雜

Translingual

Han character

雜 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 卜木人土 (YDOG), four-corner 0091₄, composition ⿰𰗣隹)

Descendants

• 雑, 杂

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1368, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42122
• Dae Jaweon: page 1874, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4106, character 1
• Unihan data for U+96DC

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 雜
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Qin slip script	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zuːb) : semantic 衣 + phonetic 集 (OC *zub).

Etymology

Cognate with 集 (OC *zub, “to gather; to collect”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Definitions

雜

1. miscellaneous; mixed

   雜貨／杂货  ―  záhuò  ―  miscellaneous goods

   這裡賣的東西很雜。 [MSC, trad.]
   这里卖的东西很杂。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhèlǐ mài de dōngxi hěn zá. [Pinyin]

   They sell all sorts of stuff here.

2. extra; irregular

   雜項／杂项  ―  záxiàng  ―  miscellaneous items (apart from the main item)

   雜牌軍／杂牌军  ―  zápáijūn  ―  ragtag troops; miscellaneous troops

3. (Cantonese, of a place) having all kinds of people, especially bad people (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

   呢幾條街夜晚好雜。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   呢几条街夜晚好杂。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ni¹ gei² tiu⁴ gaai¹ je⁶ maan⁵ hou² zaap⁶. [Jyutping]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (Cantonese) entrails for food

   牛雜／牛杂 [Cantonese]  ―  ngau⁴ zaap⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  beef entrails

5. to mix

Synonyms

• (with bad people): 品流複雜／品流复杂

Compounds

References

• “雜”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 雑)

1. mixed
2. blended
3. mix
4. mingle

Readings

• Go-on: ぞう (zō)^{←ぞふ (zofu, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さふ (safu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ざつ (zatsu); ぞう (zō)^{←ざふ (zafu, historical)}
• Kun: まじる (majiru, 雜る); まじえる (majieru)
• Nanori: さい (sai)

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠p̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [잡]

Hanja

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雜

Wikisource

雜 (eumhun 섞일 잡 (seokkil jap))

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Vietnamese

Han character

雜: Hán Nôm readings: tạp, xạp, tọp

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