# 絺

| 絺 | U+7D7A, &#32122; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D7A |
| ← 絹 [U+7D79] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 絻 → [U+7D7B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

絺 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女火大大月 (VFKKB), four-corner 2492$_7$, composition ⿰糹希)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 924, character 22
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27471
* Dae Jaweon: page 1359, character 21
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3405, character 13
* Unihan data for U+7D7A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 桸 | *hral, *hlɯl |
| 郗 | *l̥ʰɯl |
| 絺 | *l̥ʰɯl |
| 脪 | *l̥ʰɯl, *hrɯnʔ, *hlɯns |
| 瓻 | *l̥ʰɯl |
| 希 | *hlɯl |
| 晞 | *hlɯl |
| 莃 | *hlɯl |
| 鵗 | *hlɯl |
| 稀 | *hlɯl |
| 睎 | *hlɯl |
| 豨 | *hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ |
| 悕 | *hlɯl |
| 俙 | *hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ |
| 欷 | *hlɯl, *hlɯls |
| 浠 | *hlɯl |
| 唏 | *hlɯlʔ, *hlɯls |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chī (chi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ci$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chī
*** Zhuyin: ㄔ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chih
*** Wade–Giles: chʻih$^1$
*** Yale: chr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
*** Palladius: чи (či)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ci$^1$
*** Yale: chī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: trhij
Rime :
| Character | 絺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 徹 (10) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 丑飢切 |
| Baxter | trhij |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈʰˠiɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈʰᵚi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶʰiɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈʰji/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶʰji/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶʰi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȶʰi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ci$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰrəj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰɯl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 絺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | chī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trhij › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰrəj/ (dialect: *qʰr- > *r̥- > trh-) |
| English | fine cloth |
| 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 | 絺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13247 |
| Phonetic component | 希 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 絺 |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ʰɯl/ |

#### Definitions

絺
* fine linen
* fine hemp fiber
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 絺綌／𫄨绤
* 絺繡／𫄨绣
* 絺纊／𫄨纩
* 縐絺／绉𫄨

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhǐ (zhi$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐh
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^3$
*** Yale: jř
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy
*** Palladius: чжи (čži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^2$
*** Yale: jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː³⁵/

#### Definitions

絺
* Alternative form of 黹 (zhǐ)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* fine linen
* fine hemp fiber

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ち (chi)
* Kun: ほそぬの (hosonuno)

## Korean
### Hanja

絺 • (chi) (hangeul 치, revised chi, McCune–Reischauer ch'i, Yale chi)
* fine hemp cloth