莿

莿 U 83BF, 莿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83BF ← 莾 [U 83BE] CJK Unified Ideographs 菀 → [U 83C0]

Translingual

Han character

莿 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸 8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿木月弓 (TDBN), four-corner 4492₀, composition ⿱艹刺)

1. thorn

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1036, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31134
• Dae Jaweon: page 1495, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3231, character 6
• Unihan data for U 83BF

Chinese

trad.		莿
simp. #		莿

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
莿	*sʰeːɡs, *raːds
鵣	*raːds
辣	*raːd
辢	*raːd
剌	*raːd
揧	*raːd
瘌	*raːd
楋	*raːd
蝲	*raːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cì (ci⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìh
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴
    • Yale: tsz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh
    • Palladius: цы (cy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ci³
    • Yale: chi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjeH

Rime
Character	莿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七賜切
Baxter	tshjeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiᴇH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɛH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjɛH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiə̆H/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰieH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰǐeH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰie̯H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰeːɡs/, /*raːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莿	莿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1747	7589
Phonetic component	朿	剌
Rime group	賜	祭
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	刺	賴
Old Chinese	/*sʰeːɡs/	/*raːds/
Notes		同藾，下原從剌

Definitions

莿

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Compounds

• 莿桐 (cìtóng)

 

Japanese

Kanji

莿

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)、せき (seki)、しゃく (shaku)
• Kun: とげ (toge)

Korean

Hanja

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

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