Wiktionary

璽

See also: 玺
璽 U+74BD, 璽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-74BD
← 璼
[U+74BC] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 璾 →
[U+74BE]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

璽 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 一月一土戈 (MBMGI), four-corner 10103, composition ⿱爾玉)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 744, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21309
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1153, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1144, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+74BD

Chinese edit

trad. 璽
simp. 玺
alternative forms 壐／𱖚
鈢
鉨／鿭
鉩
𤫆

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (爾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
嬭 *rneːlʔ, *niːlʔ
禰 *niːlʔ
镾 *niːlʔ, *mnel
薾 *niːlʔ
檷 *niːlʔ
鑈 *niːlʔ, *neːb
瀰 *niːlʔ, *mnel, *mnelʔ
獼 *mnel
瓕 *mnel
彌 *mnel
鸍 *mnel, *hnjel
擟 *mnel
濔 *mnelʔ
壐 *smlelʔ
璽 *smlelʔ
爾 *njelʔ
邇 *njelʔ
獮 *smlenʔ
籋 *neb, *neːb

From 壐／𱖚. Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *smlelʔ) : phonetic 爾 (OC *njelʔ) + semantic 玉 (“jade”).

Pronunciation edit

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 璽
Mandarin Beijing /ɕi²¹⁴/
Harbin /ɕi²¹³/
Tianjin /ɕi¹³/
Jinan /ɕi⁵⁵/
Qingdao /si⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /si⁵³/
Xi'an /ɕi²¹/
Xining /ɕi⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕi⁵³/
Lanzhou /ɕi⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /ɕi⁵¹/
Wuhan /ɕi⁴²/
Chengdu /ɕi⁵³/
Guiyang /ɕi⁴²/
Kunming /ɕi⁵³/
Nanjing /si²¹²/
Hefei /sz̩²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕi⁵³/
Pingyao
Hohhot /ɕi⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /ɕi³⁵/
Suzhou /si⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ɕi⁵³/
Wenzhou /sei³⁵/
Hui Shexian /si³⁵/
Tunxi /ɕi³¹/
Xiang Changsha /si⁴¹/
Xiangtan /si⁴²/
Gan Nanchang /ɕi²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /sai³¹/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /sɐi³⁵/
Nanning /ɬɐi³⁵/
Hong Kong /sɐi³⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /su⁵³/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /sɛ³²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /sai²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /si⁵³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /mi³¹/
Rime
Character 璽
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 斯氏切
Baxter sjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/siᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/siɛX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sjɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/siə̆X/
Li
Rong 		/sieX/
Wang
Li 		/sǐeX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/sie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		sǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		si2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 璽
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xǐ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sjeX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s.[n]e[r]ʔ/
English seal (n.)

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 璽
Reading # 1/1
No. 2815
Phonetic
component 		爾
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		徙
Old
Chinese 		/*smlelʔ/
Notes 同壐籀文

Definitions edit

璽

  1. (historical) imperial seal; royal seal

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

璽

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. the imperial seal or sigil
  2. a symbol of imperial status

Readings edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Chinese 璽 (MC sjeX). Compare modern Mandarin 璽／玺 (xǐ).

The reading changed from an initial borrowing of shi [ɕi] to the current reading of ji [d͡ʑi].

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

璽(じ) • (ji) 

  1. a seal or sigil carved into a jewel
  2. more specifically, such a seal belonging to the Chinese emperor of the Qin Dynasty or later, or belonging to the Japanese emperor
  3. 八尺瓊曲玉 (​Yasakani no Magatama), the jewel that is one of the three sacred treasures comprising the Imperial Regalia of Japan
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Derived terms

Etymology 2 edit

Noun derived from the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) shirushi of verb 印す (shirusu, “to stamp with a seal or sigil; to mark or brand”).[1][2]

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

璽(しるし) • (shirushi) 

  1. the emperor's personal seal or sigil or the national seal or sigil used for state business
  2. the mark made by such a seal or sigil
  3. 八尺瓊勾玉 (​Yasakani no Magatama), one of the sacred treasures comprising the Imperial Regalia of Japan
  4. all three of the sacred treasures
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Derived terms

Etymology 3 edit

Compound of 御 (mi-, honorific prefix) +‎ 璽 (shirushi, “imperial mark, seal, or sigil”).[1][2]

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [mʲiɕiɾɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun edit

璽(みしるし) • (mishirushi) 

  1. a mark or seal indicating imperial status
  2. a sacred item indicating imperial status
  3. the emperor's personal seal or sigil
Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Etymology edit

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading. The original reading is 사 (sa) based on Middle Chinese 璽 (MC sjeX).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᄉᆞᆼ〯 (Yale: sǒ)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2] 인〮 (Yale: ín) ᄉᆞ〯 (Yale: sǒ)

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

璽 (eumhun 도장 새 (dojang sae))

  1. Hanja form? of 새 (“royal seal”). [noun]

Compounds edit

Compounds

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

璽: Hán Nôm readings: tỉ, tỷ

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