梓

梓	U+6893, 梓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6893

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

梓 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木卜廿十 (DYTJ) or X木卜廿十 (XDYTJ), four-corner 4094₁, composition ⿰木辛)

Derived characters[edit]

𣘲

References[edit]

KangXi: page 528, character 25
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14845
Dae Jaweon: page 917, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1219, character 3
Unihan data for U+6893

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		梓
alternative forms		杍

Wikipedia has articles on:

梓 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
梓 (Classical)

Glyph origin[edit]

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

	Old Chinese
宰	*ʔsɯːʔ
縡	ʔsɯːʔ, ʔsɯːs
梓	*ʔsɯʔ
滓	*ʔsrɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsɯʔ): semantic 木 (“wood; tree”) + abbreviated phonetic 宰 (OC *ʔsɯːʔ)

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǐ (zi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi²
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chír / chú

(Teochew, Peng'im): ze²

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi²
  - Yale: jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chír
  - Tâi-lô: tsír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú
  - Tâi-lô: tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ze²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ́
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ⁵²/

Middle Chinese: tsiX

Rime
Character	梓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即里切
Baxter	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨ^X/
Li Rong	/t͡siə^X/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭə^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]əʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	梓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsi^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]əʔ/
English	Catalpa
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	梓
Reading #	1/1
No.	16509
Phonetic component	宰
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	子
Old Chinese	/*ʔsɯʔ/
Notes	說文宰省聲

Definitions[edit]

梓

yellow catalpa or Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata)
craftsman who produces wooden items
梓匠 ― zǐjiàng ― woodworker
hometown
printing block
付梓 ― fùzǐ ― to send a manuscript to the press
a surname

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (梓):

→ Japanese: 梓(し) (shi)

Compounds[edit]

上梓 (shàngzǐ)
付梓 (fùzǐ)
吳敬梓／吴敬梓
喬梓／乔梓 (qiáozǐ)
木梓 (Mùzǐ)
杞梓
桑梓 (sāngzǐ)
桑梓之邦
梓人
梓匠
梓匠輪輿／梓匠轮舆
梓器
梓宮／梓宫
梓材
梓楠堤 (Zǐnándī)
梓鄉／梓乡
梓里
楠梓 (Nánzǐ, “Nanzih”)
橋梓／桥梓 (qiáozǐ)
洋梓 (Yángzǐ)
荊南杞梓／荆南杞梓
賢喬梓／贤乔梓
鄉梓／乡梓 (xiāngzǐ)

References[edit]

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01935

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

梓

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings[edit]

Go-on: し (shi)
Kan-on: し (shi)
Kun: あずさ (azusa, 梓)^{←あづさ (adusa, 梓, historical)}

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

Etymology 1[edit]

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

梓

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji in this term
梓
あずさ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

/adusa/ → /ad͡zusa/ → /azusa/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) あずさ [áꜜzùsà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
(Tokyo) あずさ [àzúsá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [a̠zɨᵝsa̠]

Noun[edit]

梓(あずさ) • (azusa) ^{←あづさ (adusa)^?}

Synonym of 夜糞峰榛 (yoguso minebari): the Japanese cherry birch, Betula grossa
Synonym of 木豇豆, 楸 (kisasage): the yellow or Chinese catalpa, Catalpa ovata
Synonym of 赤芽柏 (akame-gashiwa): the Japanese mallotus, Mallotus japonicus
a block used for printing (as it was originally made from the wood of the Chinese catalpa)
Synonym: 版木 (hangi)
Short for 梓弓 (azusa yumi): a bow made from the wood of the Japanese cherry birch; a small musical bow used to summon spirits
Short for 梓巫女 (azusa miko): a 巫女 (miko, “unmarried female medium”) who summons spirits by sounding the string of an azusa yumi (short musical bow)
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Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

Idioms[edit]

Proverbs[edit]

腰(こし)に梓(あずさ)の弓(ゆみ)を張(は)る (koshi ni azusa no yumi o haru)

Proper noun[edit]

梓(あずさ) • (Azusa) ^{←あづさ (adusa)^?}

a female given name
a surname

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
梓
し Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

/si/ → /ɕi/

From Middle Chinese 梓 (MC tsiX).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) し [shíꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕi]

Noun[edit]

梓(し) • (shi)

a block used for printing (as it was originally made from the wood of the Chinese catalpa)
Synonym: 版木 (hangi)

Derived terms[edit]

梓氏(しし) (shishi)

Idioms[edit]

梓(し)に上(のぼ)す (shi ni nobosu)

Affix[edit]

梓(し) • (shi)

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

梓 • (jae) (hangeul 재, revised jae, McCune–Reischauer chae, Yale cay)

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Old Japanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

梓 (adusa) (kana あづさ)

the Japanese cherry birch, Betula grossa
- c. 759, Minamoto no Shitagō, book 14, poem 3567:
  , text here
  於伎弖伊可婆伊毛婆麻可奈之母知弖由久安都佐能由美乃由都可爾母我毛
  oki₁te ikaba imo ba ma-kanasi motite yuku adusa no₂ yumi₁ no₂ yuduka ni mo ga mo
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Short for 梓弓 (adusa yumi₁): a bow made from the wood of the Japanese cherry birch

Derived terms[edit]

梓弓 (adusa yumi₁)
玉梓, 玉章 (tamadusa)
根張り梓 (nepari adusa)

Descendants[edit]

Japanese: 梓 (azusa)

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

梓: Hán Nôm readings: tử

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[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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梓

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