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U+5B50, 子
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B50

[U+5B4F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5B51]
U+2F26, ⼦
KANGXI RADICAL CHILD

[U+2F25]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F27]
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3 strokes
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Han character

(Kangxi radical 39, +0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 弓木 (ND), four-corner 17407, composition )

  1. Kangxi radical #39, .

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 277, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6930
  • Dae Jaweon: page 543, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1006, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5B50

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms

𡿹
𡐫
𣕓
𰱤

𡿹
𡐫
𣕓
𰱤
𢀇
𢀈
𠙭
𢀉
 
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Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
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Old Chinese
*ʔslɯ
*ʔslɯ, *ʔslɯʔ
*ʔslɯ, *zlɯs
*ʔslɯʔ
*ʔslɯʔ
*ʔslɯʔ
*ʔslɯʔ
*ʔslɯʔ
*ʔslɯʔ
*zlɯs
*zlɯs
*zlɯs
*zlɯs
*rɯʔ
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Pictogram (象形) – an image of a baby, with a large head and spread arms. The legs are wrapped in a blanket. Compare with , where the arms are wrapped, and , in which a lock of hair is visible on top. Compare also and , in which the image of the baby is reversed upside-down.

The big seal script form is much more elaborate, showing a baby with hair on a head () and arms on the two sides of the body, sitting on a stool ().

See also the right component of .

Etymology 1

child
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsa ~ za (child, offspring, relatives; to come forth (as child at birth); to love; loving).
Cognate with (OC *zlɯs, “character; letter”), (OC *zɯ, “loving; kind”), (OC *ʔsɯ, “to grow, to breed, to propagate, to bring about, to increase”), (OC *ʔsɯ, *zɯs, “to breed, to propagate”).
first earthly branch
In oracle bone and Western Zhou bronze inscriptions, was the sixth earthly branch; the first earthly branch was denoted differently. One of the forms survived in Shuo Wen (𢀇) (Matsumaru, 2015).
Smith (2011) proposed this character is . Observing that is closely linked with "dark, stained", "murky (water)", "field cleared by burning" (all pronounced *tsrə), Smith (2011) proposes that initially the first earthly branch (OC *ts[r]əʔ) denoted the new moon phase and meant "darkened, voided, the darkened stage". Additionally, Smith (2011) proposes that (OC tsəʔ), which originated from a Sino-Tibetan root meaning "to come forth", denoted the moon's "coming forth" stage (i.e. early waning-gibbous phase).
Sometime in Warring States period, a change occured that became the first earthly branch and (OC *s-ləʔ) filled the void of the sixth earthly branch (Matsumaru, 2015), "due to phonological closeness (combined with the semantic opacity of the Branch terms at later eras)" (Smith, 2011).
Association with the rat was possibly arbitrary, analogous to how , the fifth earthly branch, was arbitrarily associated with the dragon (Ferlus, 2013).

Pronunciation 1

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (13)
Final () (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong
/t͡siəX/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭəX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡siX/
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Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi2
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BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsiX › ‹ tsiX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ts]əʔ/ /*tsəʔ/
English 1st earthly branch child; gentleman, master

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 17857
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔslɯʔ/
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Note: cī - “seed”.
Note:
  • zo3 - literary;
  • zo3 - colloquial.

