資

See also 资

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 次 + semantic 貝 (“shell-money”) – according to the Shuowen.

Han character

資 (radical 154 貝+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈人月山金 (IOBUC), 一人月山金 (MOBUC), four-corner 3780₆, composition ⿱次貝)

1. property
2. wealth
3. capital

References

• KangXi: page 1208, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36750
• Dae Jaweon: page 1671, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3640, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8CC7

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Cantonese

Hanzi

資 (simplified 资, Yale ji1)

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Japanese

Kanji

資 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: もと (moto)

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Korean

Hanja

資 (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune-Reischauer cha, Yale ca)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

資 (simplified 资, pinyin zī (zi1), Wade-Giles tzu¹)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

資 (tzi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

資 (tư)