此

See also: 比

Translingual

Han character

此 (radical 77 止+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜一心 (YMP), four-corner 2111₀, composition ⿰止匕)

1. this, these
2. in this case, then

Derived characters

• 紫

References

• KangXi: page 574, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16259
• Dae Jaweon: page 964, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1438, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6B64

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Chinese

		-
simp. and trad.		此

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǐ (ci³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci²
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): tshṳ́
• Min Nan (POJ): chhú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: cǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˇ
    • Wade-Giles: tz'u³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyy
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci²
    • Yale: chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tshṳ́
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci3
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhú
    • Tâi-lô: tshú
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (此, reconstructed)
Character (此), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 清 (14) Final: 支 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 雌氏切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡sʰiᴇX/	/t͡sʰie̯X/	/t͡sʰieX/	/t͡sʰiɛX/	/t͡sʰiə̆X/	/t͡sʰǐeX/	/t͡sʰjɛX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (此, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
此								cǐ								‹ tshjeX ›								/*[tsʰ]e(j)ʔ/								this
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
此					1724					此					支					0					此					/*sʰeʔ/					甲文象足踏人背，爲跐初文

References

• (Hakka) Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• (Hakka) Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.
• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

此

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: ここ (koko), これ (kore), この (kono)

Compounds

• 此れ (これ, kore)
• 此の (この, kono)
• 此処 (ここ, koko)
• 此方 (こちら, kochira)

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Korean

Hanja

此 (cha) (hangeul 차, revised cha, McCune-Reischauer ch'a, Yale cha)

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Vietnamese

Han character

此 (thử, nảy, thửa)

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