痣

痣 U+75E3, 痣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-75E3 ← 痢 [U+75E2] CJK Unified Ideographs 痤 → [U+75E4]

Translingual

Han character

痣 (radical 104 疒+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大土心 (KGP), four-corner 0013₁, composition ⿸疒志)

1. spots, moles
2. birthmark

References

• KangXi: page 774, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22218
• Dae Jaweon: page 1184, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2673, character 11
• Unihan data for U+75E3

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		痣

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (之) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
之	*tjɯ
芝	*tjɯ
志	*tjɯs
痣	*tjɯs
娡	*tjɯs
誌	*tjɯs
蚩	*tʰjɯ
妛	*tʰjɯ
嗤	*tʰjɯ
媸	*tʰjɯ
旹	*djɯ
滍	*diʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³
• Min Nan (POJ): chì / kì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³
    • Yale: ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chì
    • Tâi-lô: tsì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kì
    • Tâi-lô: kì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²¹/

Note:

• chì - literary;
• kì - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕɨ^H/▼

Rime
Character	痣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	職吏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiəH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	痣
Reading #	1/1
No.	17191
Phonetic component	之
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	志
Old Chinese	/*tjɯs/

Definitions

痣

1. spots, moles
2. birthmark

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Japanese

Kanji

痣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: ほくろ (hokuro), あざ (aza)

Noun

痣 (hiragana あざ, rōmaji aza)

1. bruise, birthmark

Usage notes

• Often written in hiragana as あざ.

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Korean

Hanja

痣 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune-Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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