呰

Translingual

Han character

呰 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜心口 (YPR), four-corner 2160₁, composition ⿱此口)

1. to slander
2. revile

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 182, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3452
• Dae Jaweon: page 401, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 614, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5470

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Chinese

trad.		呰
simp. #		呰

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 呰
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐ, cī (zi³, ci¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ, ㄘ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³
    • Yale: dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyy
    • Palladius: цзы (czy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cī
    • Zhuyin: ㄘ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cih
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ¹
    • Yale: tsz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsy
    • Palladius: цы (cy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjeX

Rime
Character	呰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	將此切
Baxter	tsjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siə̆X/
Li Rong	/t͡sieX/
Wang Li	/t͡sǐeX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔseʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	呰
Reading #	1/1
No.	1718
Phonetic component	此
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	紫
Old Chinese	/*ʔseʔ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

呰

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: せめる (semeru); そしる (soshiru); きず (kizu)

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Korean

Hanja

呰 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha)

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