孜

孜 — ja

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading: 부지런할 자
Romanization: ja
English: be as diligent as possible
Mandarin: zī
Japanese on'yomi: シ
Japanese kun'yomi: つと.める
Japanese usage: Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency: #1,457 of 2,500
Strokes: 7
Radical: 子 (39, 4 residual)
Phonetic component: 子(자)
Unicode: U+5B5C

Parts that make up 孜

子 아들 자sound 포대기에 싸인 아기아이와 자식, 작고 어린 것
攵 variant of 攴 손에 든 막대기치고 때려 시키는 일. 오른쪽에서 攵 으로 쓴다

How 孜 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 孜 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 子, 攴.

Korean example words with 孜

강자江孜 Korean gloss: 중국 티베트 남부, 시짱 자치구(西藏自治區)에 있는 도시. 인도(印度)로 통하는 교통 요충지로, 상업이 발달하였다. ⇒규범 표
자자하다孜孜 Korean gloss: 꾸준하게 부지런하다.
근근자자하다勤勤孜孜 Korean gloss: 매우 부지런하고 꾸준하다
자자영영하다孜孜營營 Korean gloss: 쉬지 아니하고 부지런히 일하다
자자히孜孜히 Korean gloss: 꾸준하게 부지런히

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 孜

孜々しし assiduously; diligently
孜々営々ししえいえい assiduously; with unremitting zeal
孜々としてししとして assiduously; diligently

Characters sharing the phonetic 子

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “자” in Korean.

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Other hanja with radical 子

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