祗

See also: 祇 and 只
祗 U+7957, 祗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7957
← 祖
[U+7956] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 祘 →
[U+7958]

Translingual

Han character

祗 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈火竹心一 (IFHPM) or 戈火竹女戈 (IFHVI), four-corner 32240, composition ⿰礻氐(GHT) or ⿰示氐(JK))

Derived characters
  • 𭉸

Usage notes

Not to be confused with 祇, which looks similar but has a different meaning.

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 841, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24665
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1260, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2394, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7957

Chinese
trad. 祗
simp. # 祗

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (氐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
低 *tiːl
氐 *tiːl, *til
袛 *tiːl
羝 *tiːl
眡 *tiːl, *djilʔ
岻 *tiːl, *dil
奃 *tiːl
趆 *tiːl, *tiːls
柢 *tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls
邸 *tiːlʔ
底 *tiːlʔ
詆 *tiːlʔ, *diːl
坻 *tiːlʔ, *tjelʔ, *dil
抵 *tiːlʔ
牴 *tiːlʔ
觝 *tiːlʔ
弤 *tiːlʔ
軧 *tiːlʔ
骶 *tiːls
砥 *tjelʔ, *tjil, *tjilʔ, *tjils
胝 *til
疷 *til
秪 *til
泜 *dil
蚳 *dil
彽 *dil
阺 *dil
貾 *dil
祗 *tjil
厎 *tjilʔ, *tjɯʔ
茋 *tjilʔ
鴟 *tʰjil
汦 *kjeʔ, *tjil

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjil) : semantic 示 + phonetic 氐 (OC *tiːl, *til).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 祗
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 旨夷切
Baxter tsyij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ɕiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡ɕi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ɕjɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ci/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ɕi/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ɕi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡ɕi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 zi1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 祗
Reading # 1/1
No. 2270
Phonetic
component		 氐
Rime
group		 脂
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 脂
Old
Chinese		 /*tjil/

Definitions

祗

  1. (literary) to respect; to look up to; to revere

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 祗 – see 只 (“only; just; simply; merely; originally; at first; etc.”).
(This character is a variant traditional form of 只).

Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 祗 – see 祇 (“earth spirit; big; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 祇).

References

Japanese

Kanji
祗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. to respect; to look up to
  2. earnestly; just

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 祗 (MC tsyij).

Pronunciation

Hanja

Wikisource 祗 (eumhun 공경(恭敬)할 지 (gonggyeonghal ji))

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Compounds
  • 지명 (祗命, jimyeong)
  • 지배 (祗拜, jibae)
  • 지송 (祗送, jisong)
  • 지수 (祗受, jisu)
  • 지영 (祗迎, jiyeong)
  • 지후 (祗候, jihu)

References
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