佽

佽 U+4F7D, 佽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F7D ← 佼 [U+4F7C] CJK Unified Ideographs 佾 → [U+4F7E]

Translingual

Han character

佽 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人戈一人 (OIMO) or 人一一人 (OMMO), four-corner 7728₂, composition ⿰亻次)

1. aid
2. help
3. to help
4. to sponsor, subsidize
5. a surname

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 101, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 571
• Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 152, character 7
• Unihan data for U+4F7D

Chinese

trad.		佽
simp. #		佽

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佽
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script s05763 Transcribed ancient scripts L35746
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
咨	*ʔsli
資	*ʔsli
姿	*ʔsli
粢	*ʔsli
諮	*ʔsli
恣	*ʔslis
澬	*ʔsli, *zli
趑	*sʰli
蠀	*sʰli
次	*sn̥ʰis
佽	*sl̥ʰis
絘	*sl̥ʰis
薋	*zli
瓷	*zli
茨	*zli
餈	*zli
垐	*zli, *zlɯɡ
楶	*ʔsliːɡ

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: tshijH

Rime
Character	佽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七四切
Baxter	tshijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sl̥ʰis/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佽
Reading #	1/1
No.	1795
Phonetic component	次
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	次
Old Chinese	/*sl̥ʰis/

Definitions

佽

1. (literary) to help

Compounds

• 佽飛 / 佽飞

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00050

Japanese

Kanji

佽

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)
• Kun: すぼしこい (suboshikoi, 佽い)、ならぶ (narabu, 佽ぶ)、たすける (tasukeru, 佽ける)、および (oyobi, 佽び)、かはるがはる (kaharugaharu)

Korean

Hanja

佽 • (cha) (hangeul 차, revised cha, McCune–Reischauer ch'a)

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Vietnamese

Han character

佽: Hán Việt readings: thứ

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