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勢

See also: 势
勢 U+52E2, 勢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52E2
← 勡
[U+52E1] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 勣 →
[U+52E3]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

勢 (radical 19, 力+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土戈大尸 (GIKS), four-corner 45427, composition ⿱埶力)

Derived charactersEdit

Related charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 149, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2422
  • Dae Jaweon: page 336, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 377, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+52E2

ChineseEdit

trad. 勢
simp. 势

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (埶) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
褹 *ŋr'eːds, *ŋeds
勢 *hŋjeds
藝 *ŋeds
囈 *ŋeds
埶 *ŋeds
蓺 *ŋeds
槸 *ŋeds
爇 *ŋʷjed
褻 *sŋed
暬 *sŋed
熱 *ŋjed
槷 *ŋeːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hŋjeds): phonetic 埶 (OC *ŋeds) + semantic 力 (“power”).

EtymologyEdit

Nominalisation of 設 (OC *ŋ̊et, “to set up”), i.e. “that which is set up” (Schuessler, 2007; Baxter and Sagart, 2014). Compare the following quote from Han Feizi:

吾所為言勢者，言人之所設也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.][▼ expand/hide]
吾所为言势者，言人之所设也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Han Feizi, circa 2nd century BCE
Wú suǒ wéi yán shì zhě, yán rén zhī suǒ shè yě. [Pinyin]
The setup (*ŋ̊et-s) of which I am speaking refers to what is set up (*ŋ̊et) by men.

PronunciationEdit

Note:
  • sè - literary;
  • sì - vernacular.
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 勢
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 書 (26)
    Final (韻) 祭 (35)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 舒制切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɕiᴇiH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɕiɛiH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ɕjæiH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ɕiajH/
    Li
    Rong         		/ɕiɛiH/
    Wang
    Li         		/ɕĭɛiH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ɕi̯ɛiH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		shì
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 勢
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		shì
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ syejH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ŋ̊et-s/
    English circumstances, setting

    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 勢
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 15089
    Phonetic
    component         		埶
    Rime
    group         		祭
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		丗
    Old
    Chinese         		/*hŋjeds/

    DefinitionsEdit

    勢

    1. power; force; momentum; influence; authority
    2. outward appearance of something
    3. posture; position; pose; bearing
    4. situation; circumstances; conditions
    5. tendency; trend
    6. male genitals
    7. (mathematics) cardinality

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 勢

    JapaneseEdit

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    勢 • (se) (hangeul 세, revised se, McCune–Reischauer se)

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    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    勢 (thế, thể)

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