# 炸

| 炸 | U+70B8, &#28856; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70B8 |
| ← 炷 [U+70B7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 点 → [U+70B9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

炸 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火竹尸 (FHS) or 火人尸 (FOS), four-corner 9881$_1$, composition ⿰火乍)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 669, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18979
* Dae Jaweon: page 1078, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2196, character 1
* Unihan data for U+70B8

## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zhà (zha$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): za$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): cha
    (Meixian, Guangdong): za$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cá
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chà / chèe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zan$^3$ / za$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tso; $^5$tsa
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhà
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhà
*** Wade–Giles: cha$^4$
*** Yale: jà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jah
*** Palladius: чжа (čža)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: za$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: za
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sa²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zaa$^3$
*** Yale: ja
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: za$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saː³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cha
*** Hakka Romanization System: za
*** Hagfa Pinyim: za$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sa⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: za$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sa⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cá
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɑ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chà
*** Tâi-lô: tsà
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zax
*** IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /t͡sa²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sa⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sa¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèe
*** Tâi-lô: tsèe
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɛ²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zan$^3$ / za$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsàⁿ / tsà
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sã²¹³/, /t͡sa²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tso; $^5$tsa
*** MiniDict: tso$^去$; tsa$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tso; $^2$tsa
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡so³⁴/, /t͡sa³⁴/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit炸 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂa⁵¹/ /ʈ͡ʂa³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂa²⁴/ /ʈ͡ʂa⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡sɑ⁵³/ 爆～ /t͡sɑ⁴⁵/ 油～ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂa⁴²/ 油～ /ʈ͡ʂa²¹/ ～彈 |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂa⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂa³¹²/ ～彈 |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡sa²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡sa²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂa¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂa¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡sa⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡sa²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡sa³¹/ /t͡sa¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡sa²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂa̠³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂɑ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡saʔ⁵⁴/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡sʌʔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡saʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡so³⁵/ /t͡sa³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡so⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /zɑʔ²/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡so⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʰa²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡sɔ⁴²/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sa²⁴/ 油～ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡sɒ⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sʰaʔ²/ 水煮 /t͡saʔ⁵/ 油～ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sa⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /t͡sɑ⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sa³³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sa³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sa³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡sap̚⁵/ /saʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡sɑ²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sa⁵⁴/ 新 /t͡sa⁴²/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡saʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ta³³/ 水煮 /t͡sa³⁵/ 油～ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔr'aːɡs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 炸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 16649 |
| Phonetic component | 乍 |
| Rime group | 暮 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 吒 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔr'aːɡs/ |
| Notes | 灹晚起字 |

#### Definitions

炸
* to explode; to burst
    煤氣罐炸了。／煤气罐炸了。 ― Méiqì guàn zhà le. ― The gas tank exploded.
* to blow up; to bomb
    把橋炸了／把桥炸了 ― bǎ qiáo zhà le ― to blow up the bridge
* (colloquial) to fly into a rage

