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玆

玆

See also: 兹 and 茲

Translingual

Han character

玆 (radical 95 玄+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜戈卜女戈 (YIYVI), composition ⿰玄玄)

References

KangXi: page 725, character 3

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20816

Dae Jaweon: page 1135, character 2

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 288, character 1

Unihan data for U+7386

Chinese

simp. and trad.		玆

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zī (zi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zī
  - Zhuyin: ㄗ
  - Wade-Giles: tzu¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹
  - Yale: jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ɦwen/▼

Rime
Character	玆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡涓切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwen/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷen/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛn/
Li Rong	/ɣuen/
Wang Li	/ɣiwen/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiwen/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuán

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	玆
Reading #	1/1
No.	14032
Phonetic component	玄
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	玄
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeːn/
Notes	原注亦音茲

Definitions

玆

black
muddy

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 玆 – see 茲. (This character, 玆, is a variant form of 茲.)

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)

Japanese

Kanji

玆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: じ (ji), し (shi), けん (ken), げん (gen)

Kun: しげる (shigeru), ます (masu), むしろ (mushiro), ここに (kokoni)

Korean

Hanja

玆 • ‎(ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune-Reischauer cha, Yale ca)

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