阼

阼	U+963C, 阼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-963C

← 阻
[U+963B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

阽 →
[U+963D]

Translingual

Han character

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

the steps leading to the eastern door

Derived characters

𦰼

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1348, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41594
Dae Jaweon: page 1849, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4121, character 6
Unihan data for U+963C

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuò
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴
  - Yale: dzwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh
  - Palladius: цзо (czo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zou⁶
  - Yale: jouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²²/

Middle Chinese: dzuH

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
Baxter	dzuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zuo^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zo^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɔ^H/
Li Rong	/d͡zo^H/
Wang Li	/d͡zu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zou⁶

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

(Hyōgai kanji)

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)

Korean

Hanja

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

the steps leading to the eastern door