Definitions

  1. (literary) child; offspring
  2. son
    獨生独生   dúshēng   only son
       ài   beloved son
       yī nǚ   one son and one daughter
  3. (literary) descendant; posterity
  4. (Christianity) the Son
  5. (in compounds) person
          female; woman
  6. (literary) master; teacher
  7. (literary) A respectful title for teachers, usually attached after their surnames.
       Kǒng   Master Kong (Confucius)
       Lǎo   Laozi
  8. (literary, polite) you
  9. Alternative form of (, seed); also its second-round simplified form.
    葵花   kuíhuāzǐ   sunflower seed
  10. egg
          caviar
  11. young; tender; small
  12. Prefix attached to nouns, denoting "a part of", "belonging to" or "individual". sub-
    目錄目录   zǐmùlù   subdirectory
  13. (astrology) First earthly branch: rat in the Chinese zodiac, 11th solar month, midnight (11:00 pm to 1:00 am)
  14. (historical) viscount (fourth of five ranks of Chinese aristocracy under the Zhou dynasty)
  15. (physics, biology) -on
  16. a surname
  17. (Southern Min) grain-like object; particle; granule
  18. (Southern Min, music) rhythm
  19. (Southern Min) Classifier for small, round objects: granule, grain, particle, piece
Synonyms
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Classical Chinese , , 男兒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 兒子, 男孩, 男孩子
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 兒子, 小子
Taiwan 兒子
Chengde 小子
Chifeng 兒子, 小子
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 兒子
Heihe 兒子, 小子
Qiqihar 兒子, 小子
Harbin 兒子, 小子
Jiamusi 兒子, 小子
Baicheng 兒子, 小子
Changchun 兒子
Tonghua 兒子, 小子
Shenyang 兒子, 小子
Jinzhou 兒子, 小子
Malaysia 兒子
Singapore 兒子
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 兒子, 小子, 少的
Tangshan 兒子, 小子
Cangzhou 兒子, 小子
Baoding 兒子, 小子
Shijiazhuang 兒得
Lijin , 小廝
Weifang (Weicheng)
Weifang (Fangzi)
Changle
Shouguang
Wulian 小兒
Jinan , 兒子, 小子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 兒子
Dandong 兒子, 小子
Yantai 小子
Yantai (Muping) 兒郎,
Qingdao
Weifang (Hanting)
Changyi
Gaomi
Zhucheng
Anqiu
Linqu
Qingzhou
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 兒子
Lingbao 兒子
Jining , 兒子
Wanrong ,
Linfen
Shangqiu 兒得
Yuanyang 兒子, 小子
Zhengzhou 孩兒, 小子
Xinyang
Baihe 兒子
Xi'an , 兒子
Baoji
Tianshui 兒子, 後人
Xining 兒子, 娃娃, 尕娃
Xuzhou 兒子, 小子
Fuyang 兒子
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 兒子,
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 兒子
Lanzhou 兒子, 後人
Dunhuang 娃子
Hami 兒子
Ürümqi 兒子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 兒子,
Nanchong 兒子
Dazhou 兒子, 娃兒
Hanyuan , 兒子
Xichang , 兒子, 娃娃
Zigong 兒子
Chongqing 兒子, 娃兒,
Wuhan 兒子
Yichang 兒子, 小鬼
Xiangyang 兒子
Tianmen 兒子
Guiyang 兒子, 男娃娃, 男娃兒
Zunyi 娃兒,
Bijie 兒子
Liping
Zhaotong 兒子
Dali 兒子
Kunming 兒子, 小子
Mengzi 兒子
Guilin , 兒子
Liuzhou , 兒子
Sanjiang (Danzhou) 娃崽
Jishou
Changde 兒子
Hanzhong 兒子
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 兒子
Yangzhou 兒子
Lianyungang 兒子
Lianshui 兒子
Nantong
Anqing 兒子
Wuhu 兒子
Hefei 兒子
Huanggang
Hong'an , 兒把子
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong , 阿仔, 仔仔
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
Macau
Guangzhou (Panyu)
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
Guangzhou (Conghua)
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
Foshan
