䰂

䰂	U+4C02, 䰂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4C02

← 䰁
[U+4C01]

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

䰃 →
[U+4C03]

Translingual

Han character

䰂 (Kangxi radical 190, 髟+8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹月木 (SHBD), composition ⿱髟采)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1455, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4528, character 6
Unihan data for U+4C02

Chinese

simp. and trad.		䰂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
采	*sʰɯːʔ
睬	*sʰɯːʔ
彩	*sʰɯːʔ
採	*sʰɯːʔ
綵	*sʰɯːʔ
寀	*sʰɯːʔ
菜	*sʰɯːs
埰	*sʰɯːs
棌	*sʰɯːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 髟 + phonetic 采 (OC *sʰɯːʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cài (cai⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cài
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cài
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai⁴
  - Yale: tsài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsay
  - Palladius: цай (caj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: coi³
  - Yale: choi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/

Middle Chinese: tshojX, tshojH

Rime
Character	䰂	䰂
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	倉宰切	倉代切
Baxter	tshojX	tshojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰʌi^X/	/t͡sʰʌi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəi^X/	/t͡sʰəi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɒi^X/	/t͡sʰɒi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəj^X/	/t͡sʰəj^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰᴀi^X/	/t͡sʰᴀi^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɒi^X/	/t͡sʰɒi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑ̆i^X/	/t͡sʰɑ̆i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cǎi	cài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coi²	coi³

Definitions

䰂

a coiffure with a topknot
turban, kerchief