梓あずさ

梓あずさ U+6893, 梓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6893 ← 梒 [U+6892] CJK Unified Ideographs 梔くちなし → [U+6894]

Translingual

Han character

梓あずさ (Kangxi radical 75, 木き+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木き卜ぼく廿にじゅう十じゅう (DYTJ) or 難なん木き卜ぼく廿にじゅう十じゅう (XDYTJ), four-corner 4094₁, composition ⿰木き辛からし)

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.		梓あずさ
alternative forms		杍

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (宰おさむ) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
宰おさむ	*ʔsɯːʔ
縡	*ʔsɯːʔ, *ʔsɯːs
梓あずさ	*ʔsɯʔ
滓かす	*ʔsrɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *ʔsɯʔ) : semantic 木き (“wood; tree”) + abbreviated phonetic 宰おさむ (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	梓あずさ
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	精せい (13)
Final (韻いん)	之これ (19)
Tone (調しらべ)	Rising (X)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III
Fanqie	即そく里さと切きり
Baxter	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernard 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	梓あずさ
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	梓あずさ
Reading #	1/1
No.	16509
Phonetic component	宰おさむ
Rime group	之これ
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	子こ
Old Chinese	/*ʔsɯʔ/
Notes	說せつ文ぶん宰おさむ省しょう聲こえ

Definitions

梓あずさ

1. yellow catalpa or Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata)

   Coordinate term: 楸ひさぎ (qiū)

2. craftsman who produces wooden items

   梓あずさ匠たくみ  ―  zǐjiàng  ―  woodworker

3. hometown
4. printing block

   付づけ梓あずさ  ―  fùzǐ  ―  to send a manuscript to the press

5. a surname

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (梓あずさ):

• → Japanese: 梓あずさ(し) (shi)

Compounds

• 上梓じょうし (shàngzǐ)
• 付づけ梓あずさ (fùzǐ)
• 吳ご敬たかし梓あずさ／吴敬梓あずさ
• 喬たかし梓あずさ／乔梓 (qiáozǐ)
• 木き梓あずさ (Mùzǐ)
• 杞梓
• 桑くわ梓あずさ (sāngzǐ)
• 桑くわ梓あずさ之の邦くに
• 梓あずさ人じん
• 梓あずさ匠たくみ
• 梓あずさ匠たくみ輪わ輿こし／梓あずさ匠たくみ轮舆
• 梓あずさ器き
• 梓あずさ宮みや／梓あずさ宫
• 梓あずさ材ざい
• 梓あずさ楠くすのき堤つつみ (Zǐnándī)
• 梓あずさ鄉きょう／梓あずさ乡
• 梓あずさ里さと
• 楠くすのき梓あずさ (Nánzǐ, “Nanzih”)
• 橋はし梓あずさ／桥梓 (qiáozǐ)
• 洋よう梓あずさ (Yángzǐ)
• 荊南杞梓／荆南杞梓
• 賢けん喬たかし梓あずさ／贤乔梓あずさ
• 鄉ごう梓あずさ／乡梓 (xiāngzǐ)

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育きょういく部ぶ異體いたい字じ字典じてん), A01935

Japanese

Kanji

梓あずさ

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

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

Compounds

Compounds

• 梓あずさ宮みや(しきゅう) (shikyū)
• 梓あずさ行こう(しこう) (shikō)
• 梓あずさ人じん(しじん) (shijin)
• 上梓じょうし(じょうし) (jōshi)
• 桑くわ梓あずさ(そうし) (sōshi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
梓あずさ
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(あずさ) or 梓あずさ(アズサ) • (azusa) ^{←あづさ (adusa) or アヅサ (adusa)?}

1. Synonym of 夜よる糞くそ峰ほう榛はしばみ (yoguso minebari): the Japanese cherry birch, Betula grossa
2. Synonym of 木き豇豆, 楸ひさぎ (kisasage): the yellow or Chinese catalpa, Catalpa ovata
3. Synonym of 赤芽柏あかめがしわ (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: 版木はんぎ (hangi)

5. Short for 梓弓あずさゆみ (azusa yumi): a bow made from the wood of the Japanese cherry birch; a small musical bow used to summon spirits
6. Short for 梓あずさ巫女ふじょ (azusa miko): a 巫女ふじょ (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

Derived terms

• 梓あずさ(あずさ)川かわ(がわ) (Azusa-gawa)
• 梓あずさ(あずさ)巫女ふじょ(みこ) (azusa miko)
• 梓あずさ(あずさ)山やま(やま) (Azusa-yama)
• 梓あずさ(あずさ)弓ゆみ(ゆみ) (azusa yumi)
• 玉たま梓あずさ(たまずさ), 玉章ぎょくしょう(たまずさ) (tamazusa)

Idioms

• 梓あずさ(あずさ)に刻こく(きざ)む (azusa ni kizamu)
• 梓あずさ(あずさ)に鏤ちりばめ(ちりば)める (azusa ni chiribameru)
• 梓あずさ(あずさ)に上うえ(のぼ)す (azusa ni nobosu)

Proverbs

• 腰こし(こし)に梓あずさ(あずさ)の弓ゆみ(ゆみ)を張ちょう(は)る (koshi ni azusa no yumi o haru)

Proper noun

梓あずさ(あずさ) • (Azusa) ^{←あづさ (adusa)?}

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
梓あずさ
し Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

/si/ → /ɕi/

From Middle Chinese 梓あずさ (MC tsiX).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

梓あずさ(し) • (shi) 

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

   Synonym: 版木はんぎ (hangi)

Derived terms

• 梓あずさ氏し(しし) (shishi)

Idioms

• 梓あずさ(し)に上うえ(のぼ)す (shi ni nobosu)

Affix

梓あずさ(し) • (shi) 

1. catalpa
2. printing block
3. printing

Korean

Hanja

梓あずさ • (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

梓あずさ (adusa) (kana あづさ)

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

     於伎弖伊可か婆ばば伊毛いも婆ばば麻あさ可奈かな之の母はは知ち弖由久ひさし安やす都と佐さ能のう由美ゆみ乃由都と可か爾しか母はは我わが毛け

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

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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

Derived terms

• 梓弓あずさゆみ (adusa yumi₁)
• 玉たま梓あずさ, 玉章ぎょくしょう (tamadusa)
• 根ね張はり梓あずさ (nepari adusa)

Descendants

• Japanese: 梓あずさ (azusa)

Vietnamese

Han character

梓あずさ: Hán Nôm readings: tử

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