佘

See also: 余

佘 U+4F58, 佘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F58 ← 佗 [U+4F57] CJK Unified Ideographs 余 → [U+4F59]

Translingual

Han character

佘 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人一一火 (OMMF), four-corner 8090₁, composition ⿱人示)

Derived characters

• 賒(赊) 畲 𪞡 𪶅 𪱡 𦾠 𪠩 𦯬

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 99, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 514
• Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 128, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4F58

Chinese

trad.		佘
simp. #		佘
alternative forms		余 𦯬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (余) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
斜	*lja, *laː
茶	*rlaː
荼	*rlaː, *ɦlja, *l'aː
梌	*rlaː, *l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
搽	*rlaː
塗	*rlaː, *l'aː
佘	*ɦlja
賒	*hljaː
畬	*hljaː, *la
舍	*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
捨	*hljaːʔ
騇	*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
涻	*hljaːs
稌	*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰaːʔ
悇	*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰas, *las
庩	*l̥ʰaː
捈	*l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
途	*l'aː
酴	*l'aː
駼	*l'aː
鵌	*l'aː, *la
涂	*l'aː, *l'a
嵞	*l'aː
峹	*l'aː
筡	*l'aː, *l̥ʰa
蒤	*l'aː
徐	*lja
俆	*lja
敘	*ljaʔ
漵	*ljaʔ
除	*l'a, *l'as
篨	*rla
滁	*rla
蒢	*rla
蜍	*ɦlja, *la
鵨	*hljaː
瑹	*hlja
余	*la
餘	*la
艅	*la
狳	*la
雓	*la
悆	*las

Derived from 余 (yú) and 舍 (shè). The character was differentiated from these two characters around the time of the Han dynasty, possibly a Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɦlja) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 示 (OC *ɡle, *ɢljils).

Etymology

From 余. (Kangxi Dictionary).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shé (She²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Siâ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sia⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shé
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shé
    • Wade–Giles: Shê²
    • Yale: Shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sher
    • Palladius: Шэ (Šɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se⁴
    • Yale: sèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siâ
    • Tâi-lô: Siâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sia²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sia²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sia¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sia²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sia⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sia⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦlja/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佘
Reading #	1/1
No.	15752
Phonetic component	余
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	闍
Old Chinese	/*ɦlja/
Notes	餘晚起分化字， 集韻已作或體

Definitions

佘

1. a surname

   佘賽花／佘赛花  ―  Shé Sàihuā  ―  She Saihua (a legendary heroine from ancient China's Northern Song Dynasty)

Descendants

• → English: She, Sheh, Seah

Japanese

Kanji

佘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しゃ (sha); じゃ (ja)

Korean

Hanja

佘 (eum 사 (sa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

佘: Hán Nôm readings: xa

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References

• Nom Foundation