粢

Translingual

Han character

粢 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 戈人火木 (IOFD) or 一人火木 (MOFD), four-corner 3790₄, composition ⿱次米)

1. grain offered in ritual sacrifice
2. millet

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 908, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26932
• Dae Jaweon: page 1334, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3148, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7CA2

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Chinese

trad.		粢
simp. #		粢

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 粢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
咨	*ʔsli
資	*ʔsli
姿	*ʔsli
粢	*ʔsli
諮	*ʔsli
恣	*ʔslis
澬	*ʔsli, *zli
趑	*sʰli
蠀	*sʰli
次	*sn̥ʰis
佽	*sl̥ʰis
絘	*sl̥ʰis
薋	*zli
瓷	*zli
茨	*zli
餈	*zli
垐	*zli, *zlɯɡ
楶	*ʔsliːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zī (zi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹ / zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zih
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹
    • Yale: dz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzy
    • Palladius: цзы (czy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ci¹ / zi¹
    • Yale: chī / jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹ / dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi¹ / ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/, /t͡siː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsij

Rime
Character	粢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即夷切
Baxter	tsij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡si/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡si/
Li Rong	/t͡si/
Wang Li	/t͡si/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ij/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsli/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	粢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zī
Middle Chinese	‹ tsij ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ij/
English	Setaria italica
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	粢
Reading #	1/1
No.	1788
Phonetic component	次
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	咨
Old Chinese	/*ʔsli/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 粢

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Japanese

Kanji

粢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi), せい (sei)
• Kun: きび (kibi)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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