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
Foshan (Shunde)
Foshan (Sanshui)
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
Zhuhai (Doumen)
Jiangmen (Baisha)
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
Taishan
Kaiping (Chikan)
Enping (Niujiang)
Heshan (Yayao)
Dongguan
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 阿仔
Qingyuan
Fogang
Yingde (Hanguang)
Yangshan
Lianshan (Butian)
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
Shaoguan
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
Renhua
Lechang
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
Sihui
Guangning
Deqing
Huaiji
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
Yunfu
Xinxing
Luoding
Yunan (Pingtai)
Yangjiang
Xinyi
Maoming (Xinpo)
Lianjiang
Wuchuan (Wuyang) , 仔兒
Nanning
Wuzhou
Yulin
Hepu (Lianzhou)
Guiping
Mengshan (Xihe)
Guigang (Nanjiang)
Beiliu (Tangliao)
Baise
Bobai
Lingshan
Pubei
Qinzhou
Beihai
Beihai (Nankang)
Beihai (Yingpan)
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
Ningming
Hengzhou
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
Danzhou
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
Singapore (Guangfu)
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
Móng Cái
Gan Nanchang
Lichuan ,
Pingxiang , 倈牯,
Hakka Meixian 倈仔
Xingning 倈哩
Dabu (Xihe) 倈兒,
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 阿仔,
Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) 阿仔
Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) 阿仔
Huiyang 倈子
Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) 阿仔
Huidong (Daling) 倈伊
Dongguan (Qingxi)
Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)
Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)
Boluo (Bendihua) 阿仔
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) 倈子
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 倈子
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 倈子
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 倈哩
Wuhua (Huacheng) 倈哩
Wuhua (Changbu) 倈哩
Wuhua (Mianyang) 倈哩
Heyuan (Bendihua) 阿仔
Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) , 阿仔
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)
Wengyuan 倈子
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 倈子
Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) 阿仔
Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) , 阿仔
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 阿弟
Liannan 倈子
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
Jiexi
Luhe 倈仔
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 阿子
Changting 倈子, 子哩,
Wuping 子哩, 兒子
Wuping (Yanqian) 子哩
Wuping (Pingyu) 倈子
Liancheng , 倈倈子
Ninghua
Yudu
Ningdu 倈子
Ruijin
Shicheng
Shangyou (Shexi) , 倈兒
Tonggu (Sandu) 倈子
Ganzhou (Panlong)
Dayu 崽哩
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 倈仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 倈仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 倈仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) , 細倈
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 倈仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 後生
Hong Kong 倈子
Yangxi (Tangkou)
Yangchun (Sanjia)
Xinyi (Sihe) ,
Xinyi (Qianpai) ,
Gaozhou (Xindong)
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
Huazhou (Xin'an)
