籽

籽	U+7C7D, 籽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C7D

Translingual

Han character

籽 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火木弓木 (FDND), four-corner 9794₇, composition ⿰米子)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 907, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26852
Dae Jaweon: page 1332, character 17
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3142, character 7
Unihan data for U+7C7D

Chinese

trad.		籽
simp. ^#		籽
2nd round simp.		子

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
孜	*ʔslɯ
仔	ʔslɯ, ʔslɯʔ
孖	ʔslɯ, zlɯs
子	*ʔslɯʔ
虸	*ʔslɯʔ
耔	*ʔslɯʔ
秄	*ʔslɯʔ
杍	*ʔslɯʔ
籽	*ʔslɯʔ
字	*zlɯs
茡	*zlɯs
芓	*zlɯs
牸	*zlɯs
李	*rɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔslɯʔ) : semantic 米 (“rice; grain”) + phonetic 子 (OC *ʔslɯʔ).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “same word as 子?”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǐ (zi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́
Jin (Wiktionary): zi²
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zi³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chí / chú / chír

(Teochew, Peng'im): zi² / ze² / zu²
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵tsy / ³tsy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǐh
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ³
  - Yale: dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyy
  - Palladius: цзы (czy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (籽兒／籽儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǐr
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhr
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-ʼrh
  - Yale: dzǐr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeel
  - Palladius: цзыр (czyr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩ɻ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi²
  - Yale: jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zi²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sz̩⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí
  - Tâi-lô: tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cie
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú
  - Tâi-lô: tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chír
  - Tâi-lô: tsír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

chí - vernacular;
chú/chír - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: zi² / ze² / zu²
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsí / tsṳ́ / tsú
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁵²/, /t͡sɯ⁵²/, /t͡su⁵²/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsy
  - MiniDict: tsy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou, Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ³tsy
  - MiniDict: tsy^上
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sz̩⁵¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡sz̩⁴³³/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔslɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	籽
Reading #	1/1
No.	17863
Phonetic component	子
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	子
Old Chinese	/*ʔslɯʔ/
Notes	子晚起分化字

Definitions

籽

seed; seed-like fruit

Synonyms

(Eastern Min) 子子

Compounds

棉籽 (miánzǐ)
油菜籽 (yóucàizǐ)
籽棉
籽種／籽种 (zǐzhǒng)
籽粒 (zǐlì)
罌粟籽／罂粟籽 (yīngsùzǐ)
胡麻籽
芥菜籽 (jiècàizǐ)
茶籽 (cházǐ)
茴香籽
菜籽 (càizǐ)
葵花籽 (kuíhuāzǐ)
蒔蘿籽／莳萝籽
蓖麻籽

Japanese

Kanji

籽

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): し (shi)

Vietnamese

Han character

籽: Hán Nôm readings: tử

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