# 赭

| 赭 | U+8D6D, &#36205; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D6D |
| ← 赬 [U+8D6C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 赮 → [U+8D6E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

赭 (Kangxi radical 155, 赤+8 in Chinese and Japanese, 赤+9 in Korean, 15 strokes in Chinese and Japanese, 16 strokes in Korean, cangjie input 土金十大日 (GCJKA), four-corner 4436$_0$, composition ⿰赤者)
* reddish brown
* hematite
* ochre

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1214, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37017
* Dae Jaweon: page 1682, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3508, character 9
* Unihan data for U+8D6D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 觰 | *rtaːʔ, *rtaː |
| 諸 | *tjaː, *tja |
| 者 | *tjaːʔ |
| 堵 | *tjaːʔ, *taːʔ |
| 赭 | *tjaːʔ |
| 撦 | *l̥ʰjaːʔ |
| 扯 | *tʰjaːʔ |
| 闍 | *djaː, *taː |
| 奢 | *hljaː |
| 鍺 | *toːlʔ |
| 都 | *taː |
| 醏 | *taː |
| 覩 | *taːʔ |
| 睹 | *taːʔ |
| 暏 | *taːʔ |
| 賭 | *taːʔ |
| 帾 | *taːʔ |
| 楮 | *taːʔ, *tʰaʔ |
| 屠 | *daː, *da |
| 瘏 | *daː |
| 廜 | *daː |
| 鷵 | *daː |
| 緒 | *ljaʔ |
| 豬 | *ta |
| 猪 | *ta |
| 瀦 | *ta |
| 藸 | *ta, *da |
| 櫫 | *ta |
| 褚 | *taʔ, *tʰaʔ |
| 著 | *taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ |
| 箸 | *tas, *das |
| 儲 | *da |
| 躇 | *da |
| 櫧 | *tja |
| 藷 | *tja, *djas |
| 蠩 | *tja |
| 煮 | *tjaʔ |
| 渚 | *tjaʔ |
| 煑 | *tjaʔ |
| 陼 | *tjaʔ |
| 翥 | *tjas |
| 署 | *djas |
| 薯 | *djas |
| 曙 | *djas |
| 書 | *hlja |
| 暑 | *hjaʔ |
| 鐯 | *taɡ |
| 擆 | *taɡ |
| 櫡 | *taɡ |

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t(j)a-n ⪤ *tsa-n (“red”) (STEDT); cognate with Burmese တာ (ta, “red”) (as in Burmese နီတာရဲ (nitarai:, “of loud red color”)) and Burmese တျာတျာ (tya-tya, “scarlet”). According to Schuessler (2007), 朱 (OC *tjo) may be related.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhě (zhe$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ze$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhě
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhě
*** Wade–Giles: chê$^3$
*** Yale: jě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jee
*** Palladius: чжэ (čžɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ze$^2$
*** Yale: jé
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dze$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zé$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɛː³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsyaeX
Rime :
| Character | 赭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (100) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 章也切 |
| Baxter | tsyaeX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕia$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕia$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕia$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cia$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕia$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭa$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯a$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhě |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ze$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tAʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjaːʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 赭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhě |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyae$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*tAʔ/ |
| English | red earth; red pigment |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 赭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16962 |
| Phonetic component | 者 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 者 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjaːʔ/ |

### Definitions

赭
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) red soil
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) ochre dye
* reddish brown; burnt ochre
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to dye red
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bare
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Short for 赭衣 (zhěyī, “red clothing worn by convicts”).
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to punish

#### Compounds

* 赭土
* 赭石 (zhěshí)
* 赭紅 / 赭红
* 赭衣 (zhěyī)
* 赭衣半道
* 赭衣塞路
* 赭衣滿道 / 赭衣满道
* 赭面
* 赭黃 / 赭黄

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しゃ (sha)
* Kun: あかつち (akatsuchi)、あか (aka)

## Korean
### Hanja

赭 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Nom glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, đỏ): semantic 赤 (“red”) + abbreviated phonetic 覩 (đổ).

### Han character

赭: Hán Việt readings: giả
赭: Nôm readings: đỏ
* chữ Hán form of giả (“red soil, ochre, reddish brown”).
* chữ Nôm form of đỏ (“red”).

#### References

* 1 2 Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* 1 2 Trần (2004).
* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Thiều Chửu (1942).