • 佐雜佐杂
  • 佐領佐领
  • 佐食
  • 佐餐 (zuǒcān)
  • 佐饔得嘗佐饔得尝
  • 佐鬥佐斗
  • 保佐
  • 保佐人
  • 假佐
  • 僉佐佥佐
  • 僚佐 (liáozuǒ)
  • 儲佐储佐
  • 元佐
  • 出佐
  • 匡佐
  • 協佐协佐
  • 卿佐
  • 參佐参佐 (cānzuǒ)
  • 史佐
  • 吏佐
  • 君臣佐使
  • 四佐
  • 坊佐
  • 奉佐
  • 孔佐
  • 官佐
  • 寮佐
  • 將佐将佐 (jiàngzuǒ)
  • 屈佐
  • 屠佐
  • 屬佐属佐
  • 帝佐
  • 幹佐干佐
  • 府佐
  • 弼佐
  • 從佐从佐
  • 御佐
  • 扶佐
  • 掾佐
  • 擢佐
  • 啟佐启佐
  • 旁佐
  • 書佐书佐
  • 末佐
  • 榦佐干佐
  • 正佐
  • 毗佐
  • 營佐营佐
  • 王佐
  • 王佐之才
  • 王佐才
  • 皇佐
  • 綱佐纲佐
  • 縣佐县佐
  • 翊佐
  • 翼佐
  • 臣佐
  • 良佐
  • 規佐规佐
  • 證佐证佐
  • 護佐护佐
  • 豐佐丰佐
  • 貞佐贞佐
  • 貳佐贰佐
  • 賓佐宾佐
  • 賢佐贤佐
  • 贊佐赞佐
  • 軍佐军佐
  • 輔佐辅佐 (fǔzuǒ)
  • 輔佐人辅佐人
  • 巡佐
  • 運佐运佐
  • 邦佐
  • 郡佐
  • 鄉佐乡佐
  • 酒佐

References

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. aid
  2. help
  3. field officer (Military)

Readings

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC tsaH).

Historical readings

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕwa̠(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Wikisource (eumhun 도울 (doul jwa))

  1. Hanja form? of ((literary) subordinate).
  2. Hanja form? of ((military) commander; a field grade officer in the Korean People's Army).
    (North Korea) (少)SojwaJunior Commander
    (North Korea) (中)JungjwaLieutenant-Colonel; Middle Commander
    (North Korea) (上)SangjwaColonel; High Commander
    (North Korea) (大)DaejwaSenior Colonel; Brigadier; Grand Commander

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: , tớ

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References

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