Wiktionary

嗇

See also: 啬
嗇 U+55C7, 嗇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55C7
← 嗆
[U+55C6] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嗈 →
[U+55C8]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

嗇 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土人田口 (GOWR), four-corner 40601, composition ⿱⿻土从回)

Derived characters edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 202, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4053
  • Dae Jaweon: page 424, character 32
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 665, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+55C7

Chinese edit

trad. 嗇
simp. 啬
alternative forms 𠻮
𠾂
𤲝
𤲷
𤳋

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 嗇
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 (嗇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
濇 *srɯb, *srɯɡ
嗇 *srɯɡ
穡 *srɯɡ
薔 *zaŋ, *srɯɡ
轖 *srɯɡ
繬 *srɯɡ
嬙 *zaŋ, *srɯɡ
懎 *srɯɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 來 + 㐭.

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character 嗇
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 蒸 (134)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 所力切
Baxter srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʃɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʃɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʃiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʂik̚/
Li
Rong 		/ʃiək̚/
Wang
Li 		/ʃĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		she
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sik1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 嗇
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		sè
Middle
Chinese 		‹ srik ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s.rək/
English reap

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 嗇
Reading # 1/1
No. 10992
Phonetic
component 		嗇
Rime
group 		職
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		色
Old
Chinese 		/*srɯɡ/
Notes 象禾來之積，來亦聲

Definitions edit

嗇

  1. Original form of 穡／穑 (sè).
    1. to reap
    2. farming; farm labour

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • sah4 - vernacular;
  • seh4 - literary.
Note:
  • Taiwan:
    • sek - literary;
    • siah - vernacular.
Rime
Character 嗇
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 蒸 (134)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 所力切
Baxter srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʃɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʃɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʃiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʂik̚/
Li
Rong 		/ʃiək̚/
Wang
Li 		/ʃĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		she
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sik1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嗇
Reading # 1/1
No. 10992
Phonetic
component 		嗇
Rime
group 		職
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		色
Old
Chinese 		/*srɯɡ/
Notes 象禾來之積，來亦聲

