匝

匝 (Kangxi radical 22, 匚+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸中月 (SLB), four-corner 7171₂, composition ⿷匚巾)

• 𠇽 咂 㧜 𣐝 𦚗 砸 鉔 𦭧

• KangXi: page 153, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2599
• Dae Jaweon: page 345, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 82, character 4
• Unihan data for U+531D

Originally written 帀, see there for more.

匝

1. (literary or dialectal) Classifier for circuits or circles.

   • 月明星稀，烏鵲南飛。繞樹三匝，何枝可依？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     月明星稀，乌鹊南飞。绕树三匝，何枝可依？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 曹操 (Cao Cao), 《短歌行》

     Yuèmíngxīngxī, wūquè nán fēi. Rào shù sān zā, hé zhī kě yī? [Pinyin]

     The moon is bright and the stars are few, and southward the crows flew. Circling the tree thrice, on which branch can they perch?

2. (dialectal) Classifier for times, as in frequency.

   雨逿一匝復逿一匝 [Min Dong, trad.]
   雨𰺲一匝复𰺲一匝 [Min Dong, simp.]

   From: 2002, 李榮 (Li Rong), chief editor, 《現代漢語方言大詞典》 [Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects], Nanjing: Jiangsu Education Publishing House, →ISBN, page 890

   huô dâung siŏh cák bô dâung siŏh cák / [huɔ²⁴² tɑuŋ²⁴² suoʔ⁵ t͡sɑʔ²⁴ pou²⁴² tɑuŋ²⁴² suoʔ⁵ t͡sɑʔ²⁴] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

   It rains again and again

3. (literary) to surround; to encircle
4. (literary) to spread all over; to reach (a limit); to complete a full cycle

   匝地  ―  zādì  ―  to be all over the ground

   匝月  ―  zāyuè  ―  to reach one month

• “匝”, 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–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to go around
2. Classifier for circuits or circles

• Go-on: そう (sō)^{←そふ (sofu, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さふ (safu, historical)}
• Kun: めぐる (meguru, 匝る)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

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

Wikisource 匝 (eum 잡 (jap))

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匝: Hán Nôm readings: táp

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