赤子

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Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (赤子)		赤	子
Literally: “red child”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chìzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ zi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiak-chír / chhek-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chìzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chìhzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴-tzŭ³
  - Yale: chr̀-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhtzyy
  - Palladius: чицзы (čiczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cek³ zi²
  - Yale: chek jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cég³ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    尺子
    赤子
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiak-chír
  - Tâi-lô: tshiak-tsír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek-chú
  - Tâi-lô: tshik-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhekzuo
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡su⁵³/

Noun

赤子

newborn baby; neonate
- 若保赤子，惟民其康乂。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE
  Ruò bǎo chìzǐ, wéi mín qí kāngyì.
  (Deal with them) as if you were protecting your own infants, and the people will be tranquil and orderly.
(figurative) person cherishing true love for his native land; the people (of a country)

Synonyms

(newborn baby): 孲／𰌦 (yā); (Hokkien) 赤囝; (Wu) 𤘅孲／𤘅𰌦

Derived terms

潢池赤子
赤子之心 (chìzǐzhīxīn)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
赤	子
あか Grade: 1	こ > ご Grade: 1
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 赤子 – see the following entry.

【あかご】

(This term, 赤子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
赤	子
せき Grade: 1	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せきし (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

赤(せき)子(し) • (sekishi) ^{←せきし (sekisi)^?}

Synonym of あかご (akago, “baby”)
(literary) emperor's citizens
- 玉音放送
  億兆ノ赤子ヲ保シ
  to save the millions of our subjects

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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