Definitions edit

嗇

  1. (obsolete) to cherish
  2. (obsolete) to save; to conserve; to not waste
  3. miserly; thrifty; stingy
  4. (obsolete) to covet
  5. (obsolete) to lack; to be insufficient
  6. (rare) to have a poor harvest
  7. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) silent and not speaking; not disclosing anything
  8. ：佯嗇嗇／佯啬啬 [Hokkien]  ―  tèⁿ sek sek [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to pretend not to know
  9. a surname
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 吝嗇 (“stingy; miserly”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 吝, 嗇, 慳, 吝嗇, 慳吝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 吝嗇, 小氣, 慳吝
Mandarin Beijing 小氣, 摳, 摳兒, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 死摳兒, 摳搜, 摳唆, 嗇刻
Tianjin 摳兒, 摳門兒, 摳唆, 死摳兒, 窮摳兒
Langfang 摳
Chengde 摳兒
Tangshan 摳惜
Cangzhou 摳兒
Baoding 摳, 窮摳
Shijiazhuang 摳, 老摳兒
Daming 老摳兒
Chifeng 吝嗇, 摳兒
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 小摳兒, 小氣
Heihe 吝嗇, 摳, 摳門兒, 小摳兒
Qiqihar 吝嗇, 摳, 摳門兒
Harbin 摳, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 摳搜, 小氣, 夾夾咕咕, 玍屄
Baicheng 吝嗇, 摳
Changchun 小摳
Tonghua 摳門兒
Shenyang 吝嗇, 小摳, 摳
Dandong 吝嗇, 摳, 小摳兒
Jinzhou 吝嗇, 摳, 摳搜, 渠
Dalian 黑饞
Yantai 摳, 奸
Yantai (Muping) 摳, 摳搜
Qingdao 奸, 拤古
Lijin 摳, 不出息
Zhucheng 拤古
Jinan 摳, 摳門兒, 小氣
Jining 摳
Luoyang 摳唆, 小氣, 吝嗇
Wanrong 摳, 小氣
Shangqiu 摳, 老鱉一
Yuanyang 摳兒
Zhengzhou 摳, 尖
Lingbao 吝嗇, 嗇皮
Xinyang 尖
Baihe 嗇皮
Hanzhong 嗇皮
Xi'an 小氣, 嗇, 吝嗇, 嗇皮, 摳
Baoji 嗇皮
Yinchuan 摳搜, 薄嗇, 嗇, 小氣
Tianshui 吝嗇
Lanzhou 摳搜, 嗇皮, 嗇, 小氣
Dunhuang 嗇
Xining 摳, 摳皮, 細詳, 搜, 小氣
Hami 摳
Ürümqi 摳, 摳搜, 嗇皮, 小氣
Wuhan 吝嗇, 摳, 慳, 小氣
Yichang 吝嗇, 嗇, 小氣
Xiangyang 吝嗇, 雀薄
Tianmen 吝嗇
Hong'an 小氣, 慳, 刻薄
Chengdu 摳, 小氣, 夾, 苟, 嗇, 坎
Nanchong 吝嗇, 摳
Hanyuan 嗇
Xichang 嗇, 坎
Zigong 吝嗇, 摳
Chongqing 吝嗇, 夾, 財, 老默, 摳
Guiyang 摳, 夾摳, 夾殼, 小氣
Zunyi 摳, 夾殼兒
Bijie 夾摳, 夾殼
Liping 吝嗇, 摳, 小氣
Zhaotong 小氣
Dali 尖鉤鉤
Kunming 吝嗇, 小氣, 秀, 秀氣郎當
Mengzi 摳
Guilin 摳
Guilin (Lingui) 吝嗇
Liuzhou 吝嗇, 摳, 沙, 小氣
Liuzhou (Luorong) 吝嗇
Jishou 摳
Changde 摳
Anqing 摳
Xuzhou 搜, 摳, 搜摳兒, 搜摳, 搜屄摳兒, 薄氣, 不出血
Fuyang 吝嗇, 摳, 尖
Wuhu 摳, 尿
Yangzhou 摳, 小氣, 嗇掐, 嗇苛, 嗇, 吝嗇
Lianyungang 吝嗇, 免頭
Lianshui 小氣
Nanjing 摳, 嗇, 小氣, 尿日鬼
Hefei 摳, 小氣, 算小
Nantong 小氣, 嗇掐
Malaysia 吝嗇
Singapore 吝嗇
Cantonese Guangzhou 孤寒, 慳濕, 度縮, 眼緊, 縮骨, 麻米, 細囈, 小氣, 知微
Hong Kong 孤寒, 度縮, 縮骨
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 孤寒
Macau 孤寒
Guangzhou (Panyu) 孤寒
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 孤寒
Guangzhou (Conghua) 孤寒
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 孤寒
Foshan 孤寒
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 孤寒
Foshan (Shunde) 孤寒
Foshan (Sanshui) 孤寒
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 孤寒
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 孤寒
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 孤寒
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 孤寒
Zhuhai (Doumen) 孤寒
Jiangmen (Baisha) 孤寒
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 孤寒
Taishan 孤寒, 針屎
Kaiping (Chikan) 孤寒, 針屎
Enping (Niujiang) 耳屎, 孤寒
Heshan (Yayao) 孤寒
Dongguan 孤寒, 縮骨
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 孤寒
Qingyuan 孤寒
Fogang 孤寒
Yingde (Hanguang) 孤寒
Yangshan 孤寒
Lianshan (Butian) 慳
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 孤寒
Shaoguan 孤寒
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 孤寒
Renhua 孤寒
Lechang 孤寒
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 孤寒
Sihui 孤寒
Guangning 孤寒
Deqing 孤寒
Huaiji 孤寒
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 孤寒
Yunfu 孤寒
Xinxing 孤寒
Luoding 孤寒
Yunan (Pingtai) 孤寒
Yangjiang 孤寒, 小格
Xinyi 孤寒
Lianjiang 小氣, 慳嗇
Nanning 孤寒, 小氣
Wuzhou 孤寒
Beiliu (Tangliao) 慳
Lingshan 慳
Pubei 慳
Beihai 慳濕, 孤寒
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 孤寒
Danzhou 細氣
Singapore (Guangfu) 孤寒
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 小氣
Móng Cái 孤寒
Gan Nanchang 嗇, 小氣
Lichuan 慳吝, 小氣
Pingxiang 肋嗇, 嗇魔, 小氣
Hakka Meixian 齧, 齧察, 歪, 孤寒, 皮西艾曬, 唆嗇, 淒老
Xingning 歪
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 孤寒, 蔑屑
Huidong (Daling) 小氣, 孤寒
Dongguan (Qingxi) 孤寒
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 孤寒
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 孤寒
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 孤寒
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 孤寒
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 孤寒
Changting 癄
Wuping 齧
Wuping (Pingyu) 歪, 齧察
Ninghua 精
Yudu 小氣, 小相
Ruijin 小氣
Shangyou (Shexi) 精, 小氣
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 齧, 齧察, 鹹合澀, 鹹澀
