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慈
慈
Translingual
Han character
慈 (radical 61 心+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿女戈心 (TVIP), four-corner 80333, composition ⿱兹心)
References
- KangXi: page 397, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10980
- Dae Jaweon: page 736, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2324, character 3
- Unihan data for U+6148
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
慈 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (兹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 糍 | *zi |
| 茲 | *ʔsɯ, *zɯ |
| 滋 | *ʔsɯ |
| 孳 | *ʔsɯ, *zɯs |
| 嵫 | *ʔsɯ |
| 嗞 | *ʔsɯ |
| 鎡 | *ʔsɯ |
| 鰦 | *ʔsɯ |
| 鶿 | *ʔsɯ, *zɯ |
| 稵 | *ʔsɯ, *ʔsɯw |
| 螆 | *sʰɯs |
| 慈 | *zɯ |
| 鷀 | *zɯ |
| 磁 | *zɯ |
| 礠 | *zlɯ |
| 濨 | *zlɯ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
- Wade-Giles: tz'u2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyr
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ci4
- Yale: chìh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsi4
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰiː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀
- Hakka Romanization System: ciiˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ci2
- IPA: /t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû
- Tâi-lô: tsû
- Phofsit Daibuun: zuu
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡su²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su²³/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 慈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 疾之切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/d͡zɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/d͡zɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/d͡zie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/d͡zɨ/ |
| Li Rong |
/d͡ziə/ |
| Wang Li |
/d͡zĭə/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/d͡zʱi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
cí |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 慈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
cí |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ dzi › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[N-ts]ə/ |
| English | loving, kind |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 慈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17845 |
| Phonetic component |
兹 |
| Rime group |
之 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
慈 |
| Old Chinese |
/*zɯ/ |
Definitions
慈
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
慈
- mercy
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
慈 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune-Reischauer cha, Yale ca)
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Vietnamese
Han character
慈 (từ)
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