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司

司 U+53F8, 司
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53F8
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[U+53F7] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 叹 →
[U+53F9]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 
Stroke order
 

Han character

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司 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸一口 (SMR), four-corner 17620, composition ⿹𠃌𠮛)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 174, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3257
  • Dae Jaweon: page 385, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 572, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+53F8

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 司
alternative forms 𤔲

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 司
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       
Characters in the same phonetic series (司) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
司 *slɯ
伺 *slɯ, *slɯs
覗 *slɯ, *slɯs
笥 *slɯ, *slɯs
詞 *ljɯ
祠 *ljɯ
柌 *ljɯ
嗣 *ljɯs
孠 *ljɯs
飼 *ljɯs
呞 *hljɯ

Unknown.

Shuowen: 后 flipped.

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *zə; cognate with Proto-Kukish *ca, Mru caŋ (“to do; to make”), and Tibetan མཛད (mdzad, “to do; to act”), མཛོད (mdzod), possibly also related to བཟོ (bzo, “work, labour”) (Schuessler, 2007). Schuessler disputes Löffler's (1966) proposed connection of these cognates to 作 (OC *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡ, “to do, work, make”) due to phonological difficulties.

Unger (1984) posits a possible relationship with Tibetan རྫི་པོ (rdzi po, “herdsman”).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • sir/su/si (Jinjiang, Philippines) - literary;
  • si/sai - vernacular.
Rime
Character 司
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 息兹切
Baxter si
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/sɨ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/sɨ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/sɨ/
Li
Rong 		/siə/
Wang
Li 		/sĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/si/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		sī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		si1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 司
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		sī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ si ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-lə/
English superintend

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 司
Reading # 1/1
No. 11951
Phonetic
component 		司
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		思
Old
Chinese 		/*slɯ/

Definitions

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司

  1. to take charge of; to control; to manage
  2. officer; official
  3. a surname

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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司

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. an official, a director, a boss

Readings

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Compounds

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Compounds

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
司
つかさ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 司 – see the following entry.
【つかさ】
[noun] 阜, 司: a small hill
Alternative spelling
阜
(This term, 司, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
司
まもる
Grade: 4
nanori

Proper noun

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司(まもる) • (Mamoru) 

  1. a male given name

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
司
みこともち
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 司 – see the following entry.
【みこともち】
[noun] (archaic, possibly obsolete, historical) in ancient Japan prior to the Taika Reform, a governor appointed by the emperor to carry out imperial policies in the provinces
Alternative spelling
宰
(This term, 司, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja

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司 (eum 사 (sa))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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司: Hán Nôm readings: ti, tư, tơ

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