# 咨

| 咨 | U+54A8, &#21672; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54A8 |
| ← 咧 [U+54A7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 咩 → [U+54A9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

咨 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈人口 (IOR) or 一人口 (MOR), four-corner 3760$_8$, composition ⿱次口)

#### Derived characters

* 㮞 諮(谘) 䠖 趦 𡟔 𢱆 𤦿 𥚭 𥻓 𨍢 𨩲 𩜴 𫙩 𡃭 𡕆 𡄻 𣯃 𭉊

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 186, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3538
* Dae Jaweon: page 405, character 32
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 621, character 4
* Unihan data for U+54A8

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 咨 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 / 形声, OC *ʔsli) : phonetic 次 (OC *sn̥ʰis) + semantic 口 (“mouth”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zī (zi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chir / chu
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tsy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zī
*** Zhuyin: ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zih
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^1$
*** Yale: dz̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzy
*** Palladius: цзы (czy)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^1$
*** Yale: jī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir
*** Tâi-lô: tsir
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
*** Tâi-lô: tsu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zw
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tsy
*** MiniDict: tsy$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: tsij
Rime :
| Character | 咨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 即夷切 |
| Baxter | tsij |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡siɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡si/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sjɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡si/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡si/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡si/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡si/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ij/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsli/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 咨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsij › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ts]ij/ |
| English | consult; plan (v.) |
| 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 | 咨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1785 |
| Phonetic component | 次 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 咨 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsli/ |

### Definitions

咨
* to consult
* official document
* an interjection used to indicate appreciation
    From: 1924, Sun Yat-Sen, National Anthem of the Republic of China
    Zī ěr duō shì, wèi mín qiánfēng; [Pinyin]
    Lead on, comrades, vanguards ye are.
* to sigh
* Alternative form of 資 / 资 (zī)
* Alternative form of 茲 / 兹
* Alternative form of 齜 / 龇 (zī)

#### Compounds

* 咨呈
* 咨咨
* 咨嗟 (zījiē)
* 咨文 (zīwén)
* 咨牙倈嘴 / 咨牙俫嘴
* 咨訪 / 咨访
* 咨請 / 咨请
* 嚌咨 / 哜咨
* 國情咨文 / 国情咨文 (Guóqíng Zīwén)
* 怨咨
* 疇咨之憂 / 畴咨之忧
* 諮商 / 谘商 (zīshāng)
* 諮議局 / 谘议局 (Zīyìjú)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: し (shi)
* Kan-on: し (shi)
* Kun: はかる (hakaru, 咨る)

## Korean
### Hanja

咨 (eum 자 (ja))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

咨: Hán Nôm readings: tư, ti
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#### References

* Nom Foundation