磁

磁 U+78C1, 磁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78C1 ← 磀 [U+78C0] CJK Unified Ideographs 磂 → [U+78C2]

Translingual

Han character

磁 (radical 112, 石+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一口廿女戈 (MRTVI), four-corner 1863₂, composition ⿰石兹)

References

• KangXi: page 834, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24364
• Dae Jaweon: page 1251, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2445, character 6
• Unihan data for U+78C1

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		磁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
糍	*zi
茲	*ʔsɯ, *zɯ
滋	*ʔsɯ
孳	*ʔsɯ, *zɯs
嵫	*ʔsɯ
嗞	*ʔsɯ
鎡	*ʔsɯ
鰦	*ʔsɯ
鶿	*ʔsɯ, *zɯ
稵	*ʔsɯ, *ʔsɯw
螆	*sʰɯs
慈	*zɯ
鷀	*zɯ
磁	*zɯ
礠	*zlɯ
濨	*zlɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zɯ): semantic 石 (“rock; stone”) + phonetic 兹 (OC *ʔsɯ, *zɯ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cí (ci²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀
• Min Dong (BUC): cṳ̀
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chû / chîr / hûi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ce⁵ / cu⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): zr (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cí
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴
    • Yale: chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̀
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû
    • Tâi-lô: tsû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡su²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîr
    • Tâi-lô: tsîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûi
    • Tâi-lô: huî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /hui²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²³/

Note:

• chû/chîr - literary;
• hûi - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ce⁵ / cu⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshṳ̂ / tshû
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰu⁵⁵/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: zr (T3)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /z̻z̩²³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磁
Reading #	1/1
No.	17849
Phonetic component	兹
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	慈
Old Chinese	/*zɯ/
Notes	同礠見山海經

Definitions

磁

1. ^† magnet
2. magnetism
3. Alternative form of 瓷 (cí, “porcelain”).

Compounds

• 充磁
• 剩磁
• 地磁
• 天然磁鐵／天然磁铁
• 核磁共振 (hécí gòngzhèn)
• 永久磁鐵／永久磁铁
• 洋磁
• 牙磁
• 白磁
• 磁偏角
• 磁傾角／磁倾角
• 磁力
• 磁力線／磁力线
• 磁化 (cíhuà)
• 磁北極／磁北极
• 磁區／磁区
• 磁南極／磁南极
• 磁卡 (cíkǎ)
• 磁器 (cíqì)

• 磁場／磁场 (cíchǎng)
• 磁學／磁学
• 磁實／磁实
• 磁州窯／磁州窑
• 磁帶／磁带 (cídài)
• 磁帶機／磁带机
• 磁性 (cíxìng)
• 磁性體／磁性体
• 磁感應／磁感应
• 磁暴 (cíbào)
• 磁棒 (cíbàng)
• 磁極／磁极 (cíjí)
• 磁浮火車／磁浮火车
• 磁片
• 磁石 (císhí)
• 磁碟 (cídié)
• 磁碟機／磁碟机
• 磁碟片
• 磁磚／磁砖

• 磁能
• 磁軌／磁轨
• 磁軸／磁轴 (cízhóu)
• 磁針／磁针
• 磁鋼／磁钢
• 磁鐵／磁铁 (cítiě)
• 磁鐵心／磁铁心
• 磁鐵礦／磁铁矿 (cítiěkuàng)
• 磁頭／磁头 (cítóu)
• 磁體／磁体 (cítǐ)
• 磁黃鐵礦／磁黄铁矿
• 細磁／细磁
• 電磁／电磁 (diàncí)
• 電磁場／电磁场 (diàncíchǎng)
• 電磁波／电磁波 (diàncíbō)
• 電磁灶／电磁灶
• 電磁爐／电磁炉 (diàncílú)
• 電磁鐵／电磁铁 (diàncítiě)
• 靜磁力／静磁力

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Japanese

Kanji

磁

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. magnet

Readings

• Go-on: じ (ji, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: じしゃく (jishaku); やきもの (yakimono, 磁)

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Korean

Hanja

磁 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)

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Vietnamese

Han character

磁 (từ)

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