祗

See also: 祇 and 只

祗	U+7957, 祗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7957

← 祖
[U+7956]

CJK Unified Ideographs

祘 →
[U+7958]

Translingual

Han character

祗 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈火竹心一 (IFHPM) or 戈火竹女戈 (IFHVI), four-corner 3224₀, composition ⿰礻氐(GHT) or ⿰示氐(JK))

Derived characters

𭉸

Usage notes

Not to be confused with 祇, which looks similar but has a different meaning.

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 841, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24665
Dae Jaweon: page 1260, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2394, character 3
Unihan data for U+7957

Chinese

trad.		祗
simp. ^#		祗

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
低	*tiːl
氐	tiːl, til
袛	*tiːl
羝	*tiːl
眡	tiːl, djilʔ
岻	tiːl, dil
奃	*tiːl
趆	tiːl, tiːls
柢	tiːl, tiːlʔ, *tiːls
邸	*tiːlʔ
底	*tiːlʔ
詆	tiːlʔ, diːl
坻	tiːlʔ, tjelʔ, *dil
抵	*tiːlʔ
牴	*tiːlʔ
觝	*tiːlʔ
弤	*tiːlʔ
軧	*tiːlʔ
骶	*tiːls
砥	tjelʔ, tjil, tjilʔ, tjils
胝	*til
疷	*til
秪	*til
泜	*dil
蚳	*dil
彽	*dil
阺	*dil
貾	*dil
祗	*tjil
厎	tjilʔ, tjɯʔ
茋	*tjilʔ
鴟	*tʰjil
汦	kjeʔ, tjil

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjil): semantic 示 + phonetic 氐 (OC *tiːl, *til).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhī (zhi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄓ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhih
  - Wade–Giles: chih¹
  - Yale: jr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy
  - Palladius: чжи (čži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi¹
  - Yale: jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi
  - Tâi-lô: tsi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsyij

Rime
Character	祗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	旨夷切
Baxter	tsyij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕi/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ci/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕi/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tjil/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	祗
Reading #	1/1
No.	2270
Phonetic component	氐
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	脂
Old Chinese	/*tjil/

Definitions

祗

(literary) to respect; to look up to; to revere

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 祗 – see 只 (“only; just; simply; merely; originally; at first; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 只).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 祗 – see 祇 (“earth spirit; big; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 祇).

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02892

Japanese

Kanji

祗

(Hyōgai kanji)

to respect; to look up to
earnestly; just

Readings

Go-on: し (shi)^{←し (si, historical)}
Kan-on: し (shi)^{←し (si, historical)}
Kun: つつしむ (tsutsushimu, 祗む)、ただ (tada, 祗だ)、まさに (masani, 祗に)

Compounds

祗(し)役(えき) (shieki)
祗(し)候(こう) (shikō)
祗(し)承(じょう) (shijō)
祗(し)承(ぞう) (shizō)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 祗 (MC tsyij).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi]
Phonetic hangul: [지]

Hanja

祗 (eumhun 공경(恭敬)할 지 (gonggyeonghal ji))

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Compounds

지명 (祗命, jimyeong)
지배 (祗拜, jibae)
지송 (祗送, jisong)
지수 (祗受, jisu)
지영 (祗迎, jiyeong)
지후 (祗候, jihu)

References

Naver Hanja Dictionary: 祗