罩

罩 (Kangxi radical 122, 网+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 田中卜日十 (WLYAJ), four-corner 6040₆, composition ⿱罒卓)

• 𥋽, 𥵙

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 948, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28289
• Dae Jaweon: page 1389, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2921, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7F69

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rteːwɢs): semantic 罒 + phonetic 卓 (OC *rteːwɢ).

罩

1. to cover; to wrap

   籠罩／笼罩  ―  lóngzhào  ―  to envelop; to shroud; to cover

   罩霧／罩雾 [Hokkien]  ―  tà-bū [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to have fog or mist appear

   請把食物罩起來。 [MSC, trad.]
   请把食物罩起来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qǐng bǎ shíwù zhào qǐlái. [Pinyin]

   Please cover up the food.

2. cover; shade; hood; casing

   眼罩  ―  yǎnzhào  ―  cover for the eyes

3. overall; dustcoat; outer garment

   袍罩兒／袍罩儿  ―  páozhào'ér  ―  dustrobe; dustgown; overall

4. cylindrical bamboo fish trap (narrower at the top and wider at the bottom and open at both ends)
5. bamboo chicken coop
6. to catch (fish) with a bamboo trap

   到海邊罩魚去／到海边罩鱼去  ―  dào hǎibiān zhào yú qù  ―  to go to the seaside and catch fish with a bamboo trap

7. (Cantonese or Taiwan, colloquial) to protect; to have someone's back

   姐姐會罩你。／姐姐会罩你。  ―  Jiějiě huì zhào nǐ.  ―  Sister will have your back.

8. (Taiwan, colloquial) to handle; to have under control

   罩得住  ―  zhào de zhù  ―  to be able to handle it

9. (Taiwan, slang) awesome; incredible

   你滿罩哦！／你满罩哦！  ―  Nǐ mǎn zhào o!  ―  You're so awesome!

10. (dated) to resist; to oppose; to stand up to
11. (Hokkien) to encage; to ensnare; to fasten over
12. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to pounce on and cover something
13. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to be on one's hands and feet, pressed close or lying flat on the ground
14. a surname

• “罩”, 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–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “罩”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 177.

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: ちょう (chō)
• Kan-on: とう (tō)
• Kun: こめる (komeru, 罩る)

罩: Hán Nôm readings: chau, tráo, trạo, trạu, trậu, trụa, trũa, trõa/troã, tròa/troà, tróa/troá, trạ

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