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 倈子,
Lianjiang (Qingping)
Mengshan (Xihe)
Luchuan
Luchuan (Daqiao)
Bobai (Shahe)
Beiliu (Tang'an)
Sabah (Bao'an) 倈子
Sabah (Longchuan) 倈哩
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
Senai (Huiyang) 倈子
Singkawang 倈子
Huizhou Jixi 兒子
Shexian 兒子, 伢兒
Huangshan (Tunxi) 兒子
Xiuning 兒子
Yixian 兒子
Qimen 兒子
Wuyuan 兒子, 小倈
Fuliang
Dexing 兒子
Shitai (Xianyu) 兒子
Jin Taiyuan 兒子, 小子
Pingyao 小子
Datong 兒子, 小子
Xinzhou , 小子
Lüliang (Lishi) , 小子
Changzhi 兒得, 孩得
Linhe 兒子, 小子
Jining 小子
Hohhot 兒子, 小子
Erenhot 小子
Pingshan 小子
Zhangjiakou 兒子
Handan 兒子, 小子
Linzhou 孩哦
Suide , 小子
Northern Min Jian'ou , 囝仔
Jian'ou (Dikou)
Songxi
Zhenghe
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
Jianyang
Jianyang (Huangkeng)
Wuyishan
Pucheng (Shibei)
Eastern Min Fuzhou , 丈夫囝
Fuzhou (Changle)
Lianjiang
Fuqing
Pingtan
Yongtai
Minqing
Gutian
Pingnan
Luoyuan
Fu'an
Ningde
Xiapu
Zherong
Shouning
Zhouning
Fuding
Matsu
Southern Min Xiamen , 後生, 後的
Xiamen (Tong'an) , 後生
Quanzhou , 後生, 囡仔
Jinjiang
Nan'an
Shishi
Hui'an
Anxi
Yongchun
Dehua
Zhangzhou , 後生
Zhangzhou (Longhai) , 後生
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 後生
Hua'an 後生,
Nanjing 後生
Pinghe , 後生
Zhangpu , 後生
Yunxiao 後生,
Zhao'an
Dongshan , 後生
Taipei , 後生
New Taipei (Sanxia) , 後生
Kaohsiung , 後生
Yilan , 後生
Changhua (Lukang) , 後生
Taichung , 後生, 後的
Tainan , 後生
Hsinchu , 後生
Kinmen , 後生
Penghu (Magong) , 後生
Penang (Hokkien) , 後生
Singapore (Hokkien) , 後生, 後生囝, 丈夫囝
Manila (Hokkien) , 後生
Longyan 後生,
Zhangping 後生,
Zhangping (Yongfu) , 後生
Datian
Pingnan (Shangdu)
Chaozhou , 逗囝
Shantou , 逗囝
Shantou (Chenghai) , 逗囝
Jieyang , 逗囝, , 阿孥
Lufeng
Haifeng 丈夫囝
Bangkok (Teochew) 逗囝
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 丈夫囝
Singapore (Teochew) , 丈夫囝, 逗囝
Leizhou
Wenchang , 丈夫囝
Haikou , 細囝, 孧囝
Qionghai
Puxian Min Putian
Xianyou
Central Min Yong'an
Sanming (Sanyuan) 囝仔
Sanming (Shaxian) 囝仔
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 囝兒
Guangze 囝兒
Jiangle
Mingxi
Shunchang
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi)
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe)
Shehua Fu'an
Fuding
Luoyuan
Sanming
Shunchang
Hua'an
Guixi (Zhangping)
Cangnan
Jingning (Hexi)
Lishui
Longyou
Chaozhou
Fengshun
Wu Shanghai 兒子
Shanghai (Chongming) 兒子
Suzhou 兒子
Wuxi 兒子
Danyang 兒子
Hangzhou 兒子, 伢兒
Ningbo 兒子
Wenzhou
Jinhua , 兒子
Jinhua (Tangxi)
Xiang Changsha 崽伢子, , 伢子
Xiangtan , 崽伢唧
Loudi
Shuangfeng , 伢唧
Hengyang
Quanzhou
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Classical Chinese , , , , , , ,  ,  
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) ,  , 閣下 , 臺端
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing ,  , 您老人家 
Taiwan ,  
Chengde , 您老人家 
Ulanhot
Tongliao
Chifeng ,  , 你老人家 
Hulunbuir (Hailar) ,  , 你老人家 
Heihe ,  , 你老人家 
Qiqihar ,  , 你老人家 
Harbin ,  , 你老人家 , 你老 
Jiamusi ,  , 你老人家 
Baicheng , 你老 , 你老人家 
Changchun , 你老 
Tonghua , 你老 
Shenyang ,  , 你老人家 , 你老 
Jinzhou ,  , 你老人家 
Malaysia ,  
Singapore ,  
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin , 你了 
Tangshan , 你老 
Cangzhou , 你老 
Baoding , 你老 
Shijiazhuang , 你家 
Lijin ,  , 恁老人家 
Weifang (Weicheng)
Weifang (Fangzi)
Changle
Shouguang
Wulian
Jinan , 你老人家 
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian , 你老 
