式

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 弋 + semantic 工 (“work”)

Pronounced something like *l̥ək in Old Chinese; compare with 弋 *lək. See also 代.

Han character

式 (radical 56 弋+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈心一 (IPM), four-corner 4310₀, composition ⿹弋工)

1. style, system, formula, rule

References

• KangXi: page 355, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9663
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 558, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5F0F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

式 (Yale sik1)

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Japanese

Kanji

式 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: しき (shiki), しょく (shoku)
• Kun: のり (nori), のっとる (nottoru)

Noun

式 (hiragana しき, romaji shiki)

1. type, style
2. formula
3. ceremony, ritual, function

Suffix

式 (hiragana しき, romaji -shiki)

1. ceremony
2. formula, expression
3. style

Compounds

式次 式辞 式日 式典

式服 式神 儀式 株式

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Korean

Hanja

式 (hangeul 식, revised sik, McCune-Reischauer sik, Yale sik)

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Mandarin

Noun

式 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shì)

1. type; style; fashion
2. formula
3. (grammar) mood; mode

   叙述式 indicative mood

Compounds

• trad. 式樣, simpl. 式样
• 式子
• 儀式, 仪式

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Middle Chinese

Han character

式 (shiək)

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Vietnamese

Han character

式 (thức, sức)