瓷

See also: 甆

瓷	U+74F7, 瓷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-74F7

← 瓶
[U+74F6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

瓸 →
[U+74F8]

Translingual

Han character

瓷 (Kangxi radical 98, 瓦+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈人一女弓 (IOMVN) or 一人一女弓 (MOMVN), four-corner 3771₇, composition ⿱次瓦)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 749, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21491
Dae Jaweon: page 1157, character 30
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1424, character 22
Unihan data for U+74F7

Chinese

trad.		瓷
simp. ^#		瓷
alternative forms		甆珁𤮀𦈱

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 瓷
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 *zli) : phonetic 次 (OC *sn̥ʰis) + semantic 瓦 (“earthenware”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): cí (ci²)

(Zhuyin): ㄘˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ci²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ci⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu³
Gan (Wiktionary): ci²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀

(Meixian, Guangdong): ci²
Jin (Wiktionary): ci¹
Northern Min (KCR): cú
Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̀
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chû / chîr / hûi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ce⁵ / cu⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zy
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zr²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cí
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cíh
  - Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²
  - Yale: tsź
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyr
  - Palladius: цы (cy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ci²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: c
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ci⁴
  - Yale: chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬu²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ci²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀
  - Hakka Romanization System: cii^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ci²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ci²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰz̩¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ci¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰz̩¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̀
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû
  - Tâi-lô: tsû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuu
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡su²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîr
  - Tâi-lô: tsîr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûi
  - Tâi-lô: huî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /hui²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²³/

Note:

chû/chîr - literary;
hûi - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: ce⁵ / cu⁵
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshṳ̂ / tshû
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰu⁵⁵/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zy
  - MiniDict: zy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zr²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩¹³/

Middle Chinese: dzij

Rime
Character	瓷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾資切
Baxter	dzij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zi/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zi/
Li Rong	/d͡zi/
Wang Li	/d͡zi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*zli/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瓷
Reading #	1/1
No.	1799
Phonetic component	次
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	茨
Old Chinese	/*zli/
Notes	見漢賦

Definitions

瓷

porcelain; china; chinaware
(of a thing) firm; solid; sturdy

Synonyms

(porcelain): 瓷器 (cíqì), (Min Nan) 瓷仔
(firm):

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堅固／坚固 (jiāngù)
堅實／坚实 (jiānshí)
堅硬／坚硬 (jiānyìng)
扎實
深厚 (shēnhòu) (figurative, of foundations)
牢 (láo)
牢固 (láogù)
牢牢 (láoláo)
牢靠 (láokào)
穩固／稳固 (wěngù)
結實／结实
緊實／紧实 (jǐnshí)
鞏／巩 (gǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
鞏固／巩固 (gǒnggù)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

瓷

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): し (shi)、じ (ji)
Kun: かめ (kame)

Korean

Hanja

瓷 • (ja) (hangeul 자)

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Vietnamese

Han character

瓷: Hán Nôm readings: từ, sứ, tư

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Readings

Nôm: từ

References

Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999