孜

孜	U+5B5C, 孜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B5C

← 孛
[U+5B5B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

孝 →
[U+5B5D]

Translingual

Han character

孜 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 弓木人大 (NDOK), four-corner 1844₀, composition ⿰子攵)

be as diligent as possible
hard-working, industrious

Derived characters

𭪔, 㤵

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 278, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6951
Dae Jaweon: page 546, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1012, character 2
Unihan data for U+5B5C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		孜

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (子) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
孜	*ʔslɯ
仔	ʔslɯ, ʔslɯʔ
孖	ʔslɯ, zlɯs
子	*ʔslɯʔ
虸	*ʔslɯʔ
耔	*ʔslɯʔ
秄	*ʔslɯʔ
杍	*ʔslɯʔ
籽	*ʔslɯʔ
字	*zlɯs
茡	*zlɯs
芓	*zlɯs
牸	*zlɯs
李	*rɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔslɯ): phonetic 子 (OC *ʔslɯʔ) + semantic 攵 (“action”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zī (zi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chû / chu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zī
  - Zhuyin: ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zih
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹
  - Yale: dz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzy
  - Palladius: цзы (czy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi¹
  - Yale: jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû / chu
  - Tâi-lô: tsû / tsu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuu, zw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²⁴/, /t͡su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su²⁴/, /t͡su³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su¹³/, /t͡su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su²⁴/, /t͡su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su²³/, /t͡su⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsi

Rime
Character	孜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子之切
Baxter	tsi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨ/
Li Rong	/t͡siə/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔslɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	孜
Reading #	1/1
No.	17854
Phonetic component	子
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	兹
Old Chinese	/*ʔslɯ/

Definitions

孜

alternative form of 孜孜 (zīzī)

Compounds

克孜勒蘇 / 克孜勒苏 (Kèzīlèsū)
克孜爾 / 克孜尔 (Kèzī'ěr)
喜孜孜 (xǐzīzī)
孜孜 (zīzī)
孜孜不倦 (zīzībùjuàn)
孜孜不怠
孜孜矻矻 (zīzīkūkū)
孜然 (zīrán)
孜煎
念孜孜
意孜孜
托格日尕孜 (Tuōgérì Gǎzī)
拉孜縣 / 拉孜县
柯爾克孜 / 柯尔克孜 (kē'ěrkèzī)
江孜 (Jiāngzī)
烏孜別里 / 乌孜别里 (Wūzībiélǐ)
甘孜 (Gānzī)
甘孜藏族自治州 (Gānzī Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu)
色格孜庫勒 / 色格孜库勒 (Sègézī Kùlè)
苦孜孜
蓋孜力克 / 盖孜力克 (Gàizīlìkè)
蓋孜庫木 / 盖孜库木 (Gàizīkùmù)
黑孜葦 / 黑孜苇 (Hēizīwěi)

Japanese

Kanji

孜

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

to exert oneself, to endeavour, to strive, to work hard

Readings

Go-on: し (shi)
Kan-on: し (shi)
Kun: つとめる (tsutomeru, 孜める)

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
孜
つとむ Jinmeiyō
nanori

(Tokyo) つとむ [tsùtómú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [t͡sɨto̞mɯ̟]

Proper noun

孜(つとむ) • (Tsutomu)

a male given name

Korean

Hanja

孜 (eum 자 (ja))

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Vietnamese

Han character

孜: Hán Nôm readings: tư

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References

Nom Foundation