芷

芷 U+82B7, 芷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82B7 ← 芶 [U+82B6] CJK Unified Ideographs 芸 → [U+82B8]

Translingual

Han character

芷 (radical 140, 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜中一 (TYLM), four-corner 4410₁, composition ⿱艹止)

References

• KangXi: page 1021, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30740
• Dae Jaweon: page 1480, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3180, character 4
• Unihan data for U+82B7

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		芷

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
祉	*kʰlɯʔ
址	*kjɯʔ
止	*kjɯʔ
趾	*kjɯʔ
芷	*kjɯʔ
沚	*kjɯʔ
阯	*kjɯʔ
齒	*kʰjɯʔ
紕	*be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐ (zhi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi²
• Min Nan (POJ): chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ
    • Wade–Giles: chih3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí
    • Tâi-lô: tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕɨ^X/

Rime
Character	芷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	諸市切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiəX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǐ

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kjɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芷
Reading #	1/1
No.	17299
Phonetic component	止
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	止
Old Chinese	/*kjɯʔ/

Definitions

芷

1. angelica (Angelica dahurica)

Compounds

• 澧蘭沅芷／澧兰沅芷 (lǐlányuánzhǐ)
• 白芷 (báizhǐ)
• 芷若

• 蘭根白芷／兰根白芷
• 蘭芷之室／兰芷之室
• 蘭芷漸滫／兰芷渐滫

• 蘭芷蕭艾／兰芷萧艾
• 辟芷

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Japanese

Kanji

芷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: くさ (kusa)

Compounds

Compounds

• 白芷(びゃくし) (byakushi): Angelica dahurica, additionally, its root used in traditional Chinese medicine; Heracleum sphondylium var. nipponicum

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Korean

Hanja

芷 (eum 지 (ji))

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Vietnamese

Han character

芷: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ

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