# 肢

| 肢 | U+80A2, &#32930; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80A2 |
| ← 股 [U+80A1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 肣 → [U+80A3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

肢 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月十水 (BJE), four-corner 7424$_7$, composition ⿰月支)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 974, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29285
* Dae Jaweon: page 1426, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2047, character 3
* Unihan data for U+80A2

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 肢 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 支 | *kje |
| 枝 | *kje |
| 肢 | *kje |
| 汥 | *kje, *ɡe, *ɡres |
| 衼 | *kje |
| 馶 | *kje, *qʰjes, *kes, *ɡe |
| 鳷 | *kje |
| 忮 | *kjes |
| 伎 | *kjes, *ɡe, *ɡreʔ |
| 豉 | *ɡjes |
| 翅 | *qʰjes |
| 翄 | *qʰjes, *ɡe |
| 妓 | *kre, *ɡreʔ |
| 庋 | *kreʔ, *kʷreʔ |
| 跂 | *kʰeʔ, *kʰes, *ɡe |
| 蚑 | *kʰes, *ɡe |
| 吱 | *kʰes |
| 岐 | *ɡe |
| 歧 | *ɡe |
| 鬾 | *ɡre, *ɡres |
| 技 | *ɡreʔ |
| 芰 | *ɡres |
| 攱 | *kʷreʔ, *kʷres |
| 庪 | *kʷreʔ |
| 頍 | *kʰʷeʔ |
| 屐 | *ɡreɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kje) : semantic 肉 (“flesh”) + phonetic 支 (OC *kje).

### Etymology

Originally the same word as 支 (OC *kje, “branch (of tree), limb; to support”); see there for more (STEDT).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhī (zhi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kî / chi̍t
    (Hailu, HRS): gi$^ˋ$ / zid$^ˋ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gi$^1$ / zi$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ki / chi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zin$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhī
*** Zhuyin: ㄓ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhih
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^1$
*** Yale: jr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy
*** Palladius: чжи (čži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^1$
*** Yale: jī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî / chi̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: gi$^ˊ$ / jid
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gi$^1$ / jid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴/, /t͡sit̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gi$^ˋ$ / zid$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki⁵³/, /t͡sit²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sie⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ki⁵³³/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
*** Tâi-lô: ki
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ky
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi
*** Tâi-lô: tsi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cy
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zin$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sĩ³³/
* Middle Chinese: tsye
Rime :
| Character | 肢 |
| 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 |
| Baxter | tsye |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕiᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕjɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ciə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕie/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕǐe/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ke/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kje/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 肢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsye › |
| Old Chinese | /*ke/ |
| English | limb |
| 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 | 肢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17202 |
| Phonetic component | 支 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 支 |
| Old Chinese | /*kje/ |

### Definitions

肢
* (anatomy) limbs; feet

#### Compounds

* 上肢 (shàngzhī)
* 下肢 (xiàzhī)
* 前肢
* 四肢 (sìzhī)
* 夾肢窩 / 夹肢窝
* 後肢 / 后肢
* 截肢 (jiézhī)
* 節肢動物 / 节肢动物 (jiézhī dòngwù)
* 義肢 / 义肢 (yìzhī)
* 肐肢肐察
* 肢解 (zhījiě)
* 肢骨 (zhīgǔ)
* 肢體 / 肢体 (zhītǐ)
* 肢體殘障 / 肢体残障
* 肢體語言 / 肢体语言 (zhītǐ yǔyán)
* 胳肢
* 胳肢窩 / 胳肢窝 (gāzhiwō)
* 腰肢
* 膈肢
* 膈肢窩 / 膈肢窝
* 隔肢
* 青蛙肢

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* limb

#### Readings

* Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
* Kun: てあし (teashi, 肢)

#### Compounds

* 肢(し)体(たい) (shitai)
* 触(しょく)肢(し) (shokushi, “pedipalp”)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 肢 (MC tsye). Recorded as Middle Korean 지 (ci) (Yale: ci) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 肢 (eumhun 팔다리 지 (paldari ji))
* hanja form of 지 (“limb”)

#### Compounds

* 사지 (四肢, saji)
* 절지동물 (節肢動物, jeoljidongmul)
* 지체 (肢體, jiche)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.