祗

See also: 祇 and 只

祗 U+7957, 祗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7957 ← 祖 [U+7956] CJK Unified Ideographs 祘 → [U+7958]

Translingual

Han character

祗 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈火竹心一 (IFHPM) or 戈火竹女戈 (IFHVI), four-corner 3224₀, composition ⿰礻氐(GHT) or ⿰示氐(JK))

Derived characters

• 𭉸

Usage notes

Not to be confused with 祇, which looks similar but has a different meaning.

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 841, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24665
• Dae Jaweon: page 1260, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2394, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7957

Chinese

trad.		祗
simp. #		祗

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (氐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
低	*tiːl
氐	*tiːl, *til
袛	*tiːl
羝	*tiːl
眡	*tiːl, *djilʔ
岻	*tiːl, *dil
奃	*tiːl
趆	*tiːl, *tiːls
柢	*tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls
邸	*tiːlʔ
底	*tiːlʔ
詆	*tiːlʔ, *diːl
坻	*tiːlʔ, *tjelʔ, *dil
抵	*tiːlʔ
牴	*tiːlʔ
觝	*tiːlʔ
弤	*tiːlʔ
軧	*tiːlʔ
骶	*tiːls
砥	*tjelʔ, *tjil, *tjilʔ, *tjils
胝	*til
疷	*til
秪	*til
泜	*dil
蚳	*dil
彽	*dil
阺	*dil
貾	*dil
祗	*tjil
厎	*tjilʔ, *tjɯʔ
茋	*tjilʔ
鴟	*tʰjil
汦	*kjeʔ, *tjil

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjil) : semantic 示 + phonetic 氐 (OC *tiːl, *til).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhī (zhi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhih
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹
    • Yale: jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi
    • Tâi-lô: tsi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴/

---

• Middle Chinese: tsyij

Rime
Character	祗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	旨夷切
Baxter	tsyij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕi/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ci/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕi/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕi/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjil/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	祗
Reading #	1/1
No.	2270
Phonetic component	氐
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	脂
Old Chinese	/*tjil/

Definitions

祗

1. (literary) to respect; to look up to; to revere

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 祗 – see 只 (“only; just; simply; merely; originally; at first; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 只).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 祗 – see 祇 (“earth spirit; big; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 祇).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02892

Japanese

Kanji

祗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to respect; to look up to
2. earnestly; just

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi)^{←し (si, historical)}
• Kan-on: し (shi)^{←し (si, historical)}
• Kun: つつしむ (tsutsushimu, 祗む); ただ (tada, 祗だ); まさに (masani, 祗に)

Compounds

• 祗(し)役(えき) (shieki)
• 祗(し)候(こう) (shikō)
• 祗(し)承(じょう) (shijō)
• 祗(し)承(ぞう) (shizō)

 

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 祗 (MC tsyij).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi]
• Phonetic hangul: [지]

Hanja

Wikisource

祗 (eumhun 공경(恭敬)할 지 (gonggyeonghal ji))

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Compounds

• 지명 (祗命, jimyeong)
• 지배 (祗拜, jibae)
• 지송 (祗送, jisong)
• 지수 (祗受, jisu)
• 지영 (祗迎, jiyeong)
• 지후 (祗候, jihu)

 

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 祗