茲

See also: 兹 and 玆

茲 U+8332, 茲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8332 ← 茱 [U+8331] CJK Unified Ideographs 茳 → [U+8333]

Translingual

Han character

茲 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿女戈戈 (TVII) or 難廿女戈戈 (XTVII), four-corner 4473₂, composition ⿱艹𢆶)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1028, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30911
• Dae Jaweon: page 1487, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3212, character 16
• Unihan data for U+8332

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Chinese

trad.		茲/兹*
simp.		兹*
alternative forms		玆 𢆶 茊 𦱳

Historical forms of the character 茲
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Especially regarding "this"; any relation to 此 or 之?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zī (zi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂
• Eastern Min (BUC): cī
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chu

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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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
    • Tâi-lô: tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsi

Rime
Character	茲
Reading #	2/2
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	茲
Reading #	1/2
No.	17835
Phonetic component	兹
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	兹
Old Chinese	/*ʔsɯ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 茲

1. (literary) this
2. (literary) year; time
3. (literary) the present; now
4. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 滋 (zī, “more”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 這 (“this”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		此, 斯, 是, 之, 茲 anteclassical, 夫, 爾
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		這
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	這
	Taiwan	這
	Chengde	這
	Chifeng	這
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	這
	Heihe	這
	Qiqihar	這
	Jiamusi	這
	Baicheng	這
	Changchun	這
	Tonghua	這
	Shenyang	這
	Jinzhou	這
	Malaysia	這
	Singapore	這
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	這
	Tangshan	這
	Cangzhou	這
	Baoding	這
	Shijiazhuang	這
	Lijin	這
	Jinan	這
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	這
	Dandong	這
	Yantai	這
	Qingdao	這
	Zhucheng	這
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	這
	Jining	這
	Linfen	這
	Shangqiu	這
	Yuanyang	這
	Zhengzhou	這
	Xinyang	這
	Baihe	這
	Xi'an	這
	Baoji	這
	Tianshui	這
	Xining	這
	Xuzhou	這
	Pizhou	這
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	這
	Donghai	這
	Fuyang	這
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	這
	Lanzhou	這
	Dunhuang	這
	Hami	這
	Ürümqi	這
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	這
	Nanchong	這
	Dazhou	這
	Hanyuan	這
	Xichang	這
	Zigong	這
	Chongqing	這
	Wuhan	這
	Yichang	這
	Tianmen	這
	Guiyang	這
	Zunyi	這
	Bijie	這
	Liping	這
	Zhaotong	這
	Dali	這
	Kunming	這
	Mengzi	這
	Guilin	這
	Liuzhou	這
	Jishou	這
	Changde	這
	Hanzhong	這
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	這
	Yangzhou	這
	Baoying	這
	Taizhou	這
	Zhenjiang	這
	Lianyungang	這
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	這
	Lianshui	這
	Xuyi	這
	Nantong	這
	Rugao	這
	Yancheng	這
	Funing	這
	Sihong	這
	Wuhu	這
	Hefei	這
	Hong'an	這
Cantonese	Guangzhou	呢, 依
	Hong Kong	呢, 依
	Macau	呢
	Taishan	該
	Dongguan	呢
	Yangjiang	果
	Nanning	阿
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	呢
	Singapore (Guangfu)	呢, 依
Gan	Nanchang	箇
	Nanchang (Wangcheng)	箇
	Anyi	箇
	Lushan	箇
	Duchang	箇
	Wuning (Quankou)	該
	Poyang	箇
	Yugan	該
	Wannian	該
	Yanshan	這
	Yichun	箇
	Yifeng	箇
	Gao'an	箇
	Fengxin	箇
	Shanggao	里
	Wanzai	箇
	Fengcheng	該
	Xinyu	該
	Fuzhou (Shangdundu)	該
	Fuzhou (Dongxiang)	箇
	Nancheng	箇
	Nanfeng	箇
	Yihuang	箇
	Lichuan	該
	Chongren	該
	Pingxiang	該
	Ji'an	蓋
	Taihe	箇
	Xiajiang	該
	Yingtan (Yujiang)	箇
	Guixi	箇
	Jianning	個
	Jinxian	箇
	Jinxi	箇
	Le'an	該
	Guangchang	改
	Suichuan	底
	Wan'an	介
	Jing'an	箇
	Zhangshu	該
	Xingan	個
	Fenyi	改
Hakka	Changting	爾
	Ninghua	只
	Qingliu	這
	Yudu	底
	Ningdu	底
	Ruijin	底
	Shicheng	底
	Xunwu	底
	Huichang	底
	Xingguo	界
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	這
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	這
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	這
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	這
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	這
