甾

甾 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女女田 (VVW), four-corner 2260₀, composition ⿱巛田)

• 崰, 𭘦, 淄, 𭸖, 椔, 𤉣, 𪺟, 䐉, 𰏛, 㿳, 𥓲, 𥚉, 䅔, 𮖓, 緇(缁), 䎩, 𧱥, 輜(辎), 錙(锱), 𩋝, 𩗮, 𩜊, 𮪌, 鯔(鲻)
• 㓯, 䣎, 𤱽, 𤱾, 𤲑, 𨿴, 𤳊, 疀, 𤳤, 鶅, 𱊎, 𪋍, 𤳫, 𤳲, 𤳯, 𤴅, 𰏆, 𰃱, 𡙂, 𫳗, 𡸟, 菑, 𰣇, 𣓩, 𤲙, 𫻾, 𧇄
• 𬌊, 𧑳, 𬯞, 𠞰

• 湽, 輺, 鍿, 𤱹, 葘, 𧇕, 𦿨

• KangXi: page 759, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21742
• Dae Jaweon: page 1169, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2531, character 5
• Unihan data for U+753E
• Unihan data for U+2F936

This character is a fusion of two characters which were separate in small seal script.

“earthenware”

甾 of this sense was 𠙹 in the small seal script (古文/ancient variant 𠙾 in the Shuowen Jiezi), with three vertical straight strokes on top, representing the pictogram (象形) of a vessel (缶) made of clay: Xu Shen says 東楚名缶曰甾。象形. This became the current form in the clerical script. "Zi" was the name used in Chu to call this kind of vessel.

This glyph was used as 載 (OC *zlɯːs) or proper nouns in oracle bone script.

“one-year field”

The glyph of this sense is composed of 𡿧 (“calamity”) and 田 (OC *l'iːŋ, “field”). This glyph is also used as an alternative form of 災 (OC *ʔslɯː). It can be seen in the lower part of 葘.

“steroid”

This character was practically obsolete before it was revived as a modern translation for steroid. It is also a pictogram (象形) in this sense; the upper part represents the three side chains on the ring system, and the 田 component represents the tetracyclic core of steroids. See the image on right.

Smith (2011) interprets the oracle bone glyph as depicting the new moon and proposes that it originally wrote a word *ts[r]əʔ "darkened phase" i.e. "new moon", related to 緇 (OC *tsrə) "blackened", 菑 (OC *tsrə) "field cleared by slash and burn", 淄 (OC *tsrə) "murky (water)". Lunar meaning is also present in 臘／腊 (là) of which this character is the upper-right component.

甾

1. ^‡ Name of an ancient earthen alcohol vessel.
2. ^† (～水) Original form of 淄 (zī, “Zi River, a river in Shandong province”).
3. ^† Alternative form of 𨿴 (“a kind of pheasant”).
4. ^‡ Alternative form of 菑／灾 (zī, “ground that has been under cultivation for one year”).
5. ^† (historical) An ancient placename.

甾

1. ^† Alternative form of 災／灾 (zāi, “calamity; disaster”).
2. (～族, ～體) (biochemistry) steroid

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• Go-on: さい (sai); し (shi)
• Kan-on: さい (sai); し (shi)
• Kun: かめ (kame, 甾)

甾 • (jae) (hangeul 재, revised jae, McCune–Reischauer chae)

1. pheasant
2. an ancient pottery
3. calamity

甾: Hán Nôm readings: tai

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