# 佽

| 佽 | U+4F7D, &#20349; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F7D |
| ← 佼 [U+4F7C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 佾 → [U+4F7E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

佽 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人戈一人 (OIMO) or 人一一人 (OMMO), four-corner 7728$_2$, composition ⿰亻次)
* aid
* help
* to help
* to sponsor, subsidize
* a surname

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 101, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 571
* Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 152, character 7
* Unihan data for U+4F7D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佽 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| Small seal scripts05763Transcribed ancient scriptsL35746 ||
| References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script). ||
| | 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 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cì (ci$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ci$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cì
*** Zhuyin: ㄘˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cìh
*** Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ$^4$
*** Yale: tsz̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh
*** Palladius: цы (cy)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ci$^3$
*** Yale: chi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsi$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiː³³/
* Middle Chinese: tshijH
Rime :
| Character | 佽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 七四切 |
| Baxter | tshijH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰiɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰjɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰi$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡sʰi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ci$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sl̥ʰis/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 佽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1795 |
| Phonetic component | 次 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 次 |
| Old Chinese | /*sl̥ʰis/ |

### Definitions

佽
* (literary) to help

#### Compounds

* 佽飛／佽飞

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00050

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): し (shi)
* Kun: すぼしこい (suboshikoi, 佽い)、ならぶ (narabu, 佽ぶ)、たすける (tasukeru, 佽ける)、および (oyobi, 佽び)、かはるがはる (kaharugaharu)

## Korean
### Hanja

佽 • (cha) (hangeul 차, revised cha, McCune–Reischauer ch'a)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

佽: Hán Việt readings: thứ
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