劄

劄 · zhá

brief note; official communique

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zhá
Cantonese
zaap3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

brief note; official communique

Dictionary definitions & readings

劄 zhā · to prick with a needle

劄 zhá · variant of 札 zhá

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10356.030:zhā,zhá Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1447.130:zhā 1447.180:zhá Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
462.130:zhá Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhá粵zaap3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
サツ トウ さす Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
chép Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
竹洽 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HRLN Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8862.3 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0144.261 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
544.11 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5284
Radical
刀 · 18
Strokes
14
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7692

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

14 strokes
劄
Strokes
14
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

14 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
treap · 竹洽 · 咸開二入咸知 · #3848

PHONO-ML, source line 20156; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1016.201
kCowles
97
kDaeJaweon
0325.080
kHanYu
10356.030
kIRGDaeJaweon
0325.080
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10356.030
kIRGKangXi
0144.261
kKangXi
0144.261
kLau
1298
kMeyerWempe
103
kMorohashi
H052
kNelson
0706
kSBGY
544.11
kSMSZD2003Index
503.06 64.02
kCangjie
HRLN
kFourCornerCode
8862.3
kMojiJoho
MJ007596
kPhonetic
1302
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
CT
kIRG_GSource
GE-3244
kIRG_HSource
HB2-E35A
kIRG_JSource
J4-233D
kIRG_TSource
TE-656C
kIRG_VSource
V1-4D34
kRSUnicode
18.12
kTotalStrokes
14
kBigFive
E35A
kCNS1986
2-4C61
kCNS1992
2-4C61
kJIS0213
2,03,29
kTGH
2013:7692
kTaiwanTelegraph
0488
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17317+18.2.12
kCantonese
zaap3
kDefinition
brief note; official communique
kFanqie
竹洽
kHanyuPinyin
10356.030:zhā,zhá
kJapanese
サツ トウ さす
kJapaneseKun
SASU KAGI KAMA
kJapaneseOn
SATSU TOU
kKorean
CHA
kMandarin
zhá
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhá粵zaap3
kTGHZ2013
462.130:zhá
kVietnamese
chép
kXHC1983
1447.130:zhā 1447.180:zhá
kSemanticVariant
U+5273<kMeyerWempe
kSpecializedSemanticVariant
U+5273

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 劄0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
答 beside 刂 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam
Source notation ^⿰答刂$(GHTJV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰答刂$(GHTJV)

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