趾

趾	U+8DBE, 趾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DBE

← 趽
[U+8DBD]

CJK Unified Ideographs

趿 →
[U+8DBF]

Translingual

Han character

趾 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口一卜中一 (RMYLM), four-corner 6111₀, composition ⿰⻊止)

toe
tracks, footprints

References

KangXi: page 1222, character 15

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37406

Dae Jaweon: page 1693, character 37

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3691, character 1

Unihan data for U+8DBE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		趾

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (止) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
祉	*kʰlɯʔ
址	*kjɯʔ
止	*kjɯʔ
趾	*kjɯʔ
芷	*kjɯʔ
沚	*kjɯʔ
阯	*kjɯʔ
齒	*kʰjɯʔ
紕	be, pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kjɯʔ) : semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 止 (OC *kjɯʔ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǐ (zhi³)
(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chṳ́
(Meixian, Guangdong): zi³
Jin (Wiktionary): zi²
Min Nan (POJ): chí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐh
  - Wade–Giles: chih³
  - Yale: jř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy
  - Palladius: чжи (čži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi²
  - Yale: jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zi³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sz̩³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zi²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sz̩⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí
  - Tâi-lô: tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕɨ^X/

Rime
Character	趾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	諸市切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨ^X/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiə^X/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭə^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*təʔ/
(Zhengzhang): /*kjɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	趾
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyi^X ›
Old Chinese	/*təʔ/
English	foot, heel, toe
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	趾
Reading #	1/1
No.	17298
Phonetic component	止
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	止
Old Chinese	/*kjɯʔ/
Notes	趾轉註字

Definitions

趾

(anatomy) toe; foot
track; footprint

Compounds

交趾 (Jiāozhǐ)
交趾陶
基趾
大趾 (dàzhǐ)
拇趾 (mǔzhǐ)
敢攀玉趾
步趾
玄趾
玉趾
趾甲 (zhǐjiǎ)

趾骨 (zhǐgǔ)
麟之趾
麟趾呈祥
交趾燒／交趾烧
刖趾適屨／刖趾适屦
削趾適屨／削趾适屦
圓顱方趾／圆颅方趾
大腳趾／大脚趾 (dàjiǎozhǐ)
截趾適屨／截趾适屦

方趾圓顱／方趾圆颅
滅趾／灭趾
繫趾／系趾
腳趾／脚趾 (jiǎozhǐ)
腳趾公／脚趾公
趾氣高揚／趾气高扬
趾紋／趾纹
趾頭／趾头 (zhǐtou)
趾高氣揚／趾高气扬 (zhǐgāoqìyáng)

Japanese

Kanji

趾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

toe

Readings

Go-on: し (shi)
Kan-on: し (shi)
Kun: あしゆび (ashiyubi, 趾); あと (ato, 趾); もと (moto)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
趾
あしゆび Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Noun

趾(あしゆび) • (ashiyubi)

(anatomy) toe

Alternative forms

足(あし)指(ゆび) (ashiyubi), 足(あし)の指(ゆび) (ashi no yubi)

Korean

Hanja

趾 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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Vietnamese

Han character

趾: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ, nhảy

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