# 滓

| 滓 | U+6ED3, &#28371; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6ED3 |
| ← 滒 [U+6ED2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 滔 → [U+6ED4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

滓 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水十卜十 (EJYJ), four-corner 3314$_1$, composition ⿰氵宰)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 643, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18034
* Dae Jaweon: page 1050, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1709, character 1
* Unihan data for U+6ED3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 宰 | *ʔsɯːʔ |
| 縡 | *ʔsɯːʔ, *ʔsɯːs |
| 梓 | *ʔsɯʔ |
| 滓 | *ʔsrɯʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsrɯʔ) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 宰 (OC *ʔsɯːʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zǐ (zi$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zi$^3$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tái / táiⁿ / lái / chái / cháiⁿ / chú / chír
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zǐh
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyy
*** Palladius: цзы (czy)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: zi$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: z
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^2$
*** Yale: jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tái
*** Tâi-lô: tái
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dae
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /tai⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: táinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dvae
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tãi⁵³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lái
*** Tâi-lô: lái
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lae
*** IPA (Taipei, Zhangzhou): /lai⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chái
*** Tâi-lô: tsái
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zae
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sai⁵³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cháiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tsáinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zvae
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sãi⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sãi⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú
*** Tâi-lô: tsú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuo
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chír
*** Tâi-lô: tsír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
* tái/táiⁿ/chái/cháiⁿ - vernacular;
* chú/chír - literary.
* Middle Chinese: tsriX
Rime :
| Character | 滓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 莊 (18) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 阻史切 |
| Baxter | tsriX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃɨ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂɨ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃie$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂɨ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃiə$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃĭə$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂi$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsrɯʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 滓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16510 |
| Phonetic component | 宰 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 滓 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsrɯʔ/ |

### Definitions

滓
* dregs; sediment; residue

### Compounds

* 囂滓／嚣滓
* 尿滓
* 泥滓
* 油滓
* 渣滓 (zhāzǐ)
* 滓味
* 滓方
* 滓甜
* 滓穢／滓秽
* 烏滓／乌滓
* 烏滓血／乌滓血
* 秕滓
* 茶滓

### References

* “滓”, 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 #9716”, 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 (shi)
* Kan-on: し (shi)
* Kan’yō-on: さい (sai)
* Kun: おり (ori, 滓)、かす (kasu, 滓)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 滓
* かす Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かす [káꜜsù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ka̠sɨ]

### Noun

滓(かす) or 滓(カス) • (kasu)
* dregs; refuse; scum
    消(け)しゴムのカス
       keshigomu no kasu
       eraser dust

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

滓 • (jae) (hangeul 재, revised jae, McCune–Reischauer chae, Yale cay)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

滓: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ, trể
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#### References

* Nom Foundation