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	這
	Hong Kong	這
Huizhou	Jixi	爾
	Shexian	這
	Wuyuan	伊
Jin	Taiyuan	這
	Yangyuan	這
	Datong	這
	Xinzhou	這
	Lüliang (Lishi)	這
	Changzhi	這
	Linhe	這
	Jining	這
	Hohhot	這
	Erenhot	這
	Pingshan	這
	Zhangjiakou	這
	Handan	這
	Suide	這
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𱕇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	只, 者, 嚽
	Fuzhou (Changle)	這
	Lianjiang	這
	Fuqing	者
	Pingtan	這
	Yongtai	這
	Minqing	這
	Gutian	這
	Pingnan	這
	Luoyuan	這
	Fu'an	這
	Ningde	這
	Xiapu	這
	Zherong	這
	Shouning	這
	Zhouning	這
	Fuding	這
	Singapore (Fuqing)	這
Southern Min	Xiamen	這
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	這
	Quanzhou	只, 這
	Jinjiang	這
	Nan'an	這
	Shishi	這
	Hui'an	這
	Anxi	這
	Yongchun	這
	Dehua	這
	Zhangzhou	這
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	這
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	這
	Hua'an	這
	Nanjing	這
	Pinghe	這
	Zhangpu	這
	Yunxiao	這
	Zhao'an	只
	Dongshan	這
	Taipei	這
	Kinmen	這
	Penang (Hokkien)	這
	Singapore (Hokkien)	這
	Manila (Hokkien)	這
	Longyan	迄好
	Zhangping	這
	Chaozhou	只
	Shantou	只
	Jieyang	只
	Haifeng	只
	Singapore (Teochew)	只
	Batam (Teochew)	只
	Wenchang	這
	Haikou	這
	Singapore (Hainanese)	這
Puxian Min	Putian	只蜀
	Xianyou	只蜀
Central Min	Yong'an	這
	Sanming (Shaxian)	這
Shaojiang Min	Guangze	當
	Jiangle	者
	Mingxi	只
	Shunchang	這
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	亞
Shehua	Cangnan	這
	Jingning (Hexi)	個
Wu	Shanghai	搿, 迭 dated, 第 obsolete
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	搿
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	格
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	格
	Shanghai (Chongming)	吉, 講, 葛 also that
	Suzhou	該, 搿
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	個
	Wuxi	意
	Changshu	俚
	Jiaxing	葛
	Jiashan	葛
	Pinghu	葛
	Haining (Yanguan)	葛
	Tongxiang	葛
	Haiyan	葛
	Changzhou	資
	Danyang	格
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	格
	Huzhou	格
	Changxing	格
	Anji	格
	Deqing	葛
	Hangzhou	葛
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	葛
	Hangzhou (Lin'an)	葛
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	葛
	Tonglu	葛
	Tonglu (Wusheng)	個個
	Shaoxing	咸
	Zhuji	咸
	Shengzhou	咸
	Xinchang	咸
	Ningbo	葛
	Ningbo (Zhenhai)	葛
	Yuyao	耶
	Cixi	葛
	Taizhou (Huangyan)	葛
	Tiantai	葛
	Sanmen	葛
	Wenling	葛, 格
	Wenzhou	個
	Yueqing	個
	Yongjia (Fenglin)	個
	Rui'an	個
	Pingyang	個
	Taishun	這
	Wencheng	個
	Lishui	已
	Qingtian	已
	Jinyun	已
	Songyang (Xiping)	益
	Yunhe	益
	Qingyuan	這
	Longquan	搭
	Suichang	益
	Jiangshan	益
	Changshan	益
	Kaihua	益
	Longyou	個
	Jinhua	等, 待
	Yiwu	吾
	Yongkang	個
	Pujiang	這, 吉
	Dongyang	個
Wuyi	愛個
Lanxi	個
Shangrao	這
Shangrao (Guangfeng)	伊
Yushan	伊
Xiang	Changsha	咯
	Shuangfeng	咯

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cí (ci²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cí
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíh
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyr
    • Palladius: цы (cy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ci⁴
    • Yale: chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzi

Rime
Character	茲
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾之切
Baxter	dzi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɨ/
Li Rong	/d͡ziə/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	茲
Reading #	2/2
No.	17848
Phonetic component	兹
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	慈
Old Chinese	/*zɯ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 茲

1. Only used in 龜茲／龟兹 (Qiūcí).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 茲 – see 玆 (“black; muddy; dirty; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 玆).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 茲 – see 只 (“(Min) this”). (This character is a variant form of 只).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03473

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Japanese

Kanji

茲

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: し (shi)、じ (ji)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: しげる (shigeru, 茲げる)、ここに (kokoni, 茲に)、ます (masu)、むしろ (mushiro)

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Korean

Hanja

茲 • (ja) (hangeul 자)

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Vietnamese

Han character

茲: Hán Nôm readings: tư

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