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Translingual
Han character
玆 (Kangxi radical 95, 玄+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜戈卜女戈 (YIYVI), four-corner 00732, composition ⿰玄玄)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 725, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20816
- Dae Jaweon: page 1135, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 288, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7386
Chinese
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “zī pronunciation due to influence from 茲?”)
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 弦
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*ɡeːn
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| 絃
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*ɡeːn, *qʰʷeːn
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| 舷
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*ɡeːn
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| 痃
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*ɡeːn
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| 胘
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*ɡeːn, *ɡʷeːn
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| 蚿
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*ɡeːn
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| 伭
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*ɡeːn
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| 婱
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*ɡeːn
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| 玄
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*ɡʷeːn
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| 眩
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*ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
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| 玹
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*ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
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| 玆
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*ɡʷeːn
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| 詃
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*kʷeːn
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| 泫
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*ɡʷeːn
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| 鉉
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*ɡʷeːn
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| 炫
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*ɡʷeːn
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| 袨
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*ɡʷeːn
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| 衒
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*ɡʷeːn
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| 惤
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*ɡʷreːŋ
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Duplication of 玄 (“deep; profound”). Its variation 𢆶 derives from the duplication of the Kangxi radical 幺 yāo.
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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玆
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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14032
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Phonetic
component
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玄
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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玄
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡʷeːn/
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| Notes
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原注亦音茲
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Definitions
玆
- (literary) black
- (literary) muddy; dirty
- Synonym: 濁／浊 (zhuó)
- alt. forms: 滋 (zī)
拘鄫人之漚菅者，曰：何故使吾水玆。 [MSC, trad.]
拘鄫人之沤菅者，曰：何故使吾水玆。 [MSC, simp.]- From: Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳·哀公·八年》
- Jū zēng rén zhī òu jiān zhě, yuē: hé gù shǐ wú shuǐ zī.
- A man from the state of 鄫 (Zēng) who was soaking 菅 (jiān) (Themeda villosa grass) was reprimanded and asked: "For what reason did you make our water dirty?"
- a surname.
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 玆 – see 茲 (“this; year; time; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 茲). |
References
Japanese
Kanji
玆
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
玆 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)
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