咨

See also: 諮 and 谘

咨 U+54A8, 咨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54A8 ← 咧 [U+54A7] CJK Unified Ideographs 咩 → [U+54A9]

Translingual

Han character

咨 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈人口 (IOR) or 一人口 (MOR), four-corner 3760₈, composition ⿱次口)

Derived characters

• 㮞 諮(谘) 䠖 趦 𡟔 𢱆 𤦿 𥚭 𥻓 𨍢 𨩲 𩜴 𫙩 𡃭 𡕆 𡄻 𣯃 𭉊

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 186, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3538
• Dae Jaweon: page 405, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 621, character 4
• Unihan data for U+54A8

Chinese

trad.		咨/諮
simp.		咨/谘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 咨
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 口 (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zī (zi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chir / chu
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsy

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• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir
    • Tâi-lô: tsir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
    • Tâi-lô: tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zw
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsy
    • MiniDict: tsy^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsij

Rime
Character	咨
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	咨
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zī
Middle Chinese	‹ tsij ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ij/
English	consult; plan (v.)
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	咨
Reading #	1/1
No.	1785
Phonetic component	次
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	咨
Old Chinese	/*ʔsli/

Definitions

咨

1. to consult
2. official document
3. an interjection used to indicate appreciation

   • 咨爾多士，為民前鋒； [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     咨尔多士，为民前锋； [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1924, Sun Yat-Sen, National Anthem of the Republic of China

     Zī ěr duō shì, wèi mín qiánfēng; [Pinyin]

     Lead on, comrades, vanguards ye are.

4. to sigh
5. Alternative form of 資 / 资 (zī)
6. Alternative form of 茲 / 兹
7. Alternative form of 齜 / 龇 (zī)

Compounds

• 咨呈
• 咨咨
• 咨嗟 (zījiē)
• 咨文 (zīwén)
• 咨牙倈嘴 / 咨牙俫嘴
• 咨訪 / 咨访
• 咨請 / 咨请
• 嚌咨 / 哜咨
• 國情咨文 / 国情咨文 (Guóqíng Zīwén)
• 怨咨
• 疇咨之憂 / 畴咨之忧
• 諮商 / 谘商 (zīshāng)
• 諮議局 / 谘议局 (Zīyìjú)

Japanese

Kanji

咨

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: はかる (hakaru, 咨る)

Korean

Hanja

咨 (eum 자 (ja))

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Vietnamese

Han character

咨: Hán Nôm readings: tư, ti

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References

• Nom Foundation