磁

Translingual

Han character

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

1. magnetic
2. magnetism
3. porcelain

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		磁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cí (ci²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: cí
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
    • Wade-Giles: tz'u²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyr
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴
    • Yale: chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹/

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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

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Compounds

• 磁铁
• 磁器
• 磁石

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Japanese

Kanji

磁

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. magnet

Readings

• Goon: じ (ji)
• Kan’on: し (shi) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kun: じしゃく (jishaku), やきもの (yakimono)

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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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