#### Compounds

* 人口爆炸 (rénkǒu bàozhà)
* 冰炸紋／冰炸纹
* 塑膠炸彈／塑胶炸弹
* 定時炸彈／定时炸弹 (dìngshí zhàdàn)
* 工礦炸藥／工矿炸药
* 戰略轟炸／战略轰炸
* 氣炸／气炸
* 水平轟炸／水平轰炸
* 深水炸彈／深水炸弹 (shēnshuǐ zhàdàn)
* 潛水炸彈／潜水炸弹
* 炸彈／炸弹 (zhàdàn)
* 炸東京／炸东京 (zhà Dōngjīng)
* 炸毀／炸毁 (zhàhuǐ)
* 炸燬／炸毁
* 炸獄／炸狱
* 炸窩／炸窝
* 炸藥／炸药 (zhàyào)
* 炸裂 (zhàliè)
* 炸雷 (zhàléi)
* 爆炸 (bàozhà)
* 爆炸上限
* 爆炸下限
* 爆炸性 (bàozhàxìng)
* 爆炸波
* 爆炸物 (bàozhàwù)
* 疲勞轟炸／疲劳轰炸 (píláohōngzhà)
* 膛炸
* 葡萄炸彈／葡萄炸弹
* 轟炸／轰炸 (hōngzhà)
* 轟炸機／轰炸机 (hōngzhàjī)
* 郵寄炸彈／邮寄炸弹
* 飽和轟炸／饱和轰炸
* 高空轟炸／高空轰炸
* 黃色炸藥／黄色炸药 (huángsè zhàyào)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhá, zhà
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˊ, ㄓㄚˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa$^3$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): za$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): cà
* Eastern Min (BUC): cák
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chā / chiā / cha̍h / chia̍h / chhia
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zah$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tso; $^5$tsa
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhá
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhá
*** Wade–Giles: cha$^2$
*** Yale: já
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jar
*** Palladius: чжа (čža)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂä³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, nonstandard variant, common in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhà
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhà
*** Wade–Giles: cha$^4$
*** Yale: jà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jah
*** Palladius: чжа (čža)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zaa$^3$
*** Yale: ja
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: za$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saː³³/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: za$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sa⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cà
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sa⁴²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cák
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɑʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chā
*** Tâi-lô: tsā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: za
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sa²²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiā
*** Tâi-lô: tsiā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cia
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sia²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍h
*** Tâi-lô: tsa̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zah
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saʔ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Yilan, Kinmen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h
*** Tâi-lô: tsia̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciah
*** IPA (Lukang): /t͡siaʔ³⁵/
*** IPA (Yilan): /t͡siaʔ⁵/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung, Tainan): /t͡siaʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /t͡siaʔ⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Taipei, Sanxia)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhia
*** Tâi-lô: tshia
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiaf
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zah$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsa̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saʔ⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tso; $^5$tsa
*** MiniDict: tso$^去$; tsa$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tso; $^2$tsa
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡so³⁴/, /t͡sa³⁴/
* 2tso - vernacular;
* 2tsa - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit炸 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂa⁵¹/ /ʈ͡ʂa³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂa²⁴/ /ʈ͡ʂa⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡sɑ⁵³/ 爆～ /t͡sɑ⁴⁵/ 油～ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂa⁴²/ 油～ /ʈ͡ʂa²¹/ ～彈 |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂa⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂa³¹²/ ～彈 |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡sa²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡sa²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂa¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂa¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡sa⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡sa²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡sa³¹/ /t͡sa¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡sa²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂa̠³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂɑ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡saʔ⁵⁴/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡sʌʔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡saʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡so³⁵/ /t͡sa³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡so⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /zɑʔ²/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡so⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʰa²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡sɔ⁴²/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sa²⁴/ 油～ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡sɒ⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sʰaʔ²/ 水煮 /t͡saʔ⁵/ 油～ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sa⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /t͡sɑ⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sa³³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sa³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sa³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡sap̚⁵/ /saʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡sɑ²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sa⁵⁴/ 新 /t͡sa⁴²/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡saʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ta³³/ 水煮 /t͡sa³⁵/ 油～ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*zreːb/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 炸 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 16660 |
| Phonetic component | 乍 |
| Rime group | 盍 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 𥯦 |
| Old Chinese | /*zreːb/ |
| Notes | 手冊作煠今字 |

#### Definitions

炸
* to fry in oil; to deep-fry
    炸飯糰／炸饭团 ― zhá fàntuán ― deep-fried rice ball

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 炸, 油炸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 炸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 炸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 炸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 炸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 炸 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 炸 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 炸 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 浮 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 炸 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 浮 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 浮 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 浮, 炸 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 浮 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 浮 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 浮 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 糋 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 炸, 浮 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 糋, 浮, 乍 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 糋, 浮, 乍 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 糋, 浮, 乍 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 糋, 浮, 乍 GT |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 糋 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 糋 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 糋 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 炸 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 炸, 氽, 煠 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 氽, 煠 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 煠 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 煠, 氽 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 煠, 氽 |
| Wu | Ningbo (Zhenhai) | 煠 |
| Wu | Ningbo (Fenghua) | 煠 |
| Wu | Zhoushan | 煠 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### See also

* 煸 (biān)
* 炒 (chǎo)
* 煎 (jiān)

#### Compounds

* 油炸 (yóuzhá)
* 油炸果
* 油炸粿 (yóuzháguǒ)
* 油炸豆兒／油炸豆儿 (yóuzhádòur)
* 炸丸子
* 炸供
* 炸糕
* 炸醬／炸酱 (zhájiàng)
* 炸醬麵／炸酱面 (zhájiàngmiàn)
* 炸雞／炸鸡 (zhájī)
* 煎炸

### References

* “炸”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* “Entry #5191”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
* Kan-on: さく (saku)
* Kun: はず (hazu, 炸ず)、はぜる (hazeru, 炸ぜる)、あげる (ageru, 炸げる)

#### Compounds

* 炸裂(さくれつ) (sakuretsu, “explosion”)

## Korean
### Hanja

炸 • (jak) (hangeul 작)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

炸: Hán Nôm readings: tạc
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