# 兹

| 兹 | U+5179, &#20857; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5179 |
| ← 典 [U+5178] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 兺 → [U+517A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

兹 (Kangxi radical 12, 八+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿女戈戈 (TVII), four-corner 8073$_2$, composition ⿱䒑𢆶)

#### Derived characters

* 𡞰, 𢰩, 滋, 𣕜, 𤍏, 𤧹, 磁, 禌, 糍, 𬗭, 𦖺, 𧛏, 鎡(镃), 𩝐, 𫚤, 鹚, 𬝘, 𡙛, 孳, 慈, 𭵝, 𡢫, 𤀟, 𥖃 (Contains only 兹)
* 嗞, 嵫, 稵 (Exception: Only for Chinese character forms. Japanese and Korean forms contain 茲 instead)
* 㽧, 𤮀, 𪑿, 𤂇, 𪇔 (Exception: Only for mainland China character form. Taiwan character form contains 茲 instead)
* 螆 (Exception: Only for mainland China character form. Taiwan and Hong Kong character forms contain 茲 while Japan character form contains 玆 instead)
* 鰦 (Exception: Only for mainland China character form. Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan character forms contain 茲 instead)
* 鷀 (Exception: Only for mainland China and Japan character forms. Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korean character forms contain 茲 instead)
* 䈘 (Exception: Only for mainland China and Taiwan character forms. Korean character form contains 茲 instead)
* 鶿 (Exception: Only for Chinese and Japanese character forms. Korean character form contains 玆 instead)
* 甆 (Exception: Only for Chinese and Korean character forms. Japan character form contains 茲 instead)
* 𦔒 (Exception: Only for Taiwan character form. Hong Kong character form contains 茲 instead)

#### Related characters

* 茲 (Preferred form used in Taiwan) - See also its derived characters.
* 玆 (Variant form of 兹) - See also its derived characters.

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1031, character 38
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 248, character 6
* Unihan data for U+5179

## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant simplified from 茲 with 䒑 as the top component instead of 艹 found in the Ming dynasty orthographic dictionary 《俗書刊誤》.
The earliest known form of this character can be traced back to the Han dynasty 《孔宙碑》 tablet written in clerical script.
This character became the orthodox form in mainland China based on the 1965 Table of General Used Chinese Characters for Publishing 《印刷通用漢字字形表》 where Xin Zixing (新字形) is promulgated for the first time.

#### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 兹 – see 茲 (“this; year; time; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 茲).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

#### Usage notes

* This character, 兹 which contains 䒑 (3 strokes) is the orthodox form used in mainland China.
* The character 茲 (U+8332) which contains 艹 (grass radical, 4 strokes in traditional Chinese) is the orthodox form used in modern Taiwan.

#### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03473#34
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03473-002#11

### Etymology 2
#### Glyph origin

Variant form of 玆 with 䒑 instead of doubled 亠 (tóu) as the top component. Found in the Tang dynasty orthographic dictionary Ganlu Zishu 《干祿字書》, which lists both 兹 and 茲／兹 as unorthodox forms of 玆.

#### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 兹 – see 玆 (“black; muddy; dirty; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 玆).

#### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02590-006#18

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): じ (ji)、し (shi)
* Kun: しげる (shigeru)、ます (masu)、むしろ (mushiro)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

兹: Hán Nôm readings: tư
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#### References

* Nom Foundation