鎡

See also: 镃

鎡 U+93A1, 鎡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93A1 ← 鎠 [U+93A0] CJK Unified Ideographs 鎢 → [U+93A2]

Translingual

Han character

鎡 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, Cangjie input 金廿女戈 (CTVI), four-corner 8813₂, composition ⿰釒兹)

1. hoe
2. mattock

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1317, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40728
• Dae Jaweon: page 1817, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4235, character 17
• Unihan data for U+93A1

Chinese

trad.		鎡
simp.		镃

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
糍	*zi
茲	*ʔsɯ, *zɯ
滋	*ʔsɯ
孳	*ʔsɯ, *zɯs
嵫	*ʔsɯ
嗞	*ʔsɯ
鎡	*ʔsɯ
鰦	*ʔsɯ
鶿	*ʔsɯ, *zɯ
稵	*ʔsɯ, *ʔsɯw
螆	*sʰɯs
慈	*zɯ
鷀	*zɯ
磁	*zɯ
礠	*zlɯ
濨	*zlɯ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zī (zi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): 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: zi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsi

Rime
Character	鎡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子之切
Baxter	tsi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨ/
Li Rong	/t͡siə/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鎡
Reading #	1/1
No.	17840
Phonetic component	兹
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	兹
Old Chinese	/*ʔsɯ/

Definitions

鎡

1. A small-mouthed ding

   Synonym: 鼒 (zī)

2. A gardening hoe
   • date, c.500 B.C., translated by James Legge, 孟子 [Mencius]:

     "齊人有言曰：『雖有智慧，不如乘勢；雖有鎡基，不如待時。』"

     Qí rén yǒu yán yuē:“Suī yǒu zhìhuì, bùrú chéngshì; suī yǒu zījī, bùrú dài shí.”

     The people of Qi have a saying - "A man may have wisdom and discernment, but that is not like embracing the favourable opportunity. A man may have instruments of husbandry, but that is not like waiting for the farming seasons."

   Synonym: 鎡錤 / 镃𫓹

3. To consult or inquire about something

   Synonym: 资 (zī)

Compounds

• 鎡基 / 镃基
• 鎡錤 / 镃𫓹

References

• "鎡" in Yi, B. (2019). 字統网 [zi.tools] [Browser]. https://zi.tools/

Japanese

Kanji

鎡

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. hoe
2. mattock

Readings

• Go-on: じ (ji)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: かなえ (kanae, 鎡)^{←かなへ (kanafe, 鎡, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

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

1. hoe
2. mattock