Character: 茨
Modern (Beijing) reading: cí
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)ij
Classic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)ij
Western Han Chinese: ʒ(h)jǝj
Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ(h)jǝj
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)jij
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)jij
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)ji
Middle Chinese: ʒji
English meaning : puncture-vine (Tribulus terrestris)
Comments: Also used for a homonymous *ʒ(h)ij 'to pile up, thatch a roof'.
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0555 i
Shijing occurrences: 46.1, 46.2, 46.3
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