梓

梓 U+6893, 梓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6893 ← 梒 [U+6892] CJK Unified Ideographs 梔 → [U+6894]

Translingual

Han character

梓 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木卜廿十 (DYTJ) or 難木卜廿十 (XDYTJ), four-corner 4094₁, composition ⿰木辛)

Derived characters

• 𣘲

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 528, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14845
• Dae Jaweon: page 917, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1219, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6893

Chinese

simp. and trad.		梓
alternative forms		杍

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (宰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
宰	*ʔsɯːʔ
縡	*ʔsɯːʔ, *ʔsɯːs
梓	*ʔsɯʔ
滓	*ʔsrɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsɯʔ) : semantic 木 (“wood; tree”) + abbreviated phonetic 宰 (OC *ʔsɯːʔ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐ (zi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chír / chú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ze²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³
    • Yale: dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyy
    • Palladius: цзы (czy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chír
    • Tâi-lô: tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú
    • Tâi-lô: tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsiX

Rime
Character	梓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即里切
Baxter	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]əʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	梓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsiX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]əʔ/
English	Catalpa
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	梓
Reading #	1/1
No.	16509
Phonetic component	宰
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	子
Old Chinese	/*ʔsɯʔ/
Notes	說文宰省聲

Definitions

梓

1. yellow catalpa or Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata)

   Coordinate term: 楸 (qiū)

2. craftsman who produces wooden items

   梓匠  ―  zǐjiàng  ―  woodworker

3. hometown
4. printing block

   付梓  ―  fùzǐ  ―  to send a manuscript to the press

5. a surname

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (梓):

• → Japanese: 梓(し) (shi)

Compounds

• 上梓 (shàngzǐ)
• 付梓 (fùzǐ)
• 吳敬梓 / 吴敬梓
• 喬梓 / 乔梓 (qiáozǐ)
• 木梓 (Mùzǐ)
• 杞梓
• 桑梓 (sāngzǐ)
• 桑梓之邦
• 梓人
• 梓匠
• 梓匠輪輿 / 梓匠轮舆
• 梓器
• 梓宮 / 梓宫
• 梓材
• 梓楠堤 (Zǐnándī)
• 梓鄉 / 梓乡
• 梓里
• 楠梓 (Nánzǐ, “Nanzih”)
• 橋梓 / 桥梓 (qiáozǐ)
• 洋梓 (Yángzǐ)
• 荊南杞梓 / 荆南杞梓
• 賢喬梓 / 贤乔梓
• 鄉梓 / 乡梓 (xiāngzǐ)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01935

Japanese

Kanji

梓

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: あずさ (azusa, 梓)^{←あづさ (adusa, 梓, historical)}

Compounds

• 梓宮(しきゅう) (shikyū)
• 梓行(しこう) (shikō)
• 梓人(しじん) (shijin)
• 上梓(じょうし) (jōshi)
• 桑梓(そうし) (sōshi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
梓
あずさ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

/adusa/ → /ad͡zusa/ → /azusa/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あずさ [áꜜzùsà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) あずさ [àzúsá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠zɨsa̠]

Noun

梓(あずさ) or 梓(アズサ) • (azusa) ^{←あづさ (adusa) or アヅサ (adusa)?}

1. Synonym of 夜糞峰榛 (yoguso minebari): the Japanese cherry birch, Betula grossa
2. Synonym of 木豇豆, 楸 (kisasage): the yellow or Chinese catalpa, Catalpa ovata
3. Synonym of 赤芽柏 (akame-gashiwa): the Japanese mallotus, Mallotus japonicus
4. a block used for printing (as it was originally made from the wood of the Chinese catalpa)

   Synonym: 版木 (hangi)

5. Short for 梓弓 (azusa yumi): a bow made from the wood of the Japanese cherry birch; a small musical bow used to summon spirits
6. Short for 梓巫女 (azusa miko): a 巫女 (miko, “unmarried female medium”) who summons spirits by sounding the string of an azusa yumi (short musical bow)
7. (theater) in noh, the swift, drummed accompaniment to the entrance recitative of a medium

Derived terms

• 梓(あずさ)川(がわ) (Azusa-gawa)
• 梓(あずさ)巫女(みこ) (azusa miko)
• 梓(あずさ)山(やま) (Azusa-yama)
• 梓(あずさ)弓(ゆみ) (azusa yumi)
• 玉梓(たまずさ), 玉章(たまずさ) (tamazusa)

Idioms

• 梓(あずさ)に刻(きざ)む (azusa ni kizamu)
• 梓(あずさ)に鏤(ちりば)める (azusa ni chiribameru)
• 梓(あずさ)に上(のぼ)す (azusa ni nobosu)

Proverbs

• 腰(こし)に梓(あずさ)の弓(ゆみ)を張(は)る (koshi ni azusa no yumi o haru)

Proper noun

梓(あずさ) • (Azusa) ^{←あづさ (Adusa)?}

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
梓
し Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

/si/ → /ɕi/

From Middle Chinese 梓 (MC tsiX).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) し [shíꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕi]

Noun

梓(し) • (shi) 

1. a block used for printing (as it was originally made from the wood of the Chinese catalpa)

   Synonym: 版木 (hangi)

Derived terms

• 梓氏(しし) (shishi)

Idioms

• 梓(し)に上(のぼ)す (shi ni nobosu)

Affix

梓(し) • (shi) 

1. catalpa
2. printing block
3. printing

Korean

Hanja

梓 • (jae) (hangeul 재, revised jae, McCune–Reischauer chae, Yale cay)

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Old Japanese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

梓 (adusa) (kana あづさ)

1. the Japanese cherry birch, Betula grossa
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3567:
     , text here

     於伎弖伊可婆伊毛婆麻可奈之母知弖由久安都佐能由美乃由都可爾母我毛

     oki₁te ikaba imo ba ma-kanasi motite yuku adusa no₂ yumi₁ no₂ yuduka ni mo ga mo

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2. Short for 梓弓 (adusa yumi₁): a bow made from the wood of the Japanese cherry birch

Derived terms

• 梓弓 (adusa yumi₁)
• 玉梓, 玉章 (tamadusa)
• 根張り梓 (nepari adusa)

Descendants

• Japanese: 梓 (azusa)

Vietnamese

Han character

梓: Hán Nôm readings: tử

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