茈

茈 · cí / zǐ

comfrey; a plant yielding a purple dye

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
cí · zǐ
Cantonese
ci4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

comfrey; a plant yielding a purple dye

Dictionary definitions & readings

茈 cí · used in 鳧茈 fú cí

茈 zǐ · Common Gromwell or European stoneseed (Lithospermum officinale)

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53202.130:zǐ,cí,cǐ,chái Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0174.020:cí 1530.180:zǐ Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
055.030:cí 492.040:zǐ Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
cí粵ci4 zǐ粵zi2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
サイ シ ジ ジャ ゼ ぜんまい むらさき Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
자:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
疾移 士佳 將此 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TYMP Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4411.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1026.080 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
046.32 093.33 246.06 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8308
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6787

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

9 strokes
茈
Strokes
9
Convention
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9 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
dzje · 疾移 · 止開三平支從 · #113
Middle Chinese
dzrea · 士佳 · 蟹開二平佳崇 · #329
Middle Chinese
tsjeX · 將此 · 止開三上支精 · #1231

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Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1134.301
kDaeJaweon
1486.030
kHanYu
53202.130
kIRGDaeJaweon
1486.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53202.130
kIRGKangXi
1026.080
kKangXi
1026.080
kMatthews
6978
kMorohashi
30840:E0102
kSBGY
046.32 093.33 246.06
kSMSZD2003Index
578.01
kCangjie
TYMP
kFourCornerCode
4411.1
kMojiJoho
MJ021752 MJ021752:E0101 MJ021751:E0102
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5C6B
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D3A5
kIRG_JSource
J14-7629
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6D6A
kIRG_KSource
K1-6A7B
kIRG_TSource
T2-3247
kRSUnicode
140.5
kTotalStrokes
9
kBigFive
D3A5
kCCCII
227D45
kCNS1986
2-3247
kCNS1992
2-3247
kEACC
2D4450
kGB0
6075
kGB1
6075
kJIS0213
2,86,09
kJis1
5564
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5402
kTGH
2013:6787
kTaiwanTelegraph
5402
kXerox
313:243
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18483+140.3.6
kCantonese
ci4
kDefinition
comfrey; a plant yielding a purple dye
kFanqie
疾移 士佳 將此
kHangul
자:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53202.130:zǐ,cí,cǐ,chái
kJapanese
サイ シ ジ ジャ ゼ ぜんまい むらさき
kJapaneseKun
MURASAKI
kJapaneseOn
SHI JI SAI JU
kKorean
CA
kMandarin
cí
kSMSZD2003Readings
cí粵ci4 zǐ粵zi2
kTGHZ2013
055.030:cí 492.040:zǐ
kXHC1983
0174.020:cí 1530.180:zǐ

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Structure & connections

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3dictionary records using 茈0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹此$(GHTJKP)

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