資

See also: 资

資	U+8CC7, 資 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CC7

← 賆
[U+8CC6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

賈 →
[U+8CC8]

㈾	U+323E, ㈾ PARENTHESIZED IDEOGRAPH RESOURCE

← ㈽
[U+323D]

Enclosed CJK Letters and Months

㈿ →
[U+323F]

Translingual

Han character

資 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈人月山金 (IOBUC) or 一人月山金 (MOBUC), four-corner 3780₆, composition ⿱次貝)

Derived characters

𰂷澬䆅蠀薋𢢾𥼻𩆂𧾒𫚁𧹌𫑫𡳠𩆃

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1208, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36750
Dae Jaweon: page 1671, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3640, character 4
Unihan data for U+8CC7

Chinese

trad.		資
simp.		资
alternative forms		貲／赀𣣬𧷕𪗑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 資
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (次) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
咨	*ʔsli
資	*ʔsli
姿	*ʔsli
粢	*ʔsli
諮	*ʔsli
恣	*ʔslis
澬	ʔsli, zli
趑	*sʰli
蠀	*sʰli
次	*sn̥ʰis
佽	*sl̥ʰis
絘	*sl̥ʰis
薋	*zli
瓷	*zli
茨	*zli
餈	*zli
垐	zli, zlɯɡ
楶	*ʔsliːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsli) : phonetic 次 (OC *sn̥ʰis) + semantic 貝 (“shell-money”) – “property, resource”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zī (zi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄗ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zi¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): du¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂

(Meixian, Guangdong): zi¹
Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̆
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chu / chir / chi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ze¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zī
  - Zhuyin: ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zih
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹
  - Yale: dz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzy
  - Palladius: цзы (czy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi¹
  - Yale: jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: du¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̆
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
  - Tâi-lô: tsu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zw
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /t͡su⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Hui'an, Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir
  - Tâi-lô: tsir
  - IPA (Longyan): /t͡sz̩³³⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Hui'an): /t͡sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi
  - Tâi-lô: tsi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡si³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ze¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsy
  - MiniDict: tsy^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵³/

Middle Chinese: tsij

Rime
Character	資
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即夷切
Baxter	tsij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡si/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡si/
Li Rong	/t͡si/
Wang Li	/t͡si/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ij/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsli/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	資
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zī
Middle Chinese	‹ tsij ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ij/
English	property, means of living
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	資
Reading #	1/1
No.	1786
Phonetic component	次
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	咨
Old Chinese	/*ʔsli/

Definitions

資

money; fund; wealth; capital
資本／资本 ― zīběn ― capital

中資／中资 ― Zhōng zī ― Chinese-funded company
expense; cost; fee
出資／出资 ― chūzī ― to invest
money and goods; property; resources
natural endowments; natural gift
天資／天资 ― tiānzī ― talent
qualifications; certificate
資格／资格 ― zīgé ― qualification
material; matter
grain; cereal
to provide; to support
資助／资助 ― zīzhù ― to sponsor; to subsidize
to aid; to assist
to store up; to amass
to obtain; to acquire
sharp; sharp-edged
(～水) name of a river in Hunan Province
a surname

Compounds

References

“資”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	資
Kyūjitai ^[1]	資󠄁 資+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	資󠄄 資+`󠄄`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

資

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
Kun: たすける (tasukeru, 資ける)、たち (tachi, 資)、とる (toru, 資る)、はかる (hakaru, 資る)、もと (moto, 資)
Nanori: すけ (suke)、たすく (tasuku)、ただ (tada)、とし (toshi)、もと (moto)、やす (yasu)、よし (yoshi)、より (yori)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 資 (MC tsij)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) し [shíꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɕi]

Noun

資(し) • (shi)

References

^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2025 (paper), page 1064 (digital)
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

資 (eumhun 재물 자 (jaemul ja))

hanja form^? of 자 (“wealth, capital, foundation”)

Compounds

자본 (資本, jabon)
자본주의 (資本主義, jabonjuui)
자본주의사회 (資本主義社會, jabonjuuisahoe)
자본가 (資本家, jabon'ga)
자격 (資格, jagyeok)
자재 (資材, jajae)
자산 (資産, jasan)
자산가 (資産家, jasan'ga)
자금 (資金, jageum)
자질 (資質, jajil)
자산운용회사 (資産運用會社, jasanunyonghoesa)