此
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Translingual
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Han character
此 (Kangxi radical 77, 止+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜一心 (YMP), four-corner 21110, composition ⿰止匕)
- Shuowen Jiezi radical №30
Derived characters
- 佌 呲 㧗 泚 玼 皉 眦 䂑 䂣 紪 䘣 訿 跐 骴 齜 㰣 雌 䳄 庛 疵 茈 頾 髭 些 呰 啙 㘹 㱔 姕 㠿 㧘 㫮 柴 㭰 眥 砦 祡 歶 紫 胔 䖪 觜 訾 貲 鈭 飺 鮆 鴜
- 𢓗 𣐑 𤝭 𥞅 𦚚 𨠐 𨱲 𨹀 𩢭 𩶆 𪕑 𨚖 𩑽 𩢑 𧺼 𨒤 𠩆 𠀢 𡗼 𥬳 𠂱 𣥨 𣥥 𡘌 𡥎 𢃌 𣆟 𣢙 𣭁 𤇬 𤽤 𤿙 𦈬 𦍧 𦙼 𧙁 𧿿 𩨱 𩲨 𪕊 𪗶
- 𭂍 𭎔 𬽁 𬅿 𭪿 𮝏 𭭺
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 574, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16259
- Dae Jaweon: page 964, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1438, character 3
- Unihan data for U+6B64
Chinese
| trad. | 此 | |
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| simp. # | 此 | |
| alternative forms | 𬼘 | |
Glyph origin
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| 些 | *saːls, *sjaːl, *seːs |
| 跐 | *ʔsreːʔ, *ʔseʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ʔsreʔ |
| 柴 | *zreː |
| 祡 | *zreː |
| 茈 | *zreː, *ʔseʔ, *ze |
| 眦 | *zreːs |
| 砦 | *zraːds |
| 寨 | *zraːds, *slɯːɡ |
| 啙 | *ʔseː, *zeːʔ, *ʔseʔ |
| 泚 | *sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ |
| 玼 | *sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ze |
| 皉 | *sʰeːʔ |
| 鮆 | *zeːʔ, *ʔse |
| 眥 | *zeːs, *zes |
| 貲 | *ʔse |
| 髭 | *ʔse |
| 頾 | *ʔse |
| 訾 | *ʔse, *ʔseʔ |
| 鴜 | *ʔse, *ze |
| 鈭 | *ʔse, *sʰe |
| 姕 | *ʔse, *sʰe, *ze |
| 觜 | *ʔse, *ʔse, *ʔseʔ |
| 紫 | *ʔseʔ |
| 訿 | *ʔseʔ |
| 呰 | *ʔseʔ |
| 嘴 | *ʔseʔ |
| 雌 | *sʰe |
| 此 | *sʰeʔ |
| 佌 | *sʰeʔ, *seʔ |
| 庛 | *sʰes |
| 疵 | *ze |
| 骴 | *ze, *zes |
| 胔 | *ze, *zes |
| 飺 | *ze |
| 齜 | *ʔsre |
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 止 (“feet”) + 人 (“person”) – where a person stops; here.
Alternatively, this may be the original form of 跐 (OC *ʔsreːʔ, *ʔseʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ʔsreʔ, “to stamp, to stop, to stand”).
Etymology
Cognate with 斯 (OC *se, “this”).
STEDT compares 此 (OC *sʰeʔ) and 斯 (OC *se) to Proto-Tani *si (“this”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ci3
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ci2
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): chǔ
- Eastern Min (BUC): chṳ̄
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): co3
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5tshy
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cǐh
- Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ3
- Yale: tsž
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyy
- Palladius: цы (cy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: ci3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: c
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ci2
- Yale: chí
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsi2
- Guangdong Romanization: qi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ́
- Hakka Romanization System: ciiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ci3
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ³¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chǔ
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰu²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: chṳ̄
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰy³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: co3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰo⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: co3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɵ³³²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhú
- Tâi-lô: tshú
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhuo
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰu⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhír
- Tâi-lô: tshír
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ce2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshṳ́
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɯ⁵²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: tshjeX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*e(j)ʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*sʰeʔ/
Definitions
此
- (literary) this
- (literary) here
- 齊天大聖到此一遊。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16th century CE
- Qítiāndàshèng dàocǐyīyóu.
