兹

Derived characters

 * (Contains only 兹 )
 * 嗞, 嵫, 稵 (Exception: Only for Chinese character forms. Japanese and Korean forms contain instead)
 * 㽧, 𤮀, 𪑿, 𤂇, 𪇔 (Exception: Only for  character form.  character form contains  instead)
 * 螆 (Exception: Only for character form.  and  character forms contain  while  character form contains  instead)
 * 鰦 (Exception: Only for character form.,  and  character forms contain  instead)
 * 鷀 (Exception: Only for and  character forms.,  and Korean character forms contain  instead)
 * 䈘 (Exception: Only for and  character forms. Korean character form contains  instead)
 * 鶿 (Exception: Only for Chinese and Japanese character forms. Korean character form contains instead)
 * 甆 (Exception: Only for Chinese and Korean character forms. character form contains  instead)
 * 𦔒 (Exception: Only for character form.  character form contains  instead)

Related characters

 * (Preferred form used in Taiwan) - See also its derived characters.
 * ( of  兹 ) - See also its derived characters.

Glyph origin
Unorthodox variant with  as the top component instead of  found in the Ming dynasty orthographic dictionary 《俗書刊誤》.

The earliest known form of this character can be traced back to the 《》 tablet written in.

This character became the orthodox form in mainland China based on the 1965 Table of General Used Chinese Characters for Publishing 《》 where  is promulgated for the first time.

Usage notes

 * This character, 兹 which contains (3 strokes) is the orthodox form used in mainland China.
 * The character 茲 which contains 艹 (grass radical, 4 strokes in ) is the orthodox form used in modern Taiwan.

Glyph origin
of with  instead of doubled  as the top component. Found in the Tang dynasty orthographic dictionary 《》, which lists both 兹 and  as unorthodox forms of.