芓

芓 U+8293, 芓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8293 ← 芒 [U+8292] CJK Unified Ideographs 芔 → [U+8294]

Translingual

Han character

芓 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓木 (TND), four-corner 4440₇, composition ⿱艹子)

Derived characters

• 𧋫

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1018, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30684
• Dae Jaweon: page 1476, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3177, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8293

Chinese

trad.		芓
simp. #		芓

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 芓 – see 秄. (This character is a variant form of 秄).

Etymology 2

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
孜	*ʔslɯ
仔	*ʔslɯ, *ʔslɯʔ
孖	*ʔslɯ, *zlɯs
子	*ʔslɯʔ
虸	*ʔslɯʔ
耔	*ʔslɯʔ
秄	*ʔslɯʔ
杍	*ʔslɯʔ
籽	*ʔslɯʔ
字	*zlɯs
茡	*zlɯs
芓	*zlɯs
牸	*zlɯs
李	*rɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zlɯs): semantic 艸 + phonetic 子 (OC *ʔslɯʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zì (zi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìh
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyh
    • Palladius: цзы (czy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dziH

Rime
Character	芓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾置切
Baxter	dziH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɨH/
Li Rong	/d͡ziəH/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭəH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zlɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芓
Reading #	1/1
No.	17866
Phonetic component	子
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	字
Old Chinese	/*zlɯs/
Notes	同茡

Definitions

芓

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 茡 (zì)
2. dike