釵
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
釵 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 金水戈 (CEI), four-corner 87140, composition ⿰釒叉)
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1297, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40191
- Dae Jaweon: page 1800, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4173, character 14
- Unihan data for U+91F5
Chinese edit
| trad. | 釵 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 钗 | |
Glyph origin edit
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
釵
Synonyms edit
Compounds edit
References edit
- “Query for 釵”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
Japanese edit
Kanji edit
Readings edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Chinese 釵 (MC tsrhea). Compare modern Mandarin 釵／钗 (chāi, “hairpin; sai (weapon)”).
This character was originally used in Japanese to mean (ornamental) hairpin, and was read with a kun'yomi of kanzashi. The similarity in shape between a hairpin and the weapon called a sai later led to this character being used to refer to the weapon. In modern Japanese, this character is read primarily with its on'yomi of sai, and is used to refer to the weapon. The hairpin sense and kanzashi reading are more often spelled 簪.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (weaponry) a sai: a short blunt weapon with a wide guard, used mainly for defense against opponents armed with swords
See also edit
- 十手 (じって, jitte)
Etymology 2 edit
/kamusaɕi/ → /kanzaɕi/
Originally a compound of 髪 (kamu, “hair, hair of the head”, Old Japanese combining form) + 挿し (sashi, “sticker-through (something that sticks through)”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 挿す sasu “to stick through, to insert”).[1][2] The sashi changes to zashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- a hairpin, particularly a fancy decorative hairpin used in Japanese women's hairstyles
Usage notes edit
This sense is more commonly spelled in kanji as 簪 or in kana as かんざし.
Etymology 3 edit
May be a sound shift from kanzashi.[1]
/kanzaɕi/ → /kazaɕi/
Alternately, this may be a compound of 髪 (ka, “hair”, apophonic form of 毛 ke “hair”) + 挿し (sashi, “sticker-through”).[1]
A folk etymology occasionally encountered is that this as a compound of 花 (ka, “flower”) + 挿し (sashi, “sticker-through”), as many decorative hairpins have floral themes. However, this etymology would mix the Chinese-derived on'yomi of ka and the Old Japanese-derived kun'yomi of sashi, which seems less probable than the above two possibilities.
Alternative forms edit
- 挿頭
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
釵 • (kazashi)
- (obsolete) an ornamental hairpin (see above)
Related terms edit
- 挿頭す (kazasu): to stick in one's hair (as for decoration); to add decoration on top of something
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Korean edit
Hanja edit
釵 • (chae, cha) (hangeul 채, 차, revised chae, cha, McCune–Reischauer ch'ae, ch'a, Yale chay, cha)
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Vietnamese edit
Han character edit
釵: Hán Nôm readings: thoa, soa, sai
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