# 磁

| 磁 | U+78C1, &#30913; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78C1 |
| ← 磀 [U+78C0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 磂 → [U+78C2] |

## Translingual
### Han character

磁 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一口廿女戈 (MRTVI), four-corner 1863$_2$, composition ⿰石兹)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 834, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24364
* Dae Jaweon: page 1251, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2445, character 6
* Unihan data for U+78C1

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 糍 | *zi |
| 茲 | *ʔsɯ, *zɯ |
| 滋 | *ʔsɯ |
| 孳 | *ʔsɯ, *zɯs |
| 嵫 | *ʔsɯ |
| 嗞 | *ʔsɯ |
| 鎡 | *ʔsɯ |
| 鰦 | *ʔsɯ |
| 鶿 | *ʔsɯ, *zɯ |
| 稵 | *ʔsɯ, *ʔsɯw |
| 螆 | *sʰɯs |
| 慈 | *zɯ |
| 鷀 | *zɯ |
| 磁 | *zɯ |
| 礠 | *zlɯ |
| 濨 | *zlɯ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zɯ): semantic 石 (“rock; stone”) + phonetic 兹 (OC *ʔsɯ, *zɯ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cí (ci$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ci$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀
* Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̀
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zo$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chû / chîr / hûi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ce$^5$ / cu$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zy
* Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): qi$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cí
*** Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cíh
*** Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ$^2$
*** Yale: tsź
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyr
*** Palladius: цы (cy)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ci$^4$
*** Yale: chìh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsi$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiː²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀
*** Hakka Romanization System: cii$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ci$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̀
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sy⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zo$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ceó
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡so¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû
*** Tâi-lô: tsû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuu
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡su²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su¹³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîr
*** Tâi-lô: tsîr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûi
*** Tâi-lô: huî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: huii
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /hui²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²³/
* chû/chîr - literary;
* hûi - vernacular.
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*zɯ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 磁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17849 |
| Phonetic component | 兹 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 慈 |
| Old Chinese | /*zɯ/ |
| Notes | 同礠見山海經 |

### Definitions

磁
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) magnet
* magnetism
* Alternative form of 瓷 (cí, “porcelain”)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 磁鐵, 磁石 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 吸鐵石 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 磁鐵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 吸鐵石 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Wuchang (Yingchengzi) | 吸鐵石 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Xianxian (Xiaoying) | 吸鐵石 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 吸鐵石, 磁鐵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 吸鐵石 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 吸鐵石 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 吸鐵石 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 吸鐵石 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 吸鐵石, 吸鐵, 磁鐵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 吸鐵石 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 吸鐵石 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 磁鐵, 吸鐵石 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 吸鐵石 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 吸鐵石, 吸鐵, 磁鐵石, 磁鐵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 吸鐵石 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 吸鐵石 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 吸鐵石 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 遇鐵石, 戲鐵石, 繫鐵石 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 磁石 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 吸鐵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 磁石 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 吸鐵石 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 吸鐵石 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 吸鐵石 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 攝石, 磁石, 攝鐵 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 攝石, 磁石, 攝鐵 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 攝石 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 磁石, 攝石 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 嗋石 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 攝石 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 攝石 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 攝鐵 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 攝石 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 磁鐵 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 攝石 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 磁石 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 攝石 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 攝石 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 攝鐵 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 磁石 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 攝石 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 攝石 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 磁石 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 攝石 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 磁石 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 磁石 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 吸石 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 嗋石 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 嗋石, 磁石 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 磁石 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 磁石 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 磁鐵 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 磁鐵石 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 攝石 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 攝石 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 攝石 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 攝石 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 攝石 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 吸鐵石 |
| Gan | Pengze | 吸鐵石 |
| Gan | Yanshan (Hekou) | 吸鐵石 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 吸鐵石 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 磁鐵 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 磁石, 磁鐵, 嗋鐵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 吸鐵石, 嗋石 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 磁鐵 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 嗋石 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 吸石, 嗋石 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 嗋鋼, 吸鋼 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 嗋石, 吸石, 吸鋼 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 嗋石, 嗋鋼 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 嗋石, 吸石 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 磁嗋 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 嗋石 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 嗋石 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 吸鐵石, 磁鐵 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 吸鐵石 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 吸鐵 |
| Jin | Liangcheng | 磁鐵, 吸鐵 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 吸鐵, 吸鐵石 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 吸鐵, 吸鐵石 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 吸石, 吸鐵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 磁, 磁鐵, 磁石 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 吸石 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 磁 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 磁鐵 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 磁石 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 吸鐵, 吸石 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 吸鐵, 吸石 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 吸鐵, 吸石, 翕鐵 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 吸鐵, 吸石 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 吸鐵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | ji-siá-kuh, 吸石仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 翕鐵, 吸石 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 吸石 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 吸石仔, 吸鐵 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 吸石 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 吸鐵, 吸石 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 吸石 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 吸鐵, 吸石 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 吸石 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 吸石 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 黏鐵 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 吸石 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 協石 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 協石, 磁石 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 協鐵, 協石 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 攝石 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 協鐵 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 吸石 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 磁鐵 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 攝石 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 吸鐵石 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 吸鐵 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 吸鐵石 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 吸鐵石 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 吸鐵石 |
| Wu | Danyang | 吸鐵石 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 吸鐵石 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 吸鐵石 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 吸鐵石 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 吸鐵石 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 吸鐵石, 磁鐵 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 吃鐵石 |
| Wu | Yiwu | 磁鐵, 吸鐵石 rare |
| Xiang | Changsha | 吸鐵石, 磁鐵石 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 吸鐵石, 磁鐵石 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 磁 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 磁石 |