Dandong ,  , 你老人家 
Yantai
Yantai (Muping)
Qingdao
Weifang (Hanting)
Changyi
Gaomi ,
Zhucheng ,
Anqiu
Linqu ,
Qingzhou
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang
Lingbao
Wanrong
Linfen
Shangqiu ,  , 恁老人家 
Yuanyang , 你老 
Zhengzhou , 你老人家 
Xinyang , 你老人家 
Baihe , 你老兒 
Xi'an , 你老人家 
Dingbian
Baoji , 你老人家 
Tianshui , 你老人家 
Xining , , 你老人家 
Yanqi
Xuzhou , , 你老人家 
Pizhou ,
Lianyungang (Ganyu)
Donghai
Fuyang , 你家 , 你老人家 
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan , 你老人家 
Bayanhot ,  
Lanzhou
Hami ,  , 你家 , 你老人家 
Ürümqi , 你老人家 
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu , 你老人家 
Nanchong , 你老人家 
Dazhou , 你老人家 
Hanyuan , 你老人家 
Xichang , 你老 
Zigong , 你老人家 
Chongqing , 你老人家 
Wuhan , 你家 , 你老人家 
Yichang , 你家 , 老人家 , 你老人家 
Xiangyang , 你家 , 你老人家 
Tianmen , 您哪 , 你老人家 
Guiyang , 你老人家 
Zunyi , 你老人家 
Bijie
Liping ,  
Zhaotong , 你家 , 你老人家 
Dali , 你家 
Kunming , 你家 , 你老人家 
Mengzi , 你老人家 
Guilin , 你老人家 
Liuzhou , 你老人家 
Nanning (Xiakuojie)
Nanning (Fujian)
Nanning (Wuming)
Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming)
Binyang (Nanjie)
Jishou
Changde , 你家 
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
Hanzhong
Dagudi (Maliba)
Reshuitang (Longling)
Mae Salong (Lancang)
Mae Sai (Tengchong)
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing , 你老人家 
Yangzhou , 你老人家 
Baoying
Taizhou
Zhenjiang
Lianyungang , 你老人家 
Huai'an (Huaiyin) , 您兒 
Lianshui
Xuyi
Xinghua
Nantong , 你老人家 
Rugao
Yancheng
Funing
Sihong
Anqing , 你老人家 
Wuhu , 你老人家 
Hefei , 你老人家 
Hong'an , 你老人家 
Mandarin Qinzhou (Longmengang)
Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
Hong Kong (Shek Pik; Weitou)
Macau
Guangzhou (Panyu)
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
Guangzhou (Conghua)
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
Foshan
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
Foshan (Shunde)
Foshan (Sanshui)
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
Zhongshan (Huancheng)
Zhongshan (Nanlang)
Zhongshan (Xiaolan)
Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan)
Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan)
Zhongshan (Henglan)
Zhongshan (Dongfeng)
Zhongshan (Nantou)
Zhongshan (Fusha)
Zhongshan (Shalang)
Zhongshan (Gangkou)
Zhongshan (Huangpu)
Zhongshan (Sanjiao)
Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong)
Zhongshan (Minzhong)
Zhongshan (Guzhen)
Zhongshan (Banfu)
Zhongshan (Tanzhou)
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
Zhuhai (Doumen)
Jiangmen (Baisha)
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
Taishan
Kaiping (Chikan)
Enping (Niujiang)
Heshan (Yayao)
Maoming (Beixipo, Dianbai; Malan)
Maoming (Bengtangque, Dianbai; Malan)
Maoming (Mianhuadi, Dianbai; Malan)
Maoming (Shanzuipo, Dianbai; Malan)
Maoming (Binglanghua, Dianbai; Malan)
Dongguan
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
Shenzhen (Dapeng)
Shenzhen (Pingdong, Longgang; Shehua)
Shenzhen (Pingshan; Zhanmi)
Qingyuan
Fogang
Yingde (Hanguang)
Yangshan
Lianshan (Butian)
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
Shaoguan
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
Renhua
Lechang
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
Sihui
Guangning
Deqing
Huaiji
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
