笫

笫 · zǐ

bed boards, sleeping mat

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zǐ
Cantonese
zi2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

bed boards, sleeping mat

Dictionary definitions & readings

笫 zǐ · bamboo mat; bed mat

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
52951.090:zǐ Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1531.010:zǐ Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
492.080:zǐ Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zǐ粵zi2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シツ シチ シ シン Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
阻史 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HLXH Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8822.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0881.030 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
254.25 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0554f Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7B2B
Radical
竹 · 118
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7012

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

10 strokes
笫
Strokes
10
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

10 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
tsriX · 阻史 · 止開三上之莊 · #1308

PHONO-ML, source line 9437; 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
1009.403
kDaeJaweon
1308.190
kGSR
0554f
kHanYu
52951.090
kIRGDaeJaweon
1308.190
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
52951.090
kIRGKangXi
0881.030
kKangXi
0881.030
kMeyerWempe
3535e
kMorohashi
25942
kSBGY
254.25
kSMSZD2003Index
498.09
kCangjie
HLXH
kFourCornerCode
8822.7
kMojiJoho
MJ019417
kPhonetic
139
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
BGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-734A
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D6D7
kIRG_JSource
J1-517A
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-63E6
kIRG_KSource
K2-4F6D
kIRG_TSource
T2-377A
kRSUnicode
118.5
kTotalStrokes
10
kBigFive
D6D7
kCCCII
226B4A
kCNS1986
2-377A
kCNS1992
2-377A
kEACC
226B4A
kGB0
8342
kGB1
8342
kJis1
4990
kMainlandTelegraph
4573
kTGH
2013:7012
kTaiwanTelegraph
4573
kXerox
300:152
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+19634+118.6.4
kCantonese
zi2
kDefinition
bed boards, sleeping mat
kFanqie
阻史
kHanyuPinyin
52951.090:zǐ
kJapanese
シツ シチ シ シン
kJapaneseKun
YUKA
kJapaneseOn
SHI SHITSU SHICHI
kMandarin
zǐ
kSMSZD2003Readings
zǐ粵zi2
kTGHZ2013
492.080:zǐ
kXHC1983
1531.010:zǐ

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 笫0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱𥫗𠂔$(GHTJKP)

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