磁

磁	U+78C1, 磁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78C1

← 磀
[U+78C0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

磂 →
[U+78C2]

Translingual

Han character

磁 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一口廿女戈 (MRTVI), four-corner 1863₂, composition ⿰石兹)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 834, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24364
Dae Jaweon: page 1251, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2445, character 6
Unihan data for U+78C1

Chinese

simp. and trad.		磁

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zɯ): semantic 石 (“rock; stone”) + phonetic 兹 (OC *ʔsɯ, *zɯ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cí (ci²)

(Zhuyin): ㄘˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀
Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̀
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zo²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chû / chîr / hûi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ce⁵ / cu⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zy
Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): qi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cí
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cíh
  - Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²
  - Yale: tsź
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyr
  - Palladius: цы (cy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ci⁴
  - Yale: chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀
  - Hakka Romanization System: cii^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ci²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̀
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zo²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ceó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû
  - Tâi-lô: tsû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuu
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡su²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîr
  - Tâi-lô: tsîr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûi
  - Tâi-lô: huî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /hui²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²³/

Note:

chû/chîr - literary;
hûi - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: ce⁵ / cu⁵
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshṳ̂ / tshû
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰu⁵⁵/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zy
  - MiniDict: zy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²³/
Xiang
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: qi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴⁵/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*zɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磁
Reading #	1/1
No.	17849
Phonetic component	兹
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	慈
Old Chinese	/*zɯ/
Notes	同礠見山海經

Definitions

磁

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) magnet
magnetism
alternative form of 瓷 (cí, “porcelain”)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 磁石 (“magnet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		磁鐵, 磁石
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	吸鐵石
	Taiwan	磁鐵
	Harbin	吸鐵石
	Wuchang (Yingchengzi)	吸鐵石
Jilu Mandarin	Xianxian (Xiaoying)	吸鐵石
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	吸鐵石, 磁鐵
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	吸鐵石
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	吸鐵石
	Wanrong	吸鐵石
	Xi'an	吸鐵石
	Xining	吸鐵石, 吸鐵, 磁鐵
	Xuzhou	吸鐵石
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	吸鐵石
	Lanzhou	磁鐵, 吸鐵石
	Ürümqi	吸鐵石
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	吸鐵石, 吸鐵, 磁鐵石, 磁鐵
	Wuhan	吸鐵石
	Guiyang	吸鐵石
	Guilin	吸鐵石
	Liuzhou	遇鐵石, 戲鐵石, 繫鐵石
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	磁石
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	吸鐵
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	磁石
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	吸鐵石
	Yangzhou	吸鐵石
	Hefei	吸鐵石
Cantonese	Guangzhou	攝石, 磁石, 攝鐵
	Hong Kong	攝石, 磁石, 攝鐵
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	攝石
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	磁石, 攝石
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	嗋石
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	攝石
	Macau	攝石
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	攝鐵
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	攝石
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	磁鐵
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	攝石
	Foshan	磁石
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	攝石
	Foshan (Shunde)	攝石
	Foshan (Sanshui)	攝鐵
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	磁石
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	攝石
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	攝石
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	磁石
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	攝石
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	磁石
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	磁石
	Taishan	吸石
	Kaiping (Chikan)	嗋石
	Enping (Niujiang)	嗋石, 磁石
	Heshan (Yayao)	磁石
	Dongguan	磁石
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	磁鐵
	Yangjiang	磁鐵石
	Nanning	攝石
	Wuzhou	攝石
	Yulin	攝石
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	攝石
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	攝石
Gan	Nanchang	吸鐵石
	Pengze	吸鐵石
	Yanshan (Hekou)	吸鐵石
	Lichuan	吸鐵石
	Pingxiang	磁鐵
Hakka	Meixian	磁石, 磁鐵, 嗋鐵
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	吸鐵石, 嗋石
	Yudu	磁鐵
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	嗋石
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	吸石, 嗋石
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	嗋鋼, 吸鋼
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	嗋石, 吸石, 吸鋼
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	嗋石, 嗋鋼
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	嗋石, 吸石
	Hong Kong	磁嗋
	Luchuan	嗋石
	Senai (Huiyang)	嗋石
Huizhou	Jixi	吸鐵石, 磁鐵
Jin	Taiyuan	吸鐵石
	Xinzhou	吸鐵
	Liangcheng	磁鐵, 吸鐵
Northern Min	Jian'ou	吸鐵, 吸鐵石
Northern Min	Pucheng (Shibei)	吸鐵, 吸鐵石
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	吸石, 吸鐵
	Fuqing	磁, 磁鐵, 磁石
	Gutian	吸石
	Pingnan	磁
	Fu'an	磁鐵
	Shouning	磁石
Southern Min	Xiamen	吸鐵, 吸石
	Quanzhou	吸鐵, 吸石
	Zhangzhou	吸鐵, 吸石, 翕鐵
	Taipei	吸鐵, 吸石
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	吸鐵
	Kaohsiung	ji-siá-kuh, 吸石仔
	Yilan	翕鐵, 吸石
	Changhua (Lukang)	吸石
	Taichung	吸石仔, 吸鐵
	Taichung (Wuqi)	吸石
	Tainan	吸鐵, 吸石
	Taitung	吸石
	Hsinchu	吸鐵, 吸石
	Kinmen	吸石
	Penghu (Magong)	吸石
	Penang (Hokkien)	黏鐵
	Manila (Hokkien)	吸石
	Chaozhou	協石
	Shantou	協石, 磁石
	Jieyang	協鐵, 協石
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	攝石
	Pontianak (Teochew)	協鐵
	Leizhou	吸石
	Haikou	磁鐵
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	攝石
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	吸鐵石
Shehua	Guixi (Zhangping)	吸鐵
Wu	Shanghai	吸鐵石
	Shanghai (Chongming)	吸鐵石
	Suzhou	吸鐵石
	Danyang	吸鐵石
	Hangzhou	吸鐵石
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	吸鐵石
	Ningbo	吸鐵石
	Wenzhou	吸鐵石
	Jinhua	吸鐵石, 磁鐵
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	吃鐵石
	Yiwu	磁鐵, 吸鐵石 rare
Xiang	Changsha	吸鐵石, 磁鐵石
	Shuangfeng	吸鐵石, 磁鐵石
	Hengyang	磁
	Quanzhou	磁石

