# 茬

| 茬 | U+832C, &#33580; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-832C |
| ← 茫 [U+832B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 茭 → [U+832D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

茬 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿大中土 (TKLG), four-corner 4421$_4$, composition ⿱艹在)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1028, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30902
* Dae Jaweon: page 1487, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3201, character 2
* Unihan data for U+832C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin 1

| | Old Chinese |
| 茬 | *zraː, *zraːʔ, *ʔsrɯ, *zrɯ |
| 材 | *zlɯː |
| 才 | *zlɯː, *zlɯːs |
| 財 | *zlɯː |
| 鼒 | *zlɯː, *ʔslɯ |
| 在 | *zlɯːʔ, *zlɯːs |
| 豺 | *zrɯː |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 在 (OC *zlɯːʔ, *zlɯːs).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chí (chi$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ci$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chí
*** Zhuyin: ㄔˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chíh
*** Wade–Giles: chʻih$^2$
*** Yale: chŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyr
*** Palladius: чи (či)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ci$^4$
*** Yale: chìh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsi$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiː²¹/
* Middle Chinese: tsri, dzri
Rime :
| Character | 茬 | 茬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 莊 (18) | 崇 (20) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 側持切 | 士之切 |
| Baxter | tsri | dzri |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃɨ/ | /d͡ʒɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂɨ/ | /ɖ͡ʐɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃie/ | /d͡ʒie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂɨ/ | /ɖ͡ʐɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃiə/ | /d͡ʒiə/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃĭə/ | /d͡ʒĭə/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂi/ | /ɖ͡ʐʱi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhī | chí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^1$ | ci$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsrɯ/, /*zrɯ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 茬 | 茬 |
| Reading # | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| No. | 1068 | 1069 |
| Phonetic component | 才 | 才 |
| Rime group | 之 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 葘 | 茬 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsrɯ/ | /*zrɯ/ |

#### Definitions

茬
* (obsolete) grassy
* name of a mountain
* a surname

### Glyph origin 2

Evolution from 差 (Yao, 2019).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chá (cha$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caa$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): châ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chá
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chá
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^2$
*** Yale: chá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: char
*** Palladius: ча (ča)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (茬兒／茬儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chár
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chár
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: chár
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charl
*** Palladius: чар (čar)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɑɻ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caa$^4$
*** Yale: chàh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ca$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaː²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châ
*** Tâi-lô: tsâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zaa
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sa¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡sa²⁴/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*zraː/, /*zraːʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 茬 | 茬 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 |
| No. | 1058 | 1059 |
| Phonetic component | 才 | 才 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 楂 | 槎 |
| Old Chinese | /*zraː/ | /*zraːʔ/ |
| Notes | 或作槎查 | |

#### Definitions

茬
* (agriculture) stubble (short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested)
* stubble (short, coarse hair on a man’s face)
* something just said
* Classifier for batches of crops.
* Classifier for generations or batches of people.
* Alternative form of 槎 (chá, “to chop slantingly”).

#### Compounds

* 換茬／换茬
* 滅茬／灭茬
* 話茬兒／话茬儿 (huàchár)
* 鬍子茬／胡子茬 (húzichá)
* 麥茬／麦茬

### References

* “茬”, 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–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): し (shi)、じ (ji)
* Kun: しげる (shigeru)

## Korean
### Hanja

茬 • (si) (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune–Reischauer si, Yale si)
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