赤子

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (赤子)		赤	子
Literally: “red child”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chìzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ zi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiak-chír / chhek-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chìzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chìhzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴-tzŭ³
  - Yale: chr̀-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhtzyy
  - Palladius: чицзы (čiczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cek³ zi²
  - Yale: chek jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cég³ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    尺子
    赤子
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiak-chír
  - Tâi-lô: tshiak-tsír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek-chú
  - Tâi-lô: tshik-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhekzuo
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡su⁵³/

Noun

赤子

newborn baby; neonate
- 若保赤子，惟民其康乂。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE
  Ruò bǎo chìzǐ, wéi mín qí kāngyì. [Pinyin]
  (Deal with them) as if you were protecting your own infants, and the people will be tranquil and orderly.
(figurative) person cherishing true love for his native land; the people (of a country)

Synonyms

(newborn baby): 孲／𰌦 (yā); (Hokkien) 赤囝; (Wu) 𤘅孲／𤘅𰌦

Derived terms

潢池赤子
赤子之心 (chìzǐzhīxīn)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
赤	子
あか Grade: 1	こ > ご Grade: 1
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 赤子 – see the following entry.

【あかご】

[noun] baby

Alternative spelling
赤児

(This term, 赤子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
赤	子
せき Grade: 1	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せきし [séꜜkìshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞kʲiɕi]

Noun

赤(せき)子(し) • (sekishi) ^{←せきし (sekisi)^?}

Synonym of あかご (akago, “baby”)
(literary) emperor's citizens
- 玉音放送
  億兆ノ赤子ヲ保シ
  to save the millions of our subjects

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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