朿

Translingual

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a tree 木 with thorns; compare 木.

Han character

朿 (radical 75 木+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 木月 (DB), four-corner 5090₂)

1. stab

Related characters

• 木

Derived characters

• 刺
• 責

References

• KangXi: page 510, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14441
• Dae Jaweon: page 894, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1153, character 3
• Unihan data for U+673F

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		朿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cì (ci⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: cì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ
    • Wade-Giles: tz'u⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci³
    • Yale: chi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (朿, reconstructed)
Character (朿), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 清 (14) Final: 支 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 七賜切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡sʰiᴇH/	/t͡sʰie̯H/	/t͡sʰieH/	/t͡sʰiɛH/	/t͡sʰiə̆H/	/t͡sʰǐeH/	/t͡sʰjɛH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (朿, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
朿								cì								‹ tshjeH ›								/*[tsʰ]ek-s/								sharp point, thorn
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
朿					1749					朿					賜					0					刺					/*sʰeɡs/

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Japanese

Kanji

朿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: とげ (toge)