Compounds

充磁
剩磁 (shèngcí)
地磁 (dìcí)
天然磁鐵 / 天然磁铁
核磁共振 (hécí gòngzhèn)
永久磁鐵 / 永久磁铁
洋磁
牙磁
白磁
磁偏角
磁傾角 / 磁倾角
磁力 (cílì)
磁力線 / 磁力线
磁化 (cíhuà)
磁北極 / 磁北极
磁區 / 磁区
磁南極 / 磁南极
磁卡 (cíkǎ)
磁器 (cíqì)
磁場 / 磁场 (cíchǎng)
磁學 / 磁学 (cíxué)
磁實 / 磁实
磁州窯 / 磁州窑
磁帶 / 磁带 (cídài)
磁帶機 / 磁带机
磁性 (cíxìng)
磁性體 / 磁性体
磁感應 / 磁感应
磁星 (cíxīng)
磁暴 (cíbào)
磁棒 (cíbàng)
磁極 / 磁极 (cíjí)
磁浮火車 / 磁浮火车
磁片
磁石 (císhí)
磁碟 (cídié)
磁碟機 / 磁碟机 (cídiéjī)
磁碟片
磁磚 / 磁砖 (cízhuān)
磁能 (cínéng)
磁軌 / 磁轨
磁軸 / 磁轴 (cízhóu)
磁針 / 磁针 (cízhēn)
磁鋼 / 磁钢
磁鐵 / 磁铁 (cítiě)
磁鐵心 / 磁铁心
磁鐵礦 / 磁铁矿 (cítiěkuàng)
磁頭 / 磁头 (cítóu)
磁體 / 磁体 (cítǐ)
磁黃鐵礦 / 磁黄铁矿
細磁 / 细磁
電磁 / 电磁 (diàncí)
電磁場 / 电磁场 (diàncíchǎng)
電磁波 / 电磁波 (diàncíbō)
電磁灶 / 电磁灶
電磁爐 / 电磁炉 (diàncílú)
電磁鐵 / 电磁铁 (diàncítiě)
靜磁力 / 静磁力

Japanese

Kanji

磁

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

magnet
porcelain

Readings

Go-on: じ (ji, Jōyō)
Kan-on: し (shi)
Kun: じしゃく (jishaku)、やきもの (yakimono, 磁)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

磁 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)

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Vietnamese

Han character

磁: Hán Nôm readings: từ

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