脂

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kji): semantic 月 ‎(“meat”) + phonetic 旨 ‎(OC *kjiʔ)

Han character

脂 (radical 130 肉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月心日 (BPA), four-corner 7126₁, composition ⿰⺼旨)

1. fat, grease, lard
2. rouge

References

• KangXi: page 981, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29463
• Dae Jaweon: page 1434, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2069, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8102

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		脂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhī, zhǐ (zhi¹, zhi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ, ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂
• Min Dong (BUC): ciĕ
• Min Nan (POJ): chi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ
    • Wade-Giles: chih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ
    • Wade-Giles: chih³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹
    • IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕ
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sie⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi
    • Tâi-lô: tsi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕiɪ/▼

Rime
Character	脂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	旨夷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕi/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ci/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕi/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕi/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhī

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*kij/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kji/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	脂
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhī
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyij ›
Old Chinese	/*kij/
English	fat, grease
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	脂
Reading #	1/1
No.	17322
Phonetic component	旨
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	脂
Old Chinese	/*kji/

Definitions

脂

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Compounds

• 乳脂湯／乳脂汤 (rǔzhītāng)

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Japanese

Kanji

脂

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. fat

Readings

• Goon: し (shi)
• Kan’on: し (shi)
• Kun: あぶら (abura), やに (yani)

Compounds

Compounds

牛脂 (ぎゅうし) ‎(gyūshi): tallow of cow 脂肪 (しぼう) ‎(shibō): fat 松脂 (まつやに) ‎(matsuyani), 松脂 (しょうし) ‎(shōshi): pine resin 獣脂 (じゅうし) ‎(jūshi): tallow 豚脂 (とんし) ‎(tonshi): lard 皮脂 (ひし) ‎(hishi): sebum 雲脂 (ふけ) ‎(fuke): dandruff

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
脂
あぶら Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) あぶら [àbúrá] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠bɯᵝɾ̠a̠]

Noun

脂 ‎(hiragana あぶら, romaji abura)

1. fat

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
脂
やに Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) やに​ [yàníꜜ] (Odaka - [2])
• IPA^(key): [jã̠ni]

Noun

脂 ‎(hiragana やに, romaji yani)

1. resin
2. tar (byproduct of tobacco smoke)
3. rheum

Synonyms

• (rheum): 目脂 (めやに) ‎(meyani)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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References

• KangXi: page 981, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29463
• Dae Jaweon: page 1434, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2069, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8102

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Vietnamese

Han character

脂 (chi, chỉ, mạnh)

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