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Translingual
Han character
磁 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一口廿女戈 (MRTVI), four-corner 18632, composition ⿰石兹)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 834, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24364
- Dae Jaweon: page 1251, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2445, character 6
- Unihan data for U+78C1
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 糍
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*zi
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| 茲
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*ʔsɯ, *zɯ
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| 滋
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*ʔsɯ
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| 孳
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*ʔsɯ, *zɯs
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| 嵫
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*ʔsɯ
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| 嗞
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*ʔsɯ
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| 鎡
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*ʔsɯ
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| 鰦
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*ʔsɯ
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| 鶿
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*ʔsɯ, *zɯ
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| 稵
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*ʔsɯ, *ʔsɯw
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| 螆
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*sʰɯs
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| 慈
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*zɯ
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| 鷀
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*zɯ
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| 磁
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*zɯ
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| 礠
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*zlɯ
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| 濨
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*zlɯ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zɯ) : semantic 石 (“rock; stone”) + phonetic 兹 (OC *ʔsɯ, *zɯ).
Pronunciation
Note:
- chû/chîr - literary;
- hûi - vernacular.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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磁
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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17849
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Phonetic
component
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兹
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Rime
group
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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慈
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Old
Chinese
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/*zɯ/
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| Notes
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同礠見山海經
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Definitions
磁
- † magnet
- magnetism
- Alternative form of 瓷 (cí, “porcelain”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
磁
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
- magnet
Readings
Korean
Hanja
磁 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)
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Vietnamese
Han character
磁: Hán Nôm readings: từ
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