咨

See also: 諮 and 谘

咨 U+54A8, 咨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54A8 ← 咧 [U+54A7] CJK Unified Ideographs 咩 → [U+54A9]

Translingual

Han character

咨 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈人口 (IOR) or 一人口 (MOR), four-corner 3760₈, composition ⿱次口)

Derived characters

• 㮞 諮(谘) 䠖 趦 𡟔 𢱆 𤦿 𥚭 𥻓 𨍢 𨩲 𩜴 𫙩 𡃭 𡕆 𡄻 𣯃 𭉊

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 186, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3538
• Dae Jaweon: page 405, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 621, character 4
• Unihan data for U+54A8

Chinese

trad.		咨/諮
simp.		咨/谘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 咨
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsli) : phonetic 次 (OC *sn̥ʰis) + semantic 口 (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zī (zi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chir / chu
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tsy

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir
    • Tâi-lô: tsir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
    • Tâi-lô: tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zw
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tsy
    • MiniDict: tsy^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsij

Rime
Character	咨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即夷切
Baxter	tsij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡si/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡si/
Li Rong	/t͡si/
Wang Li	/t͡si/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ij/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsli/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	咨
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zī
Middle Chinese	‹ tsij ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ij/
English	consult; plan (v.)
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	咨
Reading #	1/1
No.	1785
Phonetic component	次
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	咨
Old Chinese	/*ʔsli/

Definitions

咨

1. to consult
2. official document
3. an interjection used to indicate appreciation

   • 咨爾多士，為民前鋒； [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     咨尔多士，为民前锋； [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1924, Sun Yat-Sen, National Anthem of the Republic of China

     Zī ěr duō shì, wèi mín qiánfēng; [Pinyin]

     Lead on, comrades, vanguards ye are.

4. to sigh
5. to show the teeth
6. Alternative form of 資／资 (zī)
7. Alternative form of 茲／兹
8. Alternative form of 齜／龇 (zī)

Compounds

• 咨呈
• 咨咨
• 咨嗟 (zījiē)
• 咨文 (zīwén)
• 咨牙倈嘴／咨牙俫嘴
• 咨訪／咨访
• 咨請／咨请
• 嚌咨／哜咨
• 國情咨文／国情咨文 (Guóqíng Zīwén)
• 怨咨
• 疇咨之憂／畴咨之忧
• 諮商／谘商 (zīshāng)
• 諮議局／谘议局 (Zīyìjú)

 

Japanese

Kanji

咨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: はかる (hakaru, 咨る)

Korean

Hanja

咨 (eum 자 (ja))

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Vietnamese

Han character

咨: Hán Nôm readings: tư, ti

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References

• Nom Foundation