茈

See also: 柴

茈	U+8308, 茈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8308

← 茇
[U+8307]

CJK Unified Ideographs

茉 →
[U+8309]

Translingual

Han character

茈 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜一心 (TYMP), four-corner 4411₁, composition ⿱艹此)

Derived characters

𣸆𣖨𦸺

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1026, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30840
Dae Jaweon: page 1486, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3202, character 13
Unihan data for U+8308

Chinese

trad.		茈
simp. ^#		茈
alternative forms		𦶉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 茈
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
些	saːls, sjaːl, *seːs
跐	ʔsreːʔ, ʔseʔ, sʰeʔ, ʔsreʔ
柴	*zreː
祡	*zreː
茈	zreː, ʔseʔ, *ze
眦	*zreːs
砦	*zraːds
寨	zraːds, slɯːɡ
啙	ʔseː, zeːʔ, *ʔseʔ
泚	sʰeːʔ, sʰeʔ
玼	sʰeːʔ, sʰeʔ, *ze
皉	*sʰeːʔ
鮆	zeːʔ, ʔse
眥	zeːs, zes
貲	*ʔse
髭	*ʔse
頾	*ʔse
訾	ʔse, ʔseʔ
鴜	ʔse, ze
鈭	ʔse, sʰe
姕	ʔse, sʰe, *ze
觜	ʔse, ʔse, *ʔseʔ
紫	*ʔseʔ
訿	*ʔseʔ
呰	*ʔseʔ
嘴	*ʔseʔ
雌	*sʰe
此	*sʰeʔ
佌	sʰeʔ, seʔ
庛	*sʰes
疵	*ze
骴	ze, zes
胔	ze, zes
飺	*ze
齜	*ʔsre

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǐ (zi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǐh
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ³
  - Yale: dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyy
  - Palladius: цзы (czy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi²
  - Yale: jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsjeX

Rime
Character	茈
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	將此切
Baxter	tsjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siə̆^X/
Li Rong	/t͡sie^X/
Wang Li	/t͡sǐe^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sie̯^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔseʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	茈
Reading #	2/3
No.	1714
Phonetic component	此
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	紫
Old Chinese	/*ʔseʔ/

Definitions

茈

gromwell
alternative form of 紫 (zǐ, “purple”)

Compounds

茈湖口
茈草 (zǐcǎo)
茈萁
茈䓞
茈菀 (zǐwǎn)
茈薑 / 茈姜 (zǐjiāng)
茈魚 / 茈鱼

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cí (ci²)

(Zhuyin): ㄘˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴

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/

Middle Chinese: dzje

Rime
Character	茈
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾移切
Baxter	dzje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziə̆/
Li Rong	/d͡zie/
Wang Li	/d͡zǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ze/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	茈
Reading #	3/3
No.	1733
Phonetic component	此
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	疵
Old Chinese	/*ze/

Definitions

茈

only used in 鳧茈／凫茈 (fúcí)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chái (chai²)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chái
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chái
  - Wade–Giles: chʻai²
  - Yale: chái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chair
  - Palladius: чай (čaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: caai⁴
  - Yale: chàaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: dzrea

Rime
Character	茈
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	士佳切
Baxter	dzrea
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠɛ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚæ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒæi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐaɨj/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒɛ/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒai/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱai/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caai⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*zreː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	茈
Reading #	1/3
No.	1690
Phonetic component	此
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	柴
Old Chinese	/*zreː/

Definitions

茈

only used in 茈胡 and 茈施

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǐ (ci³)

(Zhuyin): ㄘˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐh
  - Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ³
  - Yale: tsž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyy
  - Palladius: цы (cy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴/

Definitions

茈

only used in 茈虒

Etymology 5

trad.		茈
simp. ^#		茈
alternative forms		子譾／谫

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chíⁿ

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chíⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsínn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cvie
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡sĩ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sĩ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sĩ⁴¹/

Definitions

茈

(Hokkien) immature; young and small
茈薑／茈姜 [Hokkien] ― chíⁿ-kiuⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― young ginger

伊的歲子有較茈。 [Hokkien, trad.]
伊的岁子有较茈。 [Hokkien, simp.]
I ê hè-chí ū khah chíⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
He's a bit young in his years.
(Hokkien) lacking in experience; immature
伊才開始工作，猶閣真茈。 [Hokkien, trad.]
伊才开始工作，犹阁真茈。 [Hokkien, simp.]
I chiah khai-sí kang-chok, iáu-koh chin chíⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
He just started working, still quite lacking in experience.

Compounds

老翁疼茈某，茈翁不如無 / 老翁疼茈某，茈翁不如无
茈仔
茈囝
茈戲老乞食 / 茈戏老乞食
茈某
茈牛仔毋捌虎
茈瓜無瓤，茈囝無肚腸 / 茈瓜无瓤，茈囝无肚肠
茈瓜無瓤，茈囝無腹腸 / 茈瓜无瓤，茈囝无腹肠
茈竹
茈薑 / 茈姜 (zǐjiāng)
茈薑𣍐辣 / 茈姜𫧃辣
茈薑較貴參 / 茈姜较贵参
茈雞仔 / 茈鸡仔
茈雞宿鵝老鴨母 / 茈鸡宿鹅老鸭母
茈雞無捌鳥 / 茈鸡无捌鸟
茈鳥 / 茈鸟
茈鳥仔 / 茈鸟仔
茈鵝大肝胘 / 茈鹅大肝胘
魚趁生，人趁茈 / 鱼趁生，人趁茈

References

“茈”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

茈

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): し (shi)、じ (ji)、さい (sai)、じゅ (ju)
Kun: むらさき (murasaki)

Korean

Hanja

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

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