Yunfu
Xinxing
Luoding
Yunan (Pingtai)
Yangjiang
Xinyi
Lianjiang
Nanning
Baise
Qinzhou
Beihai
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
Danzhou
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
Penang (Guangfu)
Singapore (Guangfu)
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
Móng Cái
Gan Nanchang ,
Nanchang (Wangcheng)
Anyi 爾仂
Lushan
Pengze
Duchang , 爾儂
Wuning (Quankou)
Poyang
Yugan , 你郎
Wannian
Hengfeng , 爾仂
Yanshan (Hekou) , 爾仂
Leping
Yichun
Yifeng
Gao'an
Fengxin
Shanggao
Wanzai
Fengcheng
Xinyu
Fuzhou (Shangdundu)
Fuzhou (Dongxiang) 爾仂
Nancheng
Nanfeng 你仂,
Yihuang
Lichuan
Chongren
Pingxiang ,
Lianhua
Ji'an
Yongfeng
Taihe
Xiajiang
Yongxin
Yingtan (Yujiang)
Guixi , 爾仂
Jianning
Jinxian ,
Jinxi
Le'an
Guangchang
Anfu
Suichuan
Wan'an
Jing'an
Zhangshu
Xingan
Fenyi
Hakka Meixian
Xingning
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
Huiyang
Huidong (Daling)
Dongguan (Qingxi)
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
Wuhua (Huacheng)
Heyuan (Bendihua)
Nanxiong (Zhuji)
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
Liannan
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
Jiexi
Changting
Shanghang
Longyan (Yongding)
Wuping
Wuping (Pingyu)
Liancheng
Ninghua
Qingliu
Yudu
Ningdu
Ruijin
Shicheng
Shangyou (Shexi)
Ganzhou (Nankang)
Dayu
Dingnan
Longnan
Xunwu
Huichang ,
Chongyi
Xingguo
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
Hong Kong
Luchuan
Bobai (Shahe)
Bobai (Longtan)
Bobai (Lingping)
Bobai (Lingjiao)
Sabah (Longchuan)
Senai (Huiyang)
Kuching (Hepo)
Singkawang
Singapore (Dabu)
Bangkok (Meixian)
Huizhou Jixi , 爾仂
Shexian , , 你老人家 
Huangshan (Tunxi) , 爾仂
Wuyuan
Fuliang
Dexing
Chun'an (Qiandaohu)
Jiande (Meicheng)
Jiande (Shouchang) , 曾儂
Jin Taiyuan , 你家 
Yangyuan ,  , 你家 , 你老人家 
Datong , 您兒 
Xinzhou , 你吶 
Lüliang (Lishi) , 你老兒家 
Changzhi
Taibus (Baochang) ,  
Linhe ,  , 你老兒家 
Jining ,  , 你家 
Hohhot ,  , 您老兒家 
Baotou ,  
Dongsheng ,  
Haibowan ,  
Erenhot , 您兒 
Pingshan
Zhangjiakou ,  , 你老 
Handan , 你老人家 
Linzhou
Suide
Northern Min Jian'ou
Jian'ou (Dikou)
Songxi
Zhenghe
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
Jianyang
Wuyishan
Pucheng (Shibei)
Eastern Min Fuzhou
Fuzhou (Changle)
Lianjiang
Fuqing
Pingtan
Yongtai
Minqing
Gutian
Pingnan
Luoyuan
Fu'an
Ningde
Xiapu
Zherong
Shouning
Zhouning
Fuding
Matsu
Taishun
Cangnan
Singapore (Fuqing)
Sitiawan (Gutian)
Southern Min Xiamen
Xiamen (Tong'an)
Quanzhou
Jinjiang
Nan'an
Shishi
Hui'an
Anxi
Yongchun
Dehua
Zhangzhou
Zhangzhou (Longhai)
Zhangzhou (Changtai)
Hua'an
Nanjing
Pinghe
Zhangpu
Yunxiao
Zhao'an
Dongshan
Taipei
New Taipei (Sanxia)
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung (Cijin)
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
Yilan
Changhua (Lukang)
Taichung
Taichung (Wuqi)
Tainan
Taitung
Hsinchu
Kinmen
Penghu (Magong)
Penang (Hokkien)
Singapore (Hokkien)
Manila (Hokkien)
Medan (Hokkien)
Longyan
Zhangping
Datian
Guilin (Biyange)
Chaozhou
Shantou
Shantou (Chaoyang)
Jieyang
Haifeng
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
Singapore (Teochew)
Batam (Teochew)
Pontianak (Teochew)
Leizhou
Wenchang
Haikou
Singapore (Hainanese)
Puxian Min Putian
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
Xianyou
Xianyou (Fengting)
