如字

Chinese

		as (if); such as	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (如字)		如	字
simp. #(如字)		如	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄗˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúzìh
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: rú-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rutzyh
    • Palladius: жуцзы (žuczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyo|nyoH dziH

Rime
Character	如	如	字
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	日 (38)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	魚 (22)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	人諸切	人恕切	疾置切
Baxter	nyo	nyoH	dziH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨʌ/	/ȵɨʌH/	/d͡zɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɔ/	/ȵiɔH/	/d͡zɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiɔ/	/ȵʑiɔH/	/d͡zieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨə̆/	/ȵɨə̆H/	/d͡zɨH/
Li Rong	/ȵiɔ/	/ȵiɔH/	/d͡ziəH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭo/	/ȵʑĭoH/	/d͡zĭəH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯wo/	/ȵʑi̯woH/	/d͡zʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rú	rù	zì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4	jyu6	zi6

Phrase

如字

1. (set phrase, largely obsolete) to be pronounced the usual way; to follow a character's typical or conventional reading

Related terms

• 讀若／读若 (dúruò)
• 異讀／异读 (yìdú)
• 破讀／破读 (pòdú)
• 反切 (fǎnqiè)