芝

See also: 艺

芝 U+829D, 芝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-829D ← 芜 [U+829C] CJK Unified Ideographs 芞 → [U+829E]

芝 U+2F991, 芝 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F991 ← 芋 [U+2F990] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 劳 → [U+2F992]

Translingual

Han character

芝 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+3, 7 strokes in traditional Chinese, 6 strokes in mainland China and Japanese and Korean, cangjie input 廿戈弓人 (TINO), four-corner 4430₇, composition ⿱艹之)

Derived characters

• 𡝳, 徔, 𪫿, 𣷸, 𣔰, 𤦧, 𮐘

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1019, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30699
• Dae Jaweon: page 1477, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3176, character 5
• Unihan data for U+829D

• Unihan data for U+2F991

Chinese

trad.		芝
simp. #		芝
alternative forms		𦭩

Glyph origin

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

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 *tjɯ): semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 之 (OC *tjɯ) – a type of plant.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhī (zhi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zi¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zi¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zi¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): zi¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zi¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): zi¹
• Northern Min (KCR): cí
• Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ze¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsy
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhr¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhih
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹
    • Yale: jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zi¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: z
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: zi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zi¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sz̩¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sie⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi
    • Tâi-lô: tsi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsy
    • MiniDict: tsy^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zhr¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sz̩³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyi

Rime
Character	芝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	止而切
Baxter	tsyi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiə/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芝
Reading #	1/1
No.	17189
Phonetic component	之
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	之
Old Chinese	/*tjɯ/

Definitions

芝

1. lingzhi; Ganoderma

   靈芝／灵芝  ―  língzhī  ―  lingzhi

2. alternative form of 芷
3. used in 芝麻 (zhīma, “sesame”)
4. used in 芝城 (Zhīchéng, “city of Chicago”)
5. a surname

Compounds

• 三芝 (Sānzhī)
• 劉蘭芝 / 刘兰芝
• 張芝 / 张芝
• 得挹芝眉
• 斑芝 (pan-chi) (Min Nan)
• 焚芝
• 焚芝鋤蕙 / 焚芝锄蕙
• 王仙芝
• 瑞芝
• 紫芝
• 紫芝眉宇
• 肉芝
• 芝儀 / 芝仪
• 芝加哥 (Zhījiāgē)
• 芝宇
• 芝標 / 芝标
• 芝焚蕙嘆 / 芝焚蕙叹
• 芝田
• 芝眉
• 芝艾俱焚
• 芝草 (zhīcǎo)
• 芝草無根 / 芝草无根
• 芝蘭 / 芝兰
• 芝蘭之化 / 芝兰之化
• 芝蘭之室 / 芝兰之室
• 芝蘭氣味 / 芝兰气味
• 芝蘭玉樹 / 芝兰玉树
• 芝顏 / 芝颜
• 芝麻 (zhīma)
• 芝麻官 (zhīmaguān)
• 芝麻小事 (zhīmaxiǎoshì)
• 芝麻油 (zhīmayóu)
• 芝麻灣 / 芝麻湾 (Zhīmawān)
• 芝麻秸
• 芝麻糊 (zhīmahù)
• 芝麻綠豆 / 芝麻绿豆 (zhīma lǜdòu)
• 芝麻醬 / 芝麻酱 (zhīmajiàng)
• 鄭芝龍 / 郑芝龙
• 野芝麻
• 雲芝 / 云芝
• 靈芝 / 灵芝 (língzhī)
• 龍芝茶 / 龙芝茶