# 榨

| 榨 | U+69A8, &#27048; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-69A8 |
| ← 榧 [U+69A7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 榩 → [U+69A9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

榨 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木十金尸 (DJCS), four-corner 4391$_1$, composition ⿰木窄)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 544, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15259
* Dae Jaweon: page 931, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1270, character 3
* Unihan data for U+69A8

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsraːɡs) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 窄 (OC *ʔsraːɡ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhà (zha$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chè / chèe / chà
* 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zaa$^3$
*** Yale: ja
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: za$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saː³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chè
*** Tâi-lô: tsè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zex
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡se²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡se⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèe
*** Tâi-lô: tsèe
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɛ²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chà
*** Tâi-lô: tsà
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zax
*** IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sa²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sa⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sa¹¹/
* chè/chèe - vernacular;
* chà - literary.
* Middle Chinese: tsraeH
Rime :
| Character | 榨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 莊 (18) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 側駕切 |
| Baxter | tsraeH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃˠa$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂᵚa$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃa$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂaɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃa$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃa$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂa$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhà |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zaa$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsraːɡs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 榨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16648 |
| Phonetic component | 乍 |
| Rime group | 暮 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 詐 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsraːɡs/ |
| Notes | 廣雅作笮 |

### Definitions

榨
* to press or extract juices; to squeeze
* press to extract juices
* (figurative) to exploit; to force; to oppress; to repress
* a surname, Zha

#### Synonyms

* (to squeeze): (Hokkien) 𤲍 (khoe̍h)

### Compounds

* 壓榨 (yāzhà)
* 榨乳器
* 榨取 (zhàqǔ)
* 榨床
* 榨汁 (zhàzhī)
* 榨汁機 (zhàzhījī)
* 榨油水
* 榨菜 (zhàcài)

### References

* “榨”, 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): さ (sa)、しゃ (sha)、さい (sai)、さく (saku)
* Kun: しぼりき (shiboriki)

## Korean
### Hanja

榨 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

榨: Hán Nôm readings: trá
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