# 劄

| 劄 | U+5284, &#21124; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5284 |
| ← 劃 [U+5283] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 劅 → [U+5285] |

## Translingual
### Alternative forms

* In mainland China (based on GB 18030 encoding standard), Japanese kanji and Vietnamese Nôm, the left component is 答.
* In Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (based on Big5 encoding standard), the bottom component is 㓣, which is the orthodox form found in the Kangxi dictionary. Note that this form is identical with that of 箚 (U+7B9A).
* Due to Han unification, this character will appear differently depending on the font used.

### Han character

* 劄 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹口中弓 (HRLN) or 難竹口中弓 (XHRLN), four-corner 8260$_0$, composition ⿰答刂(GJV))
* 劄 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹人口弓 (HORN), four-corner 8862$_3$ or 8860$_2$, composition ⿱𥫗㓣(HT))

#### Related characters

* 札 (Orthodox form of 剳, 劄 in mainland China)
* 剳 (Variant form of 札 in mainland China. Variant form of 劄 in Taiwan)
* 箚 (Orthodox form based on Kangxi dictionary. Also a duplicate of the form used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau for this character)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 144, character 26
* Dae Jaweon: page 325, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 356, character 3
* Unihan data for U+5284

## Chinese
### Glyph 1

    This section refers to ⿰答刂 glyph.

#### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 龕 | *kʰuːm |
| 媕 | *quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb |
| 頜 | *ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb |
| 答 | *tkuːb |
| 畣 | *tkuːb |
| 荅 | *tkuːb |
| 嗒 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 褡 | *tuːb, *toːb |
| 撘 | *tuːb |
| 搭 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 榙 | *tkuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 佮 | *tkʰuːb, *kuːb, *quːb, *quːb |
| 蛤 | *kuːb |
| 鴿 | *kuːb |
| 合 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 郃 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 匌 | *kuːb, *kʰuːb |
| 鉿 | *kuːb |
| 閤 | *kuːb |
| 鞈 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 韐 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 鮯 | *kuːb |
| 哈 | *ŋɡuːb |
| 姶 | *quːb, *quːb |
| 欱 | *qʰuːb, *qʰruːb |
| 盒 | *ɡuːb |
| 耠 | *ɡuːb |
| 詥 | *ɡuːb |
| 塔 | *tʰuːb |
| 鞳 | *tʰoːb |
| 劄 | *rtuːb |
| 跲 | *kruːb, *kob, *ɡob |
| 袷 | *kruːb, *ŋkob |
| 餄 | *kruːb |
| 恰 | *kʰruːb |
| 帢 | *kʰruːb |
| 洽 | *ɡruːb |
| 祫 | *ɡruːb |
| 珨 | *ɡruːb |
| 烚 | *ɡruːb |
| 歙 | *qʰjob, *qʰrub |
| 湁 | *tkʰub |
| 拾 | *ɡjub |
| 給 | *krub |
| 翕 | *qʰrub |
| 噏 | *qʰrub |
| 潝 | *qʰrub |
| 熻 | *qʰrub |
| 嬆 | *qʰrub |
| 翖 | *qʰrub |
| 闟 | *qʰrub |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rtuːb): phonetic 答 (OC *tkuːb) + semantic 刂 (“knife; blade”).
Note that historical dictionaries such as Yupian 《玉篇 (Yùpiān)》 (543 AD) and Jiyun 《集韻 (Jíyùn)》 (1039 AD) that predated the Kangxi dictionary (published 1716 AD) used this form.

#### Etymology 1
##### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 劄 – see 札 (“letter; note; correspondence; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 札).

##### Usage notes

This glyph form is considered a variant form of 札 (zhá) in mainland China but not in Taiwan.

#### Etymology 2
##### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 劄 – see 箚 (“refer glyph 2 below”). (This character is a variant form of 箚).

##### Usage notes

This glyph form is considered a variant form of ⿱𥫗㓣 in Taiwan but not in mainland China.

##### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03225-003

#### Etymology 3
##### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhá (zha$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhá
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhá
*** Wade–Giles: cha$^2$
*** Yale: já
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jar
*** Palladius: чжа (čža)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂä³⁵/

##### Definitions

劄
* (Mainland China, traditional Chinese medicine) Used in 目劄 (“type of eye related illness”)..

### Glyph 2

    This section refers to ⿱𥫗㓣 glyph.

#### Glyph origin

Found in the authoritative Kangxi dictionary published during the Qing dynasty in 1716 AD.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhá (zha$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap$^3$ / zaat$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhá
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhá
*** Wade–Giles: cha$^2$
*** Yale: já
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jar
*** Palladius: чжа (čža)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂä³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zaap$^3$ / zaat$^3$
*** Yale: jaap / jaat
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap$^8$ / dzaat$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zab$^3$ / zad$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saːp̚³/, /t͡saːt̚³/
* zaap3 - colloquial;
* zaat3 - variant.
* Middle Chinese: treap
Rime :
| Character | 劄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 洽 (152) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 竹洽切 |
| Baxter | treap |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈˠɛp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈᵚæp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶɐp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈəɨp̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶɐp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶɐp̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶăp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zha |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zaap$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rtuːb/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 劄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4983 |
| Phonetic component | 合 |
| Rime group | 緝 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 劄 |
| Old Chinese | /*rtuːb/ |

#### Definitions

劄
* (alt. form 札) letter
* (alt. form 札) official communiqué
    Synonym: 公文 (gōngwén)
* brief note
    Synonym: 筆記 / 笔记 (bǐjì)

##### Compounds

* 劄付
* 劄子
* 劄記 / 劄记 (zhájì)
* 告劄
* 撩東劄西 / 撩东劄西
* 紙劄 / 纸劄
* 駐劄 / 驻劄
* 駐劄國 / 驻劄国
* 點劄 / 点劄

#### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03225
* “劄”, 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): さつ (satsu)、とう (tō)
* Kun: さす (sasu)、かぎ (kagi)、かま (kama)

## Korean
### Hanja

劄 (eum 차 (cha))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

劄: Hán Nôm readings: chép, tráp, trát
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#### References

* Nom Foundation