# 茈

| 茈 | U+8308, &#33544; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8308 |
| ← 茇 [U+8307] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 茉 → [U+8309] |

## Translingual
### Han character

茈 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜一心 (TYMP), four-corner 4411$_1$, composition ⿱艹此)

#### Derived characters

* 𣸆 𣖨 𦸺

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1026, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30840
* Dae Jaweon: page 1486, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3202, character 13
* Unihan data for U+8308

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 茈 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 些 | *saːls, *sjaːl, *seːs |
| 跐 | *ʔsreːʔ, *ʔseʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ʔsreʔ |
| 柴 | *zreː |
| 祡 | *zreː |
| 茈 | *zreː, *ʔseʔ, *ze |
| 眦 | *zreːs |
| 砦 | *zraːds |
| 寨 | *zraːds, *slɯːɡ |
| 啙 | *ʔseː, *zeːʔ, *ʔseʔ |
| 泚 | *sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ |
| 玼 | *sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ze |
| 皉 | *sʰeːʔ |
| 鮆 | *zeːʔ, *ʔse |
| 眥 | *zeːs, *zes |
| 貲 | *ʔse |
| 髭 | *ʔse |
| 頾 | *ʔse |
| 訾 | *ʔse, *ʔseʔ |
| 鴜 | *ʔse, *ze |
| 鈭 | *ʔse, *sʰe |
| 姕 | *ʔse, *sʰe, *ze |
| 觜 | *ʔse, *ʔse, *ʔseʔ |
| 紫 | *ʔseʔ |
| 訿 | *ʔseʔ |
| 呰 | *ʔseʔ |
| 嘴 | *ʔseʔ |
| 雌 | *sʰe |
| 此 | *sʰeʔ |
| 佌 | *sʰeʔ, *seʔ |
| 庛 | *sʰes |
| 疵 | *ze |
| 骴 | *ze, *zes |
| 胔 | *ze, *zes |
| 飺 | *ze |
| 齜 | *ʔsre |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zǐ (zi$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zǐh
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyy
*** Palladius: цзы (czy)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^2$
*** Yale: jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsjeX
Rime :
| Character | 茈 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 將此切 |
| Baxter | tsjeX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡siᴇ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡siɛ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sjɛ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡siə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sie$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sǐe$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡sie̯$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔseʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 茈 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| No. | 1714 |
| Phonetic component | 此 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 紫 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔseʔ/ |

#### Definitions

茈
* gromwell
* Alternative form of 紫 (zǐ, “purple”)

#### Compounds

* 茈湖口
* 茈草 (zǐcǎo)
* 茈萁
* 茈䓞
* 茈菀 (zǐwǎn)
* 茈薑／茈姜
* 茈魚／茈鱼

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cí (ci$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ci$^4$
* 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/
* Middle Chinese: dzje
Rime :
| Character | 茈 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 疾移切 |
| Baxter | dzje |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ziᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ziɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zjɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ziə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡zie/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zǐe/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /d͡zʱie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ci$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ze/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 茈 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| No. | 1733 |
| Phonetic component | 此 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 疵 |
| Old Chinese | /*ze/ |

#### Definitions

茈
* Only used in 鳧茈／凫茈 (fúcí).

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chái (chai$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caai$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chái
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chái
*** Wade–Giles: chʻai$^2$
*** Yale: chái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chair
*** Palladius: чай (čaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caai$^4$
*** Yale: chàaih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaːi̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: dzrea
Rime :
| Character | 茈 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 崇 (20) |
| Final (韻) | 佳 (31) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 士佳切 |
| Baxter | dzrea |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʒˠɛ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɖ͡ʐᵚæ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʒæi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɖ͡ʐaɨj/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ʒɛ/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡ʒai/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɖ͡ʐʱai/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chái |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | caai$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*zreː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 茈 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| No. | 1690 |
| Phonetic component | 此 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 柴 |
| Old Chinese | /*zreː/ |

#### Definitions

茈
* Only used in 茈胡 and 茈施.

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cǐ (ci$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄘˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cǐh
*** Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ$^3$
*** Yale: tsž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyy
*** Palladius: цы (cy)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴/

#### Definitions

茈
* Only used in 茈虒.

### References

* “茈”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): し (shi)、じ (ji)、さい (sai)、じゅ (ju)
* Kun: むらさき (murasaki)

## Korean
### Hanja

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