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 齧, 齧察, 齧唧, 鹹合澀, 鹹澀
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 齧, 齧察, 齧合澀, 澀齧
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 齧, 齧察, 鹹合澀
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 齧察, 齧合澀
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 硞, 虯, 鹹合澀
Luchuan (Daqiao) 摳
Beiliu (Tang'an) 小氣
Huizhou Jixi 小毛, 小氣, 小鬼
Shexian 小氣, 吃小米
Jin Taiyuan 小氣, 摳索, 吝嗇
Pingyao 摳, 小氣
Yangyuan 吝嗇, 摳, 磨慳, 慳
Datong 吝嗇, 摳
Xinzhou 鬼祟, 小氣
Lishi 摳
Linfen 摳
Changzhi 摳, 慳, 摳搜
Linhe 憋, 缺
Jining 摳
Hohhot 小氣
Erenhot 摳, 小氣
Pingshan 摳唆
Zhangjiakou 摳門兒, 摳, 吝嗇
Handan 小氣, 摳兒門兒, 摳兒, 嗇結頭
Linzhou 摳
Suide 嗇
Northern Min Jian'ou 嗇鄙, 小癖氣
Songxi 小氣
Zhenghe 嗇鄙
Jianyang 嗇鄙
Wuyishan 嗇
Pucheng (Shibei) 嗇
Eastern Min Fuzhou 貽順, 奸狡, 奸狡利, 小氣
Fuqing 小氣, 𣍐捨, 奸小利
Southern Min Xiamen 枵鬼, 譴相, 小鄙臉, 貓, 貓神, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 貓潲 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 雞孫, 凍霜, 攝屎, 鄙釐, 虯, 竭, 𣍐做儂
Quanzhou 枵鬼, 譴相, 貓, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 貓潲 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 雞孫, 捻𡳞 vulgar, 捻, 鄙釐, 虯, 𣍐做儂
Zhangzhou 枵鬼, 小鬼臉, 㾀屎庀 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹澀韌, 蟯, 蟯鬼, 蟯疕, 桶庀, 鄙釐, 毛絲, 虯, 𣍐做儂, 雞攝膣, 攝雞膣, 攝屎, 𠢕儉
Zhangpu 枝釐
Yunxiao 夾絲
Taipei 牛螕, 凍霜, 鹹澀
Taipei (Wanhua) 凍霜
New Taipei (Tamsui) 凍霜, 鹹澀, 牛螕, 孤獨
New Taipei (Sanxia) 牛螕, 苛頭, 凍霜, 鹹澀
New Taipei (Pingxi) 孤霜, 㾀屎
Kaohsiung 牛螕, 凍霜, 鹹澀, 硞
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 凍霜, 硞
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭, 硞, 虯
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭, 硞, 虯
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 凍霜, 苛頭
Yilan 凍霜, 貓筩, 鹹澀, 虯
Changhua (Lukang) 虯, 凍霜, 硞, 鹹澀
Taichung 凍霜, 硞, 硞仔頭
Taichung (Wuqi) 凍霜
Tainan 虯, 苛頭, 凍霜, 硞, 鹹澀
Tainan (Anping) 凍霜, 鹹澀, 硞, 虯
Taitung 凍霜
Hsinchu 凍霜, 鹹澀, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹
Kinmen 凍霜, 孤霜, 鹹澀
Penghu (Magong) 凍霜, 孤霜, 鹹澀, 牛螕, 虯
Penghu (Xiyu) 孤獨, 凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭
Penang (Hokkien) 鹹澀, 鹹
Singapore (Hokkien) 枵鬼, 貓, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 貓潲 vulgar, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar
Manila (Hokkien) 鹹澀, 鹹, 汌, 貓潲 vulgar
Longyan 挾潲
Datian 澀鼻
Chaozhou 鹹澀
Shantou 鹹澀
Jieyang 鹹澀, 酸澀, 迡噝, 奸狡, 鼠鬼相
Singapore (Teochew) 鹹澀, 貓
Leizhou 慳, 慳嘜, 刻目, 刺麻
Wenchang 鹹澀, 細氣
Haikou 鹹澀
Singapore (Hainanese) 鹹澀, 鹹
Puxian Min Putian 鹹澀
Xianyou 鹹澀
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 孤寒
Sanxiang 孤寒, 孽屎
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 小氣, 小相
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Chaoyang) 小氣
Guilin (Zhuyuan) 吝嗇
Lingchuan (Tanxia) 小氣
Wu Shanghai 小氣, 密屑, 賅刁, 摳, 刮皮, 酷, 刁, 勿爽氣
Shanghai (Chongming) 小氣
Suzhou 小氣, 算小, 掐
Wuxi 小氣, 嗇
Changzhou 小氣
Danyang 嗇掐, 小氣
Hangzhou 小氣, 精馬, 精巴
Ningbo 小氣, 刮皮
Wenzhou 小氣, 貓, 吃不得
Jinhua 小氣, 刻嗇, 貓涴
Xiang Changsha 吝毛, 小氣, 摳, 疜
Loudi 小相
Shuangfeng 小氣
Quanzhou 吝嗇
Guanyang (Wenshi) 小相

Compounds edit

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character 嗇
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 蒸 (134)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 所力切
Baxter srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʃɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʃɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʃiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʂik̚/
Li
Rong 		/ʃiək̚/
Wang
Li 		/ʃĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		she
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sik1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嗇
Reading # 1/1
No. 10992
Phonetic
component 		嗇
Rime
group 		職
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		色
Old
Chinese 		/*srɯɡ/
Notes 象禾來之積，來亦聲

Definitions edit

嗇

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 濇／涩 (sè, “not smooth; not flowing”)

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

嗇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. lowly
  2. the country
  3. the countryside
  4. be countrified

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

嗇 • (akkil saek/geodul saek) (hangeul 아낄 색/거둘 색, revised saek, McCune–Reischauer saek)

  1. miserly, thrifty, stingy
  2. stopped up, constipated

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

嗇: Hán Nôm readings: sắc

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Compounds edit

References edit

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