粢

粢 U+7CA2, 粢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7CA2 ← 粡 [U+7CA1] CJK Unified Ideographs 粣 → [U+7CA3]

Translingual

Han character

粢 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 戈人火木 (IOFD) or 一人火木 (MOFD), four-corner 3790₄, composition ⿱次米)

1. grain offered in ritual sacrifice
2. millet

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 908, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26932
• Dae Jaweon: page 1334, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3148, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7CA2

Chinese

trad.		粢
simp. #		粢
alternative forms		秶 𪗉 齍／𱌘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 粢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal 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

Etymology 1

from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzəy (“seed, testicle, round object”). Cognate with Burmese အစေ့ (a.ce., “seed”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zī (zi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsy

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsy
    • MiniDict: tsy^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsij

Rime
Character	粢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即夷切
Baxter	tsij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡si/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡si/
Li Rong	/t͡si/
Wang Li	/t͡si/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ij/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsli/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	粢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zī
Middle Chinese	‹ tsij ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ij/
English	Setaria italica
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	粢
Reading #	1/1
No.	1788
Phonetic component	次
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	咨
Old Chinese	/*ʔsli/

Definitions

粢

1. millet
2. a specific grain used in ritual sacrifice

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cí (ci²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshy; ¹tshy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cí
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíh
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyr
    • Palladius: цы (cy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ci¹
    • Yale: chī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshy; ¹tshy
    • MiniDict: tshy^去; tshy^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshr; ¹tshr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰz̩³⁴/, /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/

Definitions

粢

1. alternative form of 餈 / 糍 (cí, “glutinous rice cakes”)

Compounds

• 粢盛
• 粢粑 (cíbā)
• 粢醍
• 粢飯 / 粢饭 (cífàn)
• 粢飯糕 / 粢饭糕 (cīfàngāo)
• 粢飯糰 / 粢饭团 (cífàntuán)
• 糲粢 / 粝粢