資

See also: 资

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsli): phonetic 次 ‎(OC *sn̥ʰis) + semantic 貝 ‎(“shell-money”) – according to the Shuowen.

Han character

資 (radical 154 貝+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈人月山金 (IOBUC) or 一人月山金 (MOBUC), four-corner 3780₆, composition ⿱次貝)

1. property
2. wealth
3. capital

References

• KangXi: page 1208, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36750
• Dae Jaweon: page 1671, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3640, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8CC7

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Chinese

trad.		資
simp.		资

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zī (zi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chir / chu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ
    • Wade-Giles: tzu¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzy
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
    • Tâi-lô: tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zw
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir
    • Tâi-lô: tsir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡siɪ/▼

Rime
Character	資
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
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsli/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	資
Reading #	1/1
No.	1786
Phonetic component	次
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	咨
Old Chinese	/*ʔsli/

Definitions

資

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Compounds

• 资本
• 资本家
• 资本主义
• 资财
• 资产
• 资产负债表
• 资产阶级
• 资产阶级革命
• 资费
• 资斧
• 资格
• 资金
• 资力
• 资历
• 资料
• 资深
• 资望
• 资源
• 资质
• 资助

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Japanese

Kanji

資

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: し (shi)
• Kan’on: し (shi)
• Kun: もと (moto)

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Korean

Hanja

資 • ‎(ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune-Reischauer cha, Yale ca)

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Vietnamese

Han character

資 (tư)

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