自剄

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	cut the throat
trad. (自剄)		自	剄
simp. (自刭)		自	刭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìjǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ ging²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìjǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhjǐng
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-ching³
    • Yale: dz̀-jǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhjiing
    • Palladius: цзыцзин (czyczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ ging²
    • Yale: jih gíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ ging²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ ging²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² kɪŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzijH kengX

Rime
Character	自	剄
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	疾二切	古挺切
Baxter	dzijH	kengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziɪH/	/keŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziH/	/keŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjɪH/	/kɛŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziH/	/kɛjŋX/
Li Rong	/d͡ziH/	/keŋX/
Wang Li	/d͡ziH/	/kieŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱiH/	/kieŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zì	jǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi6	ging2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.[b]i[t]-s  [k]ˤeŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljids  keːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	自	剄
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zì	jǐng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzijH ›	‹ kengX ›
Old Chinese	/*s.[b]i[t]-s/	/*[k]ˁeŋʔ/
English	self (adv.)	cut the throat
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.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	自	剄
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17879	6803
Phonetic component	自	巠
Rime group	至	耕
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	自	剄
Old Chinese	/*ɦljids/	/*keːŋʔ/

Verb

自剄

1. (Classical) to commit suicide by cutting one's throat

Synonyms

• 自刎 (zìwěn)
• (Cantonese) 鋸頸／锯颈
• (Hokkien) 割頷／割颔