# 孜

| 孜 | U+5B5C, &#23388; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B5C |
| ← 孛 [U+5B5B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 孝 → [U+5B5D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

孜 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 弓木人大 (NDOK), four-corner 1844$_0$, composition ⿰子攵)
* be as diligent as possible
* hard-working, industrious

#### Derived characters

* 𭪔, 㤵

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 278, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6951
* Dae Jaweon: page 546, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1012, character 2
* Unihan data for U+5B5C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 孜 | *ʔslɯ |
| 仔 | *ʔslɯ, *ʔslɯʔ |
| 孖 | *ʔslɯ, *zlɯs |
| 子 | *ʔslɯʔ |
| 虸 | *ʔslɯʔ |
| 耔 | *ʔslɯʔ |
| 秄 | *ʔslɯʔ |
| 杍 | *ʔslɯʔ |
| 籽 | *ʔslɯʔ |
| 字 | *zlɯs |
| 茡 | *zlɯs |
| 芓 | *zlɯs |
| 牸 | *zlɯs |
| 李 | *rɯʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔslɯ): phonetic 子 (OC *ʔslɯʔ) + semantic 攵 (“action”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zī (zi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chû / 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/
* 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: chû / chu
*** Tâi-lô: tsû / tsu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuu, zw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²⁴/, /t͡su⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su²⁴/, /t͡su³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su¹³/, /t͡su⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡su²⁴/, /t͡su⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su²³/, /t͡su⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: tsi
Rime :
| Character | 孜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 子之切 |
| Baxter | tsi |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡siə/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sĭə/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡si/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslɯ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 孜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17854 |
| Phonetic component | 子 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 兹 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔslɯ/ |

### Definitions

孜
* Alternative form of 孜孜 (zīzī)

### Compounds

* 克孜勒蘇 / 克孜勒苏 (Kèzīlèsū)
* 克孜爾 / 克孜尔 (Kèzī'ěr)
* 喜孜孜 (xǐzīzī)
* 孜孜 (zīzī)
* 孜孜不倦 (zīzībùjuàn)
* 孜孜不怠
* 孜孜矻矻 (zīzīkūkū)
* 孜然 (zīrán)
* 孜煎
* 念孜孜
* 意孜孜
* 托格日尕孜 (Tuōgérì Gǎzī)
* 拉孜縣 / 拉孜县
* 柯爾克孜 / 柯尔克孜 (kē'ěrkèzī)
* 江孜 (Jiāngzī)
* 烏孜別里 / 乌孜别里 (Wūzībiélǐ)
* 甘孜 (Gānzī)
* 甘孜藏族自治州 (Gānzī Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu)
* 色格孜庫勒 / 色格孜库勒 (Sègézī Kùlè)
* 苦孜孜
* 蓋孜力克 / 盖孜力克 (Gàizīlìkè)
* 蓋孜庫木 / 盖孜库木 (Gàizīkùmù)
* 黑孜葦 / 黑孜苇 (Hēizīwěi)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): し (shi)
* Kun: つとめる (tsutomeru)

### Pronunciation

* Kanji in this term
* 孜
* つとむ Jinmeiyō
* nanori
* (Tokyo) つとむ [tsùtómú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [t͡sɨto̞mɯ̟]

### Proper noun

孜(つとむ) • (Tsutomu)
* a male given name

## Korean
### Hanja

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

孜: Hán Nôm readings: tư
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#### References

* Nom Foundation