玆

See also: 茲 and 兹

玆 U+7386, 玆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7386 ← 玅 [U+7385] CJK Unified Ideographs 率 → [U+7387]

Translingual

Han character

玆 (Kangxi radical 95, 玄+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜戈卜女戈 (YIYVI), four-corner 0073₂, composition ⿰玄玄)

Derived characters

• 嬨 (Exception: Only for its compatibility ideograph U+FA81)
• 滋 (Exception: Only for its compatibility ideograph U+FA99)
• 甆 (Exception: Only for its compatibility ideograph U+FAA2)
• 鶿 (Exception: Only for its Korean form. Contains 兹 in other regions)
• 螆 (Exception: Only for its Japanese form. Contains 茲 in Taiwan/Hong Kong and 兹 in mainland China)

Related characters

• 茲 (Orthodox form when 玆 is used as a variant form - Refer Etymology 2)
• 兹 (Variant form of 茲, also the preferred form used in mainland China)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 725, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20816
• Dae Jaweon: page 1135, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 288, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7386

Chinese

simp. and trad.		玆
alternative forms		兹 𢆶

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “zī pronunciation due to influence from 茲?”)

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
弦	*ɡeːn
絃	*ɡeːn, *qʰʷeːn
舷	*ɡeːn
痃	*ɡeːn
胘	*ɡeːn, *ɡʷeːn
蚿	*ɡeːn
伭	*ɡeːn
婱	*ɡeːn
玄	*ɡʷeːn
眩	*ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
玹	*ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
玆	*ɡʷeːn
詃	*kʷeːn
泫	*ɡʷeːn
鉉	*ɡʷeːn
炫	*ɡʷeːn
袨	*ɡʷeːn
衒	*ɡʷeːn
惤	*ɡʷreːŋ

Duplication of 玄 (“deep; profound”). Its variation 𢆶 derives from the duplication of the Kangxi radical 幺 yāo.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zī, xuán (zi¹, xuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ, ㄒㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹
• 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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuán
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²
    • Yale: sywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/
• 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: hwen

Rime
Character	玆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡涓切
Baxter	hwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwen/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷen/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛn/
Li Rong	/ɣuen/
Wang Li	/ɣiwen/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiwen/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	玆
Reading #	1/1
No.	14032
Phonetic component	玄
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	玄
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeːn/
Notes	原注亦音茲

Definitions

玆

1. (literary) black
2. (literary) muddy; dirty

   Synonym: 濁／浊 (zhuó)

   alt. forms: 滋 (zī)

   拘鄫人之漚菅者，曰：何故使吾水玆。 [MSC, trad.]
   拘鄫人之沤菅者，曰：何故使吾水玆。 [MSC, simp.]

   From: Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳·哀公·八年》

   Jū zēng rén zhī òu jiān zhě, yuē: hé gù shǐ wú shuǐ zī. [Pinyin]

   A man from the state of 鄫 (Zēng) who was soaking 菅 (jiān) (Themeda villosa grass) was reprimanded and asked: "For what reason did you make our water dirty?"

3. a surname.

Compounds

• 玆夷
• 玆白

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 玆 – see 茲 (“this; year; time; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 茲).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02590

Japanese

Kanji

玆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じ (ji); し (shi); けん (ken); げん (gen)
• Kun: しげる (shigeru); ます (masu); むしろ (mushiro); ここに (kokoni)
• Nanori: これ (kore)

Korean

Hanja

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

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