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旨
旨
See also: 㫐
Translingual
Han character
旨 (radical 72 日+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 心日 (PA) or X心日 (XPA), four-corner 21601, composition ⿱匕日)
References
- KangXi: page 489, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13738
- Dae Jaweon: page 850, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1485, character 7
- Unihan data for U+65E8
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
旨 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 旨
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (旨) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 稽 | *kiː, *kʰiːʔ |
| 詣 | *ŋɡiːs |
| 栺 | *ŋɡiːs, *kji |
| 榰 | *klje |
| 脂 | *kji |
| 鴲 | *kji, *kjis |
| 指 | *kjiʔ |
| 旨 | *kjiʔ |
| 恉 | *kjiʔ |
| 嗜 | *ɡjis |
| 蓍 | *qʰlji |
| 鰭 | *ɡri |
| 耆 | *ɡri |
| 鮨 | *ɡri |
| 鬐 | *ɡri |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kjiʔ) : phonetic 匕 (OC *pilʔ, *hŋʷraːls) + semantic 曰 (“delicious, simplified from 甘”) – according to the Shuowen.
Ideogrammic compound (會意) interpretations: 匕, a man tasting, or a spoon (匙)In the tab "详细解释".
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓˇ
- Wade-Giles: chih3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zi2
- Yale: jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi2
- IPA (key): /t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí
- Tâi-lô: tsí
- Phofsit Daibuun: cie
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 旨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 職雉切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡ɕˠiɪX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡ɕᵚiX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡ɕiɪX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/cjiX/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡ɕjiX/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡ɕiX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡ɕiX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhǐ |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 旨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
zhǐ |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tsyijX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*kijʔ/ |
| English | fine-tasting |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 旨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17326 |
| Phonetic component |
旨 |
| Rime group |
脂 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
旨 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kjiʔ/ |
| Notes | 甲文象匕在口表甘美,非匕聲 |
Definitions
旨
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
旨
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Readings
Compounds
- 旨味 (umami)
Korean
Hanja
旨 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune-Reischauer chi, Yale ci)
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