沙汰

沙汰

1. (archaic) to do away with; to abolish

From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 沙汰 (MC srae|sraeH thajH, literally “sand + washing”). Originally referred to "washing away" (汰 (tài)) "sand" (沙) from something desirable.

First cited in Japanese to a text from 786.^[1]

• (Tokyo) さた [sàtáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[2]
• (Tokyo) さた [sáꜜtà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ta̠]

沙(さ)汰(た) • (sata) 

1. washing away sand to obtain something desirable, such as gold dust or rice
2. by extension, a fine-grained or careful sorting out or selection of something or someone
3. deliberation of an issue and arriving at an appropriate outcome:
   1. the proper disposal or treatment of an issue
   2. a court case, a lawsuit, a trial
   3. a public affair, something in the court of public opinion
4. a transmission of information:
   1. an instruction or order
   2. a notification
   3. a reputation
   4. a rumor
   5. an action, event, or matter worth talking about: how things shake out
5. (in compounds) incident

   警察(けいさつ)沙汰(ざた)

   keisatsu-zata

   an incident in which one has called the police

   暴力(ぼうりょく)沙汰(ざた)

   bōryoku-zata

   violent incident

• (careful selection): 淘(とう)汰(た) (tōta)
• (discussion, deliberation): 検討(けんとう) (kentō), 論(ろん)議(ぎ) (rongi), 評(ひょう)議(ぎ) (hyōgi)
• (court case): 裁判(さいばん) (saiban)
• (lawsuit): 訴(そ)訟(しょう) (soshō)
• (public affair): 公(おおやけ)事(ごと) (ōyakegoto)
• (instruction): 指(さし)図(ず) (sashizu)
• (order): 指(し)令(れい) (shirei), 命令(めいれい) (meirei)
• (notification): 報(ほう)知(ち) (hōchi), 通(つう)知(ち) (tsūchi), 便(たよ)り (tayori), 知(し)らせ (shirase)
• (reputation): 評(ひょう)判(ばん) (hyōban)
• (rumor): 噂(うわさ) (uwasa)
• (action): 行(こう)為(い) (kōi)
• (event, matter): 事柄(ことがら) (kotogara)

• 無沙汰(ぶさた) (busata)
  • ご無沙汰(ぶさた) (go-busata)
    • ご無沙汰(ぶさた)しております (go-busata shite orimasu)
• 正(しょう)気(き)の沙汰(さた)でない (shōki no sata de nai)

沙(さ)汰(た)する • (sata suru) suru (stem 沙(さ)汰(た)し (sata shi), past 沙(さ)汰(た)した (sata shita))

1. to wash away sand to obtain something desirable, such as gold dust or rice
2. by extension, to carefully sort out or select something or someone
3. to deliberate on an issue and arrive at an appropriate outcome
4. to transmit information:
   1. to give an instruction or order
   2. to notify
   3. to gossip, to spread rumors

• (to select carefully): 淘(とう)汰(た) (tōta)
• (to discuss, to deliberate): 検討(けんとう) (kentō), 論(ろん)議(ぎ) (rongi), 評(ひょう)議(ぎ) (hyōgi)
• (to give an instruction): 指(さし)図(ず) (sashizu)
• (to give an order): 指(し)令(れい) (shirei), 命令(めいれい) (meirei)
• (to notify): 報(ほう)知(ち) (hōchi), 通(つう)知(ち) (tsūchi), 便(たよ)り (tayori), 知(し)らせ (shirase)
• (to gossip): 噂(うわさ) (uwasa)

• “沙汰”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026