- The Great Sage Equal to Heaven came here on a trip.
齐天大圣到此一游。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 這 (“this”)
Dialectal synonyms of 這裡 (“here”)
Compounds
- 一寒如此
- 一至於此／一至于此
- 不分彼此 (bùfēnbǐcǐ)
- 不枉此生
- 不虛此生／不虚此生
- 不虛此行／不虚此行 (bùxūcīxíng)
- 不過如此／不过如此
- 並無此事／并无此事
- 人同此心
- 以此 (yǐcǐ)
- 以此類推／以此类推 (yǐcǐlèituī)
- 准此
- 出此下策
- 到此一遊／到此一游 (dàocǐyīyóu)
- 前此
- 厚彼薄此
- 厚此薄彼 (hòucǐbóbǐ)
- 原來如此／原来如此 (yuánláirúcǐ)
- 命該如此／命该如此
- 因此 (yīncǐ)
- 因此上
- 在此一舉／在此一举
- 在此存照
- 外此
- 多此一舉／多此一举 (duōcǐyījǔ)
- 奉此
- 如此 (rúcǐ)
- 如此這般／如此这般
- 就此 (jiùcǐ)
- 就此打住
- 就此罷手／就此罢手
- 彼倡此和
- 彼唱此和
- 彼此 (bǐcǐ)
- 從此／从此 (cóngcǐ)
- 挹彼注此
- 據此／据此
- 故此 (gùcǐ)
- 昉此
- 有鑑於此／有鉴于此 (yǒujiànyúcǐ)
- 有鑒於此／有鉴于此 (yǒujiànyúcǐ)
- 果然如此
- 樂此不倦／乐此不倦
- 樂此不疲／乐此不疲 (lècǐbùpí)
- 樹猶如此／树犹如此
- 欽此／钦此 (qīncǐ)
- 欽此欽遵／钦此钦遵
- 此事體大／此事体大
- 此仆彼起
- 此刻 (cǐkè)
- 此君
- 此唱彼和
- 此問彼難／此问彼难
- 此地 (cǐdì)
- 此外 (cǐwài)
- 此家
- 此岸
- 此後／此后 (cǐhòu)
- 此時／此时 (cǐshí)
- 此時此刻／此时此刻 (cǐshícǐkè)
- 此生 (cǐshēng)
- 此發彼應／此发彼应
- 此舉／此举 (cǐjǔ)
- 此豸 (cǐzhì)
- 此起彼伏 (cǐqǐbǐfú)
- 此起彼落 (cǐqǐbǐluò)
- 此道
- 此間／此间 (cǐjiān)
- 泐此
- 滅此朝食／灭此朝食 (miècǐzhāoshí)
- 特此 (tècǐ)
- 由此 (yóucǐ)
- 當此／当此
- 立此存照
- 等因奉此
- 纔此／才此
- 自此 (zìcǐ)
- 莫此為甚／莫此为甚
- 話雖如此／话虽如此 (huàsuīrúcǐ)
- 諸如此例／诸如此例
- 諸如此類／诸如此类 (zhūrúcǐlèi)
- 豈有此理／岂有此理 (qǐyǒucǐlǐ)
- 這般如此／这般如此
- 過此以往／过此以往
- 長此以往／长此以往 (chángcǐyǐwǎng)
- 除此之外 (chúcǐzhīwài)
- 顧此失彼／顾此失彼 (gùcǐshībǐ)
References
- “此”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
此
- Proximal demonstrative prefix, this (near speaker)
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 此 (MC tshjeX). Recorded as Middle Korean ᄎᆞ (cho) (Yale: cho) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
Hanja
- (literary) hanja form? of 차 (“here”)
- (literary) hanja form? of 차 (“this”)
- 1919, 기미 독립 선언서(己未獨立宣言書) (gimi dongnip seoneonseo) [Proclamation of Korean Independence]:
Compounds
Compounds
References
Northern Amami Ōshima
Kanji
此
- Proximal demonstrative prefix, this (near speaker)
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
此: Hán Nôm readings: thử, nảy, thửa
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