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Character: 字
Modern (Beijing) reading: zì
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒǝʔs
Classic Old Chinese: ʒǝh
Western Han Chinese: ʒǝh
Eastern Han Chinese: ʒjǝh
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒjɨ̀
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒjɨ̀
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒjɨ̀
Middle Chinese: ʒjɨ̀
English meaning : to breed, nurture; love, cherish
Russian meaning[s]: 1) письменный знак; иероглиф; буква; слово; 2) записка; письмо; 3) удостоверение, документ; контракт; условие; 4) название; прозвище; кличка (совершеннолетнего ); 5) помолвить (дочь ); 6) родить детей; выращивать (кормить) детей; 7) любить (как детей )
Comments: Possibly derived from 子 *cǝʔ 'child' q.v. (but the meaning 'cherish, love' seems to have a separate etymology; cf. also 慈 *ʒǝ 'affectionate, loving'). A later meaning (since Han) of the same word is 'character, letter' (reflected in Viet. as chũ'). Regular Sino-Viet. is tụ'.
Radical: 39
Four-angle index: 3059
Karlgren code: 0964 n-o
Go-on: zi
Kan-on: si
Japanese reading: ji+;aza+
Vietnamese reading: chũ'
Jianchuan Bai: -cɨ3
Dali Bai: -cɨ3
Bijiang Bai: -ʒɨ̃2
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