U+4ED5, 仕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4ED5

[U+4ED4]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4ED6]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 9, +3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人土 (OG), four-corner 24210, composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 92, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 368
  • Dae Jaweon: page 195, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 112, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4ED5

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character




References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Etymology 1 edit

See "servant, retainer, officer, scholar, gentleman"

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (20)
Final () (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter dzriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʒɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʒieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Li
Rong
/d͡ʒiəX/
Wang
Li
/d͡ʒĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɖ͡ʐʱiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzriX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[m-s-]rəʔ/
English serve

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 11512
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zrɯʔ/

Definitions edit

  1. scholar; official; guardian
  2. to serve in the government
  3. (xiangqi) adviser; guard; minister (on the red side)
  4. a surname

Coordinate terms edit

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

From (denoting one octave lower in Cantonese opera) + (si6).

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

  1. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note an octave below low la (6̣̣).
    Synonym: 𪛘 () (Kunqu)

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC dzriX).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

() (shi (si)?

  1. official, civil service
    ()(いた)
    shi o itasu
    to resign from public office

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
(ateji)
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

() (shi (si)?

  1. Alternative spelling of (shi, continuative of する (suru))
Usage notes edit
  • Used primarily as the first element in verb-verb and verb-noun compounds.

References edit

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

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eumhun 섬길 (seomgil sa))

  1. Hanja form? of (serve; official).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: , sải, sảy, sãi, sẻ, sễ, sẽ, , sẩy, , sõi, sỡi, xảy

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References edit