師
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TranslingualEdit
Han characterEdit
師 (radical 50, 巾+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹口一中月 (HRMLB), four-corner 21727, composition ⿰𠂤帀)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 331, character 35
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8916
- Dae Jaweon: page 637, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 740, character 2
- Unihan data for U+5E2B
ChineseEdit
trad. | 師 | |
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simp. | 师 | |
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Glyph originEdit
Historical forms of the character 師 | |
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Western Zhou | Warring States |
Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions |
Ideogrammic compound (會意): 𠂤 (“mound, hill”) + 帀 – ancient troops were usually stationed at a hill.
Each of the two components can be used as 師 on their own in preclassical scripts. The significance of 帀 is debated.
EtymologyEdit
Starostin derives this word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rij (“many”), cognate with 皆 (OC *kriːj, “all”), 偕 (OC *kriːj, “together with”), as well as Tibetan ཁྲི (khri, “ten thousand”) and Burmese ရဲ (rai:, “police”).
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
師
- (historical, military) division of 2500 soldiers
- (military) division; a large body of troops composing part of an army
- army; troops; armed force
- to dispatch troops; to send troops
- the masses; populace; general public
- (historical) A level of administrative division comprising ten major cities.
- capital city; metropolis
- strategist; military adviser
- leader; chief; commander; head; captain
- teacher; instructor
- master; expert; specialist
- (Min Dong) to be an expert in; adept at; capable
- (Min Dong) Respectful term of address for an expert in a trade or profession.
- (religion) Respectful title for monks, nuns and Taoist priests.
- (historical) musician
- model; example; fine example
- to follow; to imitate; to follow the example of
- “Army” (䷆): the seventh hexagram of the I Ching
- A surname.
SynonymsEdit
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 師
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ReferencesEdit
- “師”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01174
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
師
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
- Nanori: のし (noshi); のり (nori); もろ (moro); かず (kazu); つかさ (tsukasa); みつ (mitsu); もと (moto)
CompoundsEdit
Compounds
Proper nounEdit
- A surname.
KoreanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Chinese 師 (MC ʃˠiɪ). Recorded as Middle Korean ᄉᆞ (Yale: so) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
HanjaEdit
CompoundsEdit
Compounds
ReferencesEdit
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]
VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
- teacher, master
- respectful title for Buddhist monks and Buddhist nuns