稚

See also: 穉 and 推

稚	U+7A1A, 稚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A1A

← 稙
[U+7A19]

CJK Unified Ideographs

稛 →
[U+7A1B]

Translingual

Han character

稚 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹木人土 (HDOG), four-corner 2091₄, composition ⿰禾隹)

Derived characters

𥣽, 䕌, 𱚪, 𥴢

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 855, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25120
Dae Jaweon: page 1280, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2613, character 10
Unihan data for U+7A1A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		稚
alternative forms		稺穉

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'ils) : semantic 禾 (“rice”) + phonetic 屖 (OC *sliːl).

During the Han Dynasty, the 屖 component was commonly substituted with 隹 (zhuī).

Etymology

Related to 遲 (OC *l'il, “slow; late”) (Liu, 1999; Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zi⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zi⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): zi⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): ci⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀ / chṳ̂ / chhṳ̂

(Meixian, Guangdong): ci¹
Jin (Wiktionary): zi³
Northern Min (KCR): cĭ
Eastern Min (BUC): dê
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tī

(Teochew, Peng'im): zin²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zy
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): chr⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
  - Wade–Giles: chih⁴
  - Yale: jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
  - Palladius: чжи (čži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zi⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: z
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi⁶
  - Yale: jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: zi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ci⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩¹¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀ / chṳ̂ / chhṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: cii^ˇ / zii^ˊ / cii^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ci² / zi¹ / ci¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ¹¹/, /t͡sɨ²⁴/, /t͡sʰɨ²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂ / chhṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˊ / cii^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹ / ci¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴/, /t͡sʰɨ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ci¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zi³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sz̩⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛi²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī
  - Tâi-lô: tī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: di
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ti³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ti⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ti²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zin²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsíⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩ⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zy
  - MiniDict: zy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: chr⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁵/

Middle Chinese: drijH

Rime
Character	稚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直利切
Baxter	drijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖji^H/
Li Rong	/ȡji^H/
Wang Li	/ȡi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lrəj-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*l'ils/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	稚
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhì
Middle Chinese	‹ drij^H ›
Old Chinese	/*lrəj-s/
English	young
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	稚
Reading #	1/1
No.	17388
Phonetic component	稚
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	緻
Old Chinese	/*l'ils/
Notes	說文作稺，此疑雉省聲

Definitions

稚

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

稚

(Jōyō kanji)

immature
young

Readings

Go-on: じ (ji)
Kan-on: ち (chi, Jōyō)
Kun: おさない (osanai)、わかい (wakai, 稚い)、いとけない (itokenai, 稚い)

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 稚 (MC drijH). Recorded as Middle Korean 티〯 (thǐ) (Yale: thi) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

稚

Wikisource

稚 (eumhun 어릴 치 (eoril chi))

hanja form^? of 치 (“infantile”)

Compounds

치어 (稚漁, chieo)
치졸 (稚拙, chijol)
치기 (稚氣, chigi)
치수 (稚樹, chisu)
유치 (幼稚, yuchi)
유치원 (幼稚園, yuchiwon)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]