梔

See also: 栀

梔 U+6894, 梔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6894 ← 梓 [U+6893] CJK Unified Ideographs 梕 → [U+6895]

Translingual

Han character

梔 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木竹一山 (DHMU), four-corner 4291₇, composition ⿰木巵)

Derived characters

• 𫆱

References

• KangXi: page 529, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14846
• Dae Jaweon: page 917, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1216, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6894

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Chinese

trad.		梔
simp.		栀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 梔
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
巵	*tje
梔	*tje

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhī (zhi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹
• Min Nan (POJ): ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhih
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹
    • Yale: jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
    • Tâi-lô: ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ky
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕiᴇ/

Rime
Character	梔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	章移切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕie/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tje/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	梔
Reading #	1/1
No.	17242
Phonetic component	巵
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	支
Old Chinese	/*tje/

Definitions

梔

1. gardenia

Compounds

• 梔子／栀子 (zhīzi)

• 梔子花／栀子花 (zhīzihuā)

• 緬梔／缅栀

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Japanese

Kanji

梔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. gardenia

Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)
• Kun: くちなし (kuchinashi)

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Korean

Hanja

梔 (eum 치 (chi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

梔: Hán Nôm readings: chi

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References

• Nom Foundation