芓

芓	U+8293, 芓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8293

← 芒
[U+8292]

CJK Unified Ideographs

芔 →
[U+8294]

Translingual

Han character

芓 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓木 (TND), four-corner 4440₇, composition ⿱艹子)

Derived characters

𧋫

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1018, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30684
Dae Jaweon: page 1476, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3177, character 3
Unihan data for U+8293

Chinese

trad.		芓
simp. ^#		芓

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 芓 – see 秄. (This character is a variant form of 秄).

Etymology 2

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 *zlɯs): semantic 艸 + phonetic 子 (OC *ʔslɯʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zì (zi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zì
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìh
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴
  - Yale: dz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyh
  - Palladius: цзы (czy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: dziH

Rime
Character	芓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾置切
Baxter	dziH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɨ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɨ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zie^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɨ^H/
Li Rong	/d͡ziə^H/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭə^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*zlɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芓
Reading #	1/1
No.	17866
Phonetic component	子
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	字
Old Chinese	/*zlɯs/
Notes	同茡

Definitions

芓

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 茡 (zì)
dike