孜

Translingual

Han character

孜 (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

References

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

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		孜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zī (zi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chû / chu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ
    • Wade-Giles: tzu¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzy
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû / chu
    • Tâi-lô: tsû / tsu
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su²³/, /t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su¹³/, /t͡su³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (孜, reconstructed)
Character (孜), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 精 (13) Final: 之 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 子之切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡sɨ/	/t͡si/	/t͡siə/	/t͡sɨ/	/t͡sɨ/	/t͡sĭə/	/t͡sie/

Old Chinese pronunciation (孜, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
孜					17854					子					之					0					兹					/*ʔslɯ/

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Japanese

Kanji

孜

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: つとめる (tsutomeru)

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Korean

Hanja

孜 (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune-Reischauer cha)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: tư

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References

• Nom Foundation