𠙹

𠙹 U+20679, 𠙹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-20679 ← 𠙸 [U+20678] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𠙺 → [U+2067A]

Translingual

Han character

𠙹 (Kangxi radical 17, 凵+3, 5 strokes, composition ⿶凵𠀆)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 135, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 308, character 1
• Unihan data for U+20679

Chinese

simp. and trad.		𠙹
alternative forms		𠚋 甾 𱰭 𠙾

Glyph origin

Pictogram (象形) – a bamboo container. Attested since oracle bones script. (Lexi-MF)

Shuo Wen said a clay vessel (缶) was known by this word in eastern Chu and this glyph depicted so.

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/

Definitions

𠙹

1. A kind of container.