趑

趑 U+8D91, 趑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D91 ← 趐 [U+8D90] CJK Unified Ideographs 趒 → [U+8D92]

Translingual

Han character

趑 (Kangxi radical 156, 走+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土人戈一人 (GOIMO) or 土人一一人 (GOMMO), four-corner 4780₈, composition ⿺走次)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1217, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37133
• Dae Jaweon: page 1686, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3486, character 11
• Unihan data for U+8D91

Chinese

trad.		趑
simp. #		趑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 趑
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zī (zi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ / ci¹

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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 / ci¹
    • Yale: jī / chī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ / tsi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ / qi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshij

Rime
Character	趑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	取私切
Baxter	tshij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰi/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰi/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰi/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰli/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	趑
Reading #	1/1
No.	1792
Phonetic component	次
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	郪
Old Chinese	/*sʰli/

Definitions

趑

1. Only used in 趑趄 (zījū, “to walk with difficulty; to hesitate to move; etc.”).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cì (ci⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìh
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴
    • Yale: tsz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh
    • Palladius: цы (cy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/

Definitions

趑

1. ^‡ Only used in 趑趥 (“not walking; not walking properly”).

Japanese

Kanji

趑

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)

Korean

Hanja

趑 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)

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Vietnamese

Han character

趑: Hán Việt readings: tư

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