滋

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滋 U+6ECB, 滋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6ECB
← 滊
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 滌 →

滋 U+FA99, 滋
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA99
← 滛
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 漢 →

滋 U+2F90B, 滋
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F90B
← 㴳
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 滇 →

Translingual

Han character

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 642, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17919
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1049, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1686, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6ECB

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 滋
alternative forms 𣳯
𤂇

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 *ʔsɯ) : semantic 水 + phonetic 茲 (OC *ʔsɯ, *zɯ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 滋
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/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡si/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zi1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 滋
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsi ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ə/
English abundant

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 滋
Reading # 1/1
No. 17836
Phonetic
component 		兹
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		兹
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsɯ/

Definitions

滋

  1. to grow; to multiply
  2. to cause
  3. to increase
  4. taste
  5. (colloquial) to spurt

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

滋

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. nourishment

Readings

Korean

Hanja

滋 (eumhun 불을 자 (bureul ja))

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Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

滋: Hán Nôm readings: tư

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