瓷

瓷 U+74F7, 瓷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-74F7 ← 瓶 [U+74F6] CJK Unified Ideographs 瓸 → [U+74F8]

See also: 甆

Contents

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

瓷 (radical 98 瓦+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 戈人一女弓 (IOMVN) or 一人一女弓 (MOMVN), four-corner 3771₇, composition ⿱次瓦)

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 749, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21491
• Dae Jaweon: page 1157, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1424, character 22
• Unihan data for U+74F7

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		瓷

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 瓷
Large seal script	Small seal script

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, OC *zli): phonetic 次 (OC *sn̥ʰis) + semantic 瓦 (“earthenware”).

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cí (ci²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀
• Min Dong (BUC): cṳ̀
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chû / chîr / hûi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ce⁵ / cu⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): zr (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: cí
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
    • Wade-Giles: tz'u²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyr
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴
    • Yale: chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci²
    • IPA: /t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̀
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sy⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû
    • Tâi-lô: tsû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîr
    • Tâi-lô: tsîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûi
    • Tâi-lô: huî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²³/

Note:

• chû/chîr - literary;
• hûi - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ce⁵ / cu⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshṳ̂ / tshû
  • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰu⁵⁵/

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zr (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻z̩²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ziɪ/▼

Rime
Character	瓷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾資切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zi/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zi/
Li Rong	/d͡zi/
Wang Li	/d͡zi/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cí

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*zli/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瓷
Reading #	1/1
No.	1799
Phonetic component	次
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	茨
Old Chinese	/*zli/
Notes	見漢賦

DefinitionsEdit

瓷

1. porcelain, chinaware

CompoundsEdit

• 古瓷
• 單色瓷／单色瓷
• 宋瓷
• 定瓷
• 宜興瓷／宜兴瓷
• 嵌瓷畫／嵌瓷画
• 搪瓷 (tángcí)
• 洋瓷
• 瓷刻
• 瓷器 (cíqì)
• 瓷土 (cítǔ)

• 瓷婚
• 瓷實／瓷实
• 瓷漆
• 瓷瓦兒／瓷瓦儿
• 瓷磚／瓷砖 (cízhuān)
• 瓷窯／瓷窑
• 瓷胎
• 瓷飯碗／瓷饭碗
• 白瓷
• 真瓷

• 碎瓷
• 精密陶瓷
• 繃瓷／绷瓷
• 金屬陶瓷／金属陶瓷
• 鈞瓷／钧瓷
• 陶瓷 (táocí)
• 陶瓷器 (táocíqì)
• 陶瓷工 (táocígōng)
• 陶瓷材料
• 青瓷 (qīngcí)

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

瓷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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ReadingsEdit

• On: し (shi), じ (ji)
• Kun: かめ (kame)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

瓷 • (ja) (hangeul 자)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

瓷 (từ, sứ, tư)

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ReadingsEdit

• Nôm: từ

ReferencesEdit

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999