玆

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See also: 茲 and 兹
玆 U+7386, 玆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7386
← 玅
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 率 →

Translingual

Han character

玆 (Kangxi radical 95, 玄+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜戈卜女戈 (YIYVI), four-corner 00732, composition ⿰玄玄)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 725, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20816
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1135, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 288, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+7386

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 玆
alternative forms 兹
𢆶

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “zī pronunciation due to influence from 茲?”)

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (玄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
弦 *ɡeːn
絃 *ɡeːn, *qʰʷeːn
舷 *ɡeːn
痃 *ɡeːn
胘 *ɡeːn, *ɡʷeːn
蚿 *ɡeːn
伭 *ɡeːn
婱 *ɡeːn
玄 *ɡʷeːn
眩 *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
玹 *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
玆 *ɡʷeːn
詃 *kʷeːn
泫 *ɡʷeːn
鉉 *ɡʷeːn
炫 *ɡʷeːn
袨 *ɡʷeːn
衒 *ɡʷeːn
惤 *ɡʷreːŋ

Duplication of 玄 (“deep; profound”). Its variation 𢆶 derives from the duplication of the Kangxi radical 幺 yāo.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 玆
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 先 (86)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 胡涓切
Baxter hwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦwen/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦʷen/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣuɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦwɛn/
Li
Rong 		/ɣuen/
Wang
Li 		/ɣiwen/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɣiwen/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xuán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyun4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 玆
Reading # 1/1
No. 14032
Phonetic
component 		玄
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		玄
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡʷeːn/
Notes 原注亦音茲

Definitions

玆

  1. (literary) black
  2. (literary) muddy; dirty
    Synonym: 濁 / 浊 (zhuó)
    alt. forms: 滋 (zī)
    拘鄫人之漚菅者，曰：何故使吾水玆。
    拘鄫人之沤菅者，曰：何故使吾水玆。
    From: Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳·哀公·八年》
    Jū zēng rén zhī òu jiān zhě, yuē: hé gù shǐ wú shuǐ zī.
    A man from the state of 鄫 (Zēng) who was soaking 菅 (jiān) (Themeda villosa grass) was reprimanded and asked: "For what reason did you make our water dirty?"
  3. a surname
Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 玆 – see 茲 (“this; year; time; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 茲).

References

Japanese

Kanji

玆

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): じ (ji)、し (shi)、けん (ken)、げん (gen)
  • Kun: しげる (shigeru)、ます (masu)、むしろ (mushiro)、ここに (kokoni)
  • Nanori: これ (kore)

Korean

Hanja

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

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