磁

磁

磁 U+78C1, 磁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78C1 ← 磀 [U+78C0] CJK Unified Ideographs 磂 → [U+78C2]

Translingual

Han character

磁 (radical 112, 石+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一口廿女戈 (MRTVI), four-corner 1863₂, composition ⿰石兹)

References

• KangXi: page 834, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24364
• Dae Jaweon: page 1251, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2445, character 6
• Unihan data for U+78C1

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		磁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兹) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
糍	*zi
茲	*ʔsɯ, *zɯ
滋	*ʔsɯ
孳	*ʔsɯ, *zɯs
嵫	*ʔsɯ
嗞	*ʔsɯ
鎡	*ʔsɯ
鰦	*ʔsɯ
鶿	*ʔsɯ, *zɯ
稵	*ʔsɯ, *ʔsɯw
螆	*sʰɯs
慈	*zɯ
鷀	*zɯ
磁	*zɯ
礠	*zlɯ
濨	*zlɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zɯ) : semantic 石 (“rock; stone”) + phonetic 兹 (OC *ʔsɯ, *zɯ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cí (ci²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀
• Min Dong (BUC): cṳ̀
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chû / chîr / hûi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ce⁵ / cu⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): zr (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cí
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
    • Wade–Giles: tz'u²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsy
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴
    • Yale: chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci²
    • IPA: /t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̀
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sy⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (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
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zr (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻z̩²³/

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• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*zɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磁
Reading #	1/1
No.	17849
Phonetic component	兹
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	慈
Old Chinese	/*zɯ/
Notes	同礠見山海經

Definitions

磁

1. ^† magnet
2. magnetism
3. Alternative form of 瓷 (cí, “porcelain”).

Compounds

充磁 剩磁 地磁 天然磁鐵／天然磁铁 核磁共振 (hécígòngzhèn) 永久磁鐵／永久磁铁 洋磁 牙磁 白磁 磁偏角 磁傾角／磁倾角 磁力 磁力線／磁力线 磁化 (cíhuà) 磁北極／磁北极 磁區／磁区 磁南極／磁南极 磁卡 (cíkǎ) 磁器 (cíqì)

磁場／磁场 (cíchǎng) 磁學／磁学 磁實／磁实 磁州窯／磁州窑 磁帶／磁带 (cídài) 磁帶機／磁带机 磁性 (cíxìng) 磁性體／磁性体 磁感應／磁感应 磁暴 磁棒 磁極／磁极 (cíjí) 磁浮火車／磁浮火车 磁片 磁石 (císhí) 磁碟 (cídié) 磁碟機／磁碟机 磁碟片 磁磚／磁砖

磁能 磁軌／磁轨 磁軸／磁轴 磁針／磁针 磁鋼／磁钢 磁鐵／磁铁 (cítiě) 磁鐵心／磁铁心 磁鐵礦／磁铁矿 (cítiěkuàng) 磁頭／磁头 (cítóu) 磁體／磁体 (cítǐ) 磁黃鐵礦／磁黄铁矿 細磁／细磁 電磁／电磁 (diàncí) 電磁場／电磁场 (diàncíchǎng) 電磁波／电磁波 (diàncíbō) 電磁灶／电磁灶 電磁爐／电磁炉 (diàncílú) 電磁鐵／电磁铁 (diàncítiě) 靜磁力／静磁力

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Japanese

Kanji

磁

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. magnet

Readings

• Go-on: じ (ji, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: じしゃく (jishaku); やきもの (yakimono, 磁)

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Korean

Hanja

磁 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)

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Vietnamese

Han character

磁 (từ)

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