Zi:在
在 [zài] at/in/on; 现在 xiànzài now; 存在 cúnzài exist/be; 所在 place/location
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►¹zài* 在 {A} v. ①be at/in/on ‖ Qǐngwèn, Lǎo Wáng ∼ ma? 请问, 老王∼吗? Excuse me, is Old Wang there/here? ②exist; live ‖ Wǒ bàba yǐjing bụ̀∼ le. 我爸爸已经不∼了。 My father has passed away. ③depend on; rest with ◆adv. (indicating an action in progress) ‖ Zuótiān sì diǎn wǒ ∼ yóuyǒng. 昨天四点我∼游泳。 I was swimming at four yesterday. ◆cov. in; at; on; etc. ‖ Wǒ ∼ Běijīng zhù. 我∼北京住。 I live in Beijing. ◆cons. ① ∼ A (zhī)zhōng in (the midst/process of) A ② ∼ A kàn(lai) as A sees it; in A's opinion ‖ ∼ wǒ kànlai ∼我看来 as I see it
The Shuōwén Seal form of 在(扗) zài ‘exist/be on/in/at’ (存在) combines 土 tǔ ‘earth/land’, and 才 cái (phonosemantic).
Older graphs associated with 在 are also assoc. with 才 (cf. 才).
Compare: 栽(𣒭) zài/zāi ‘to plant’; 裁(𧚝) cái ‘cut cloth’.
Compare: 存 cún ‘exist’, in which 在 (abbrev. phonetic).
HDZ: 在 : zài : (甲金) (cf. 才, 存); 存, 存在; 居于, 处于 (cf. 栽); 留在 (某团体), 属于 (某团体); 所在, 处; 由于, 取决于; 在问, 问候; 省视, 观察; 載: 终; 纔 (cái): 数量少; 哉 (zāi): (助词); (副词) 正在 (表示东作、行为的时间); (介词) 于; (助词) 可能, 得; (姓)
►references: Guǎngyùn:274.38,391.09; Wieger:96d; Karlgren:GSR943i; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.418.7; Mathews:6657; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:223.10; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:025.0.05; EDOC:1
►components: 才土
►Cantonese: joih-
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Unicode: U+5728
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