痣

痣 U+75E3, 痣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-75E3 ← 痢 [U+75E2] CJK Unified Ideographs 痤 → [U+75E4]

Translingual

Han character

痣 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大土心 (KGP), four-corner 0013₁, composition ⿸疒志)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 774, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22218
• Dae Jaweon: page 1184, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2673, character 11
• Unihan data for U+75E3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		痣
alternative forms		志 誌 䏯

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
之	*tjɯ
芝	*tjɯ
志	*tjɯs
痣	*tjɯs
娡	*tjɯs
誌	*tjɯs
蚩	*tʰjɯ
妛	*tʰjɯ
嗤	*tʰjɯ
媸	*tʰjɯ
旹	*djɯ
滍	*diʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjɯs): semantic 疒 + phonetic 志 (OC *tjɯs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³
• Gan (Wiktionary): zi⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chṳ

  (Hailu, HRS): zhi^ˇ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zi⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): cé
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zi⁴ / gi⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chì / kì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zi³ / gi³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴
    • Yale: jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi³
    • Yale: ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: zi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zhi^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃi¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛi²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri, Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zi⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ci̍
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁴²/
  • (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri, Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gi⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gi̍
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁴²/

Note:

• zi4 - literary;
• gi4 - vernacular.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chì
    • Tâi-lô: tsì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡si²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kì
    • Tâi-lô: kì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kix
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /ki²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki⁴¹/
Note:
• chì - literary;
• kì - vernacular.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zi³ / gi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsì / kì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si²¹³/, /ki²¹³/
Note:
• zi3 - literary;
• gi3 - vernacular.
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsy
    • MiniDict: tsy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyiH

Rime
Character	痣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	職吏切
Baxter	tsyiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiəH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭəH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	痣
Reading #	1/1
No.	17191
Phonetic component	之
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	志
Old Chinese	/*tjɯs/

Definitions

痣

1. colored spot on the skin; mole; nevus
2. a surname

Synonyms

• (colored spot on the skin): (Cantonese) 癦 (mak6-2)

References

• “痣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “痣”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 166.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “1134 痣”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 402.