孜

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孜 U+5B5C, 孜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B5C
← 孛
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 孝 →

Translingual

Han character

孜 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 弓木人大 (NDOK), four-corner 18440, composition ⿰子攵)

  1. be as diligent as possible
  2. hard-working, industrious

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 278, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6951
  • Dae Jaweon: page 546, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1012, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5B5C

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 孜

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (子) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
孜 *ʔslɯ
仔 *ʔslɯ, *ʔslɯʔ
孖 *ʔslɯ, *zlɯs
子 *ʔslɯʔ
虸 *ʔslɯʔ
耔 *ʔslɯʔ
秄 *ʔslɯʔ
杍 *ʔslɯʔ
籽 *ʔslɯʔ
字 *zlɯs
茡 *zlɯs
芓 *zlɯs
牸 *zlɯs
李 *rɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔslɯ) : phonetic 子 (OC *ʔslɯʔ) + semantic 攵 (“action”)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 孜
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡si/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zi1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 孜
Reading # 1/1
No. 17854
Phonetic
component 		子
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		兹
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔslɯ/

Definitions

孜

  1. Alternative form of 孜孜 (zīzī)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

孜

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): し (shi)
  • Kun: つとめる (tsutomeru)

Korean

Hanja

孜 (eum 자 (ja))

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Vietnamese

Han character

孜: Hán Nôm readings: tư

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References

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