# 笮

| 笮 | U+7B2E, &#31534; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B2E |
| ← 笭 [U+7B2D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 笯 → [U+7B2F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

笮 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹人尸 (HOS), four-corner 8821$_1$, composition ⿱𥫗乍)
* boards which support tiles on a roof

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 881, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25945
* Dae Jaweon: page 1309, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2956, character 4
* Unihan data for U+7B2E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 笮
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | 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): zé (ze$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak$^3$ / zaak$^6$ / zok$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zé
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zé
*** Wade–Giles: tsê$^2$
*** Yale: dzé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzer
*** Palladius: цзэ (czɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zaak$^3$ / zaak$^6$ / zok$^6$
*** Yale: jaak / jaahk / johk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak$^8$ / dzaak$^9$ / dzok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zag$^3$ / zag$^6$ / zog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saːk̚³/, /t͡saːk̚²/, /t͡sɔːk̚²/
* Middle Chinese: tsraeH, dzak, tsraek
Rime :
| Character | 笮 | 笮 | 笮 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 莊 (18) | 從 (15) | 莊 (18) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) | 鐸 (103) | 陌 (113) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | I | II |
| Fanqie | 側駕切 | 在各切 | 側伯切 |
| Baxter | tsraeH | dzak | tsraek |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃˠa$^H$/ | /d͡zɑk̚/ | /t͡ʃˠæk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂᵚa$^H$/ | /d͡zɑk̚/ | /ʈ͡ʂᵚak̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃa$^H$/ | /d͡zɑk̚/ | /t͡ʃak̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂaɨ$^H$/ | /d͡zak̚/ | /ʈ͡ʂaɨjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃa$^H$/ | /d͡zɑk̚/ | /t͡ʃɐk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃa$^H$/ | /d͡zɑk̚/ | /t͡ʃɐk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂa$^H$/ | /d͡zʱɑk̚/ | /ʈ͡ʂɐk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhà | zuó | zhe |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zaa$^3$ | zok$^6$ | zak$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsraːɡs/, /*zaːɡ/, /*ʔsraːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 笮 | 笮 | 笮 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 16647 | 16670 | 16679 |
| Phonetic component | 乍 | 乍 | 乍 |
| Rime group | 暮 | 鐸 | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 詐 | 昨 | 嘖 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsraːɡs/ | /*zaːɡ/ | /*ʔsraːɡ/ |

### Definitions

笮
* bamboo quiver for arrows

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* narrow

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): さく (saku)、しゃく (shaku)、ざく (zaku)
* Kun: せまい (semai)