Xianyou (Youyang)
Central Min Yong'an
Sanming (Sanyuan)
Sanming (Shaxian)
Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 𫣴
Guangze 𫣴
Mingxi
Shunchang
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi)
Shehua Fu'an
Fuding
Luoyuan
Sanming
Shunchang
Hua'an
Guixi (Zhangping)
Cangnan
Jingning (Hexi)
Lishui
Longyou
Chaozhou
Fengshun
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng)
Wu Shanghai
Shanghai (Songjiang) 是奴
Shanghai (Jiading) , , 恆儂
Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)
Shanghai (Chongming)
Suzhou
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)
Wuxi
Changshu
Kunshan
Nantong (Haimen)
Jiaxing
Jiashan
Pinghu 爾儂
Haining (Yanguan) ,
Tongxiang
Haiyan
Changzhou
Danyang
Nanjing (Gaochun)
Huzhou 是爾
Changxing 是爾
Anji
Deqing
Hangzhou
Hangzhou (Yuhang) , 是儂, , 是爾
Hangzhou (Lin'an) , 是儂
Hangzhou (Fuyang) , , , 是爾
Hangzhou (Xiaoshan)
Tonglu , 是你
Shaoxing
Zhuji
Shengzhou
Xinchang ,
Ningbo , , 爾諾
Ningbo (Zhenhai)
Ningbo (Fenghua) ,
Yuyao
Cixi
Xiangshan , 像爾
Ninghai , 爾儂
Zhoushan
Taizhou (Huangyan)
Tiantai
Xianju
Sanmen
Linhai
Wenling
Wenzhou
Yueqing
Yongjia (Fenglin)
Pingyang
Taishun
Wencheng
Lishui
Qingtian
Jinyun , 定你
Wuyi (Liucheng)
Songyang (Xiping)
Yunhe
Jingning
Qingyuan
Longquan
Quzhou
Suichang
Jiangshan
Changshan
Kaihua
Longyou , 你儂
Jinhua
Jinhua (Tangxi) , 爾儂
Yiwu
Yongkang
Pujiang
Dongyang
Wuyi
Lanxi , 爾儂
Shangrao 爾儂
Shangrao (Guangfeng)
Yushan
Xiang Changsha
Xiangtan
Loudi
Shuangfeng
Note †: honorific
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Coordinate terms
Compounds

Pronunciation 2

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (13)
Final () (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong
/t͡siəX/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭəX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi2
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BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsiX › ‹ tsiX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ts]əʔ/ /*tsəʔ/
English 1st earthly branch child; gentleman, master

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 17857
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔslɯʔ/
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Definitions

  1. Suffix:
    1. Used to nominalize.
         píngzi   bottle
         shuāzi   brush
         pàngzi   fat person
    2. (colloquial) Used in some classifiers.
      一下   yīxiàzi   all of a sudden
Synonyms
Compounds

Pronunciation 3


Note: vernacular.
Note: vernacular.
Definitions

(Hokkien)

  1. small, round object
    算盤算盘 [Hokkien]   sǹg-pôaⁿ- [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]   abacus bead
  2. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) Classifier for small objects.
  3. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) Classifier for bananas.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: () (shi); () (su)
  • Korean: 자(子) (ja)
  • Vietnamese: tử ()

Others:

  • Vietnamese: (a little bit)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“(Hokkien) immature; young and small”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

References

Japanese

Korean

Vietnamese

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