# 玆

| 玆 | U+7386, &#29574; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7386 |
| ← 玅 [U+7385] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 率 → [U+7387] |

## Translingual
### Han character

玆 (Kangxi radical 95, 玄+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜戈卜女戈 (YIYVI), four-corner 0073$_2$, composition ⿰玄玄)

#### Derived characters

* 嬨 (Exception: Only for its compatibility ideograph U+FA81)
* 滋 (Exception: Only for its compatibility ideograph U+FA99)
* 甆 (Exception: Only for its compatibility ideograph U+FAA2)
* 鶿 (Exception: Only for its Korean form. Contains 兹 in other regions)
* 螆 (Exception: Only for its Japanese form. Contains 茲 in Taiwan/Hong Kong and 兹 in mainland China)

#### Related characters

* 茲 (Orthodox form when 玆 is used as a variant form - Refer Etymology 2)
* 兹 (Variant form of 茲, also the preferred form used in mainland China)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 725, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20816
* Dae Jaweon: page 1135, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 288, character 1
* Unihan data for U+7386

## Chinese
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “zī pronunciation due to influence from 茲?”)

#### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 弦 | *ɡeːn |
| 絃 | *ɡeːn, *qʰʷeːn |
| 舷 | *ɡeːn |
| 痃 | *ɡeːn |
| 胘 | *ɡeːn, *ɡʷeːn |
| 蚿 | *ɡeːn |
| 伭 | *ɡeːn |
| 婱 | *ɡeːn |
| 玄 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 眩 | *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn |
| 玹 | *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn |
| 玆 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 詃 | *kʷeːn |
| 泫 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 鉉 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 炫 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 袨 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 衒 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 惤 | *ɡʷreːŋ |
Duplication of 玄 (“deep; profound”). Its variation 𢆶 derives from the duplication of the Kangxi radical 幺 yāo.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zī, xuán (zi$^1$, xuan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗ, ㄒㄩㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chu
* 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/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xuán
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syuán
*** Wade–Giles: hsüan$^2$
*** Yale: sywán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
*** Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
* 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)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
*** Tâi-lô: tsu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: hwen
Rime :
| Character | 玆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (86) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 胡涓切 |
| Baxter | hwen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦwen/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷen/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɛn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwɛn/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuen/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣiwen/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣiwen/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xuán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyun$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 玆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14032 |
| Phonetic component | 玄 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 玄 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡʷeːn/ |
| Notes | 原注亦音茲 |

#### Definitions

玆
* (literary) black
* (literary) muddy; dirty
    Synonym: 濁 / 浊 (zhuó)
    alt. forms: 滋 (zī)
       From: Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳·哀公·八年》
       Jū zēng rén zhī òu jiān zhě, yuē: hé gù shǐ wú shuǐ zī. [Pinyin]
       A man from the state of 鄫 (Zēng) who was soaking 菅 (jiān) (Themeda villosa grass) was reprimanded and asked: "For what reason did you make our water dirty?"
* a surname

##### Compounds

* 玆夷
* 玆白

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 玆 – see 茲 (“this; year; time; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 茲).

### References

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

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): じ (ji)、し (shi)、けん (ken)、げん (gen)
* Kun: しげる (shigeru)、ます (masu)、むしろ (mushiro)、ここに (kokoni)
* Nanori: これ (kore)

## Korean
### Hanja

玆 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)
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