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Translingual
Han character
瓷 (Kangxi radical 98, 瓦+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈人一女弓 (IOMVN) or 一人一女弓 (MOMVN), four-corner 37717, composition ⿱次瓦)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 749, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21491
- Dae Jaweon: page 1157, character 30
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1424, character 22
- Unihan data for U+74F7
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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咨
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*ʔsli
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資
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*ʔsli
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姿
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*ʔsli
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粢
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*ʔsli
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諮
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*ʔsli
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恣
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*ʔslis
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澬
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*ʔsli, *zli
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趑
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*sʰli
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蠀
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*sʰli
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次
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*sn̥ʰis
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佽
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*sl̥ʰis
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絘
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*sl̥ʰis
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薋
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*zli
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瓷
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*zli
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茨
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*zli
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餈
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*zli
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垐
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*zli, *zlɯɡ
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楶
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*ʔsliːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zli): phonetic 次 (OC *sn̥ʰis) + semantic 瓦 (“earthenware”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): cí (ci2)
- (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ci2
- (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): cí
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ci4
- (Dongguan, Jyutping++): cai4
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu3
- Gan (Wiktionary): ci2
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀
- (Hailu, HRS): cii
- (Meixian, Guangdong): ci2
- Jin (Wiktionary): ci1
- Northern Min (KCR): cú
- Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̀
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zo2 / hui2
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): chû / chîr / hûi
- (Teochew, Peng'im): ce5 / cu5
- (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): cu5
- Wu (Wugniu)
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zr2
Note:
- zo2 - literary;
- hui2 - vernacular.
Note:
- chû/chîr - literary;
- hûi - vernacular.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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瓷
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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1799
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Phonetic component
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次
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Rime group
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脂
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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茨
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Old Chinese
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/*zli/
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Notes
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見漢賦
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Definitions
瓷
- porcelain; china; chinaware
- (of a thing) firm; solid; sturdy
Synonyms
- (porcelain): 瓷器 (cíqì), (Min Nan) 瓷仔
- (firm):
- 堅固 / 坚固 (jiāngù)
- 堅實 / 坚实 (jiānshí)
- 堅硬 / 坚硬 (jiānyìng)
- 扎實
- 深厚 (shēnhòu) (figurative, of foundations)
- 牢 (láo)
- 牢固 (láogù)
- 牢牢 (láoláo)
- 牢靠 (láokào)
- 穩固 / 稳固 (wěngù)
- 結實 / 结实
- 緊實 / 紧实 (jǐnshí)
- 鞏 / 巩 (gǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
- 鞏固 / 巩固 (gǒnggù)
Compounds
References
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “磁”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
- “Entry #6384”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “硋”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 292.
Japanese
Kanji
瓷
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
瓷 • (ja) (hangeul 자)
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Vietnamese
Han character
瓷: Hán Nôm readings: từ, sứ, tư
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Readings
References
- Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
- Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999