#### Compounds

* 充磁
* 剩磁 (shèngcí)
* 地磁 (dìcí)
* 天然磁鐵 / 天然磁铁
* 核磁共振 (hécí gòngzhèn)
* 永久磁鐵 / 永久磁铁
* 洋磁
* 牙磁
* 白磁
* 磁偏角
* 磁傾角 / 磁倾角
* 磁力 (cílì)
* 磁力線 / 磁力线
* 磁化 (cíhuà)
* 磁北極 / 磁北极
* 磁區 / 磁区
* 磁南極 / 磁南极
* 磁卡 (cíkǎ)
* 磁器 (cíqì)
* 磁場 / 磁场 (cíchǎng)
* 磁學 / 磁学 (cíxué)
* 磁實 / 磁实
* 磁州窯 / 磁州窑
* 磁帶 / 磁带 (cídài)
* 磁帶機 / 磁带机
* 磁性 (cíxìng)
* 磁性體 / 磁性体
* 磁感應 / 磁感应
* 磁星 (cíxīng)
* 磁暴 (cíbào)
* 磁棒 (cíbàng)
* 磁極 / 磁极 (cíjí)
* 磁浮火車 / 磁浮火车
* 磁片
* 磁石 (císhí)
* 磁碟 (cídié)
* 磁碟機 / 磁碟机 (cídiéjī)
* 磁碟片
* 磁磚 / 磁砖 (cízhuān)
* 磁能 (cínéng)
* 磁軌 / 磁轨
* 磁軸 / 磁轴 (cízhóu)
* 磁針 / 磁针 (cízhēn)
* 磁鋼 / 磁钢
* 磁鐵 / 磁铁 (cítiě)
* 磁鐵心 / 磁铁心
* 磁鐵礦 / 磁铁矿 (cítiěkuàng)
* 磁頭 / 磁头 (cítóu)
* 磁體 / 磁体 (cítǐ)
* 磁黃鐵礦 / 磁黄铁矿
* 細磁 / 细磁
* 電磁 / 电磁 (diàncí)
* 電磁場 / 电磁场 (diàncíchǎng)
* 電磁波 / 电磁波 (diàncíbō)
* 電磁灶 / 电磁灶
* 電磁爐 / 电磁炉 (diàncílú)
* 電磁鐵 / 电磁铁 (diàncítiě)
* 靜磁力 / 静磁力

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
* magnet

#### Readings

* Go-on: じ (ji, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: し (shi)
* Kun: じしゃく (jishaku)、やきもの (yakimono, 磁)

#### Compounds

* 磁化(じか) (jika)
* 磁界(じかい) (jikai)
* 磁器(じき) (jiki)
* 磁気(じき) (jiki)
* 磁石(じしゃく) (jishaku)
* 磁針(じしん) (jishin)
* 磁性(じせい) (jisei)
* 磁束(じそく) (jisoku)
* 磁場(じば) (jiba)
* 青磁(せいじ) (seiji)
* 電磁(でんじ) (denji)

## Korean
### Hanja

磁 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

磁: Hán Nôm readings: từ
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