鼒

鼒 U+9F12, 鼒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F12 ← 鼑 [U+9F11] CJK Unified Ideographs 鼓 → [U+9F13]

Translingual

Han character

鼒 (Kangxi radical 206, 鼎+3, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木竹月山中 (DHBUL), four-corner 4022₇, composition ⿱才鼎)

Derived characters

• 𡓀

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1525, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48321
• Dae Jaweon: page 2061, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4741, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9F12

Chinese

simp. and trad.		鼒
alternative forms		鎡／镃 𬁱 𮮥

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
茬	*zraː, *zraːʔ, *ʔsrɯ, *zrɯ
材	*zlɯː
才	*zlɯː, *zlɯːs
財	*zlɯː
鼒	*zlɯː, *ʔslɯ
在	*zlɯːʔ, *zlɯːs
豺	*zrɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zlɯː, *ʔslɯ): phonetic 才 (OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs) + semantic 鼎.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zī (zi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: tsi, dzoj

Rime
Character	鼒	鼒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	子之切	昨哉切
Baxter	tsi	dzoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨ/	/d͡zʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɨ/	/d͡zəi/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sie/	/d͡zɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨ/	/d͡zəj/
Li Rong	/t͡siə/	/d͡zᴀi/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭə/	/d͡zɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si/	/d͡zʱɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zī	cái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi1	coi4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zlɯː/, /*ʔslɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鼒	鼒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1063	1067
Phonetic component	才	才
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	裁	兹
Old Chinese	/*zlɯː/	/*ʔslɯ/

Definitions

鼒

1. a ding (ancient three-legged bronze cauldron for cooking) that has a small opening

Japanese

Kanji

鼒

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. a three-legged kettle, a tripod kettle

Readings

• Go-on: ざい (zai)、じ (ji)
• Kan-on: さい (sai)、し (shi)
• Kun: かなえ (kanae, 鼒)^{←かなへ (kanafe, 鼒, historical)}

Usage notes

Generally not used in Japanese. See 鼎 for the character more commonly used for "tripod kettle".

Korean

Hanja

鼒 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鼒: Hán Nôm readings: tỉ

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