Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 慈

Modern (Beijing) reading: cí

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒǝ

Classic Old Chinese: ʒǝ

Western Han Chinese: ʒǝ

Eastern Han Chinese: ʒjǝ

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒjɨ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒjɨ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒjɨ

Middle Chinese: ʒjɨ

English meaning : affectionate, loving

Russian meaning[s]: 1) глубокая любовь; ласка; 2) любовь к маленькому (слабому, младшему); материнская любовь; 3) мать; 4) магнит, вм. 磁; 5) Цы (фамилия)

Comments: For *ʒ cf. Xiamen cu², Fuzhou cü² (Chaozhou chɨ² is probably secondary).

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 61

Four-angle index: 8501

Karlgren code: 0966 j

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Cǝ̆

Meaning: love

Chinese: 慈 *ʒ_ǝ affectionate, loving, 字 *ʒ_ǝs to love, fondle.

Tibetan: mʒa to love.

Burmese: (Ben.) ća have tender regard for another.

Kachin: kǝ.31 ča.33 good

Comments: Ben. 28; Bod. 165. STEDT 357-358 *m-dza-k (but note that *ćāk q.v. seems to be a separate root). Cf. also: Tujia tsha.3, Naga *cV, Magar se, Kham ca, Sichuan *ṣV 'good'.

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 1611

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 慈

MC description : 止開三平之從

ZIHUI: 1964 0417

Beijing: chi_ 12

Jinan: chi_ 12

Xi'an: chi_ 12

Taiyuan: chi_ 1

Hankou: chi_ 12

Chengdu: chi_ 12

Yangzhou: chi_ 12

Suzhou: zi_ 12

Wenzhou: zi_ 12

Changsha: ci_ 12

Shuangfeng: ʒi_ 12

Nanchang: chi_ 12

Meixian: chi_ 12

Guangzhou: čhi 12

Xiamen: cu 11

Chaozhou: chi_ 12

Fuzhou: cy 12

Shanghai: zi_ 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: chi_ 12

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