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

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/

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

(literary) black
(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?"
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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