觜

觜 · zī

turtle beak; 20th lunar mansion, determinative star λ Orionis (Meissa)

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zī
Cantonese
zi1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

turtle beak; 20th lunar mansion, determinative star λ Orionis (Meissa)

Dictionary definitions & readings

觜 zī · number 20 of the 28 constellations 二十八宿, approx. Orion 獵戶座

觜 zuǐ · variant of 嘴 zuǐ

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63924.020:zī,zuǐ Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1530.060:zī 1547.120:zuǐ Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
491.120:zī Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zī粵zi1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シ スイ くちばし Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
자:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
即移 姊移 即委 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
YPNBG Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2122.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1141.080 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
046.52 050.08 243.37 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0358t Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+89DC
Radical
角 · 148
Strokes
13
Residual strokes
6
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7515

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

13 strokes
觜
Strokes
13
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

13 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsje · 即移 · 止開三平支精 · #114
Middle Chinese
tsje · 姊移 · 止開三平支精 · #133
Middle Chinese
tsjweX · 即委 · 止合三上支精 · #1217

PHONO-ML, source line 1024; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1234.201
kDaeJaweon
1608.090
kGSR
0358t
kHanYu
63924.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
1608.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63924.020
kIRGKangXi
1141.080
kKangXi
1141.080
kLau
1590
kMatthews
6856
kMorohashi
35050
kNelson
4304
kSBGY
046.52 050.08 243.37
kSMSZD2003Index
640.08
kCangjie
YPNBG
kFourCornerCode
2122.7
kMojiJoho
MJ024295
kPhonetic
156 287
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
CJ
kIRG_GSource
G0-757E
kIRG_HSource
HB2-E043
kIRG_JSource
J0-6B39
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7540
kIRG_KSource
K1-6B21
kIRG_TSource
T2-4749
kRSUnicode
148.6
kTotalStrokes
13
kBigFive
E043
kCCCII
233145
kCNS1986
2-4749
kCNS1992
2-4749
kEACC
233145
kGB0
8594
kGB1
8594
kJis0
7525
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
9278
kTGH
2013:7515
kTaiwanTelegraph
9201
kXerox
317:050
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6652+148.7.6
kCantonese
zi1
kDefinition
turtle beak; 20th lunar mansion, determinative star λ Orionis (Meissa)
kFanqie
即移 姊移 即委
kHangul
자:1N
kHanyuPinyin
63924.020:zī,zuǐ
kJapanese
シ スイ くちばし
kJapaneseKun
KUCHIBASHI
kJapaneseOn
SHI SUI
kKorean
CA CHWI
kMandarin
zī
kSMSZD2003Readings
zī粵zi1
kTGHZ2013
491.120:zī
kTang
tziuɛ̌
kXHC1983
1530.060:zī 1547.120:zuǐ
kSemanticVariant
U+5480<kLau U+5634<kLau

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 觜1forms using this shape2attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
此 above 角 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱此角$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱此角$(GHTJKP)

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