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宅

宅

Translingual

Han character

宅 (radical 40 宀+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 十竹心 (JHP), four-corner 30714, composition ⿱宀乇)

  1. residence, dwelling, home
  2. grave

References

  • KangXi: page 281, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7064
  • Dae Jaweon: page 551, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 913, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5B85

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 宅
alt. forms 厇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (乇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
咤 *ʔr'aː, *ʔr'aːɡs
吒 *ʔr'aːɡs
灹 *ʔr'aːɡs
矺 *ʔr'aːɡs, *ʔl'aːb, *ʔl'aːɡ, *l̥ʰaːɡ, *ʔr'eːɡ
奼 *ʔr'aːɡs, *hr'aːʔ, *ʔl'aːɡs
侘 *hr'aː, *hr'aːɡs
詫 *hr'aːɡs
秅 *r'aː, *ʔl'aːɡs
秺 *ʔl'aːɡs
亳 *blaːɡ
托 *l̥ʰaːɡ
託 *l̥ʰaːɡ
魠 *l̥ʰaːɡ
馲 *l̥ʰaːɡ, *raːɡ, *ʔr'aːɡ
侂 *l̥ʰaːɡ
飥 *l̥ʰaːɡ
仛 *l'aːɡ
虴 *pr'aːɡ
杔 *ʔr'aːɡ
乇 *ʔr'aːɡ
宅 *r'aːɡ
厇 *ʔr'eːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *r'aːɡ) : semantic 宀 ‎(“roof”) + phonetic 乇 ‎(OC *ʔr'aːɡ).

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 宅
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂai³⁵/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂai²⁴/
/t͡sai²⁴/
Tianjin /t͡sai⁴⁵/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂei⁴²/
Qingdao /ʈ͡ʂe⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂɛ⁴²/
Xi'an /t͡sei²⁴/
Xining /t͡sɨ²⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡sə¹³/
/ʈ͡ʂɛ¹³/
Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂə⁵³/
Ürümqi /t͡sai⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡sʰɤ²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡sʰe³¹/
Guiyang /t͡sʰɛ²¹/
Kunming /t͡sə³¹/
Nanjing /t͡səʔ⁵/
Hefei /t͡sɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡saʔ⁵⁴/
Pingyao /t͡sʌʔ⁵³/
Hohhot /t͡saʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /zaʔ¹/
Suzhou /zɑʔ³/
Hangzhou /zɑ²/
Wenzhou /d͡za²¹³/
Hui Shexian /t͡sʰɛ²²/
Tunxi /t͡sʰa¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡sʰə²⁴/
Xiangtan /t͡sʰæ²⁴/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰet̚⁵/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sak̚²/
Nanning /t͡sak̚²²/
Hong Kong /t͡sak̚²/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /tik̚⁵/
/tʰik̚⁵/
/tʰeʔ⁵/ 厝～
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /tʰɛiʔ⁵/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /tɛ⁴²/
Shantou (Min Nan) /tʰeʔ⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /t͡sai²¹³/
Rime
Character 宅
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 陌 (113)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 瑒伯切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɖˠæk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖᵚak̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȡak̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖaɨjk̚/
Li
Rong		 /ȡɐk̚/
Wang
Li		 /ȡɐk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȡʱɐk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhé
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 宅
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhái
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dræk ›
Old
Chinese		 /*m-tˤ<r>ak/
English residence

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 宅
Reading # 1/1
No. 16929
Phonetic
component		 乇
Rime
group		 鐸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese		 /*r'aːɡ/

Etymology 1

Noun

宅

  1. residence; house
    住宅  ―  zhùzhái  ―  residence
  2. †tomb, grave

Verb

宅

  1. † to reside, to dwell
  2. to place
    宅心仁厚  ―  zháixīn rénhòu  ―  to settle the mind with benevolence and generosity

Etymology 2

From Japanese お宅 ‎(otaku).

Adjective

宅

  1. (slang) Describing someone who prefers to stay at home rather than go outside; a homebody
Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji

宅

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

Kanji in this term
宅
たく
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

宅 ‎(hiragana たく, romaji taku)

  1. home
  2. husband

Korean

Hanja

宅 • ‎(daek, taek) (hangeul 댁, 택, revised daek, taek, McCune-Reischauer taek, t'aek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

宅 (trạch)

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