舌

See also: 吉, 告, and 吿

舌 U+820C, 舌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-820C ← 舋 [U+820B] CJK Unified Ideographs 舍 → [U+820D]

⾆ U+2F86, ⾆ KANGXI RADICAL TONGUE ← ⾅ [U+2F85] Kangxi Radicals ⾇ → [U+2F87]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• In Traditional Chinese (Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao), this character is written with 干 as the upper component, which is also the historical form found in the Kangxi dictionary.
• In Simplified Chinese, (mainland China and Singapore), Japanese Kanji, Korean Hanja and Vietnamese Nom script, this character is written with 千 as the upper component.

Han character

舌 (Kangxi radical 135, 舌+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹十口 (HJR), four-corner 2060₄, composition ⿱千口(GJKV) or ⿱干口(HT))

1. Kangxi radical #135, ⾆.
2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №46

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/舌
• 佸, 㓉, 咶, 姡, 𡯢, 恬, 括, 活, 狧, 𭥹, 栝, 𣭪, 𤈏, 䏦, 䄆, 𤫵, 甛, 䀨, 秳, 𥚇, 絬, 聒, 𬛥, 𦨯, 蛞, 話(话), 𧵳(䞌), 趏, 䟯, 𨈸, 𮝐, 䣶, 銛(铦), 𬺄, 𩈙, 颳, 餂, 𣽰, 䯏, 𬵏, 𪌩, 𧱳, 𪎾, 𪗽
• 刮, 㔚, 𢼤, 𣁳, 𣢯, 𤭇, 甜, 𬚸, 𫕛, 𫫞, 𮧺, 頢(𬱠), 𫬎, 鴰(鸹), 𭓯, 䒷, 筈, 髺, 䦚, 𡇜, 憩
• 适, 敌 (Simplified from the component 啇)
• 乱, 辞, 𦯠 (Simplified from the component 𤔔)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1006, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30277
• Dae Jaweon: page 1463, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2941, character 1
• Unihan data for U+820C

Chinese

trad.		舌
simp. #		舌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 舌
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (舌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
絬	*sled
舌	*ɡroːd, *ɦbljed

Pictogram (象形) – a forked tongue emerging upwards from a mouth (口).

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/m-l(j)a-t (“tongue”); compare Western Magar मेलेट (melet, “tongue”), Jingpho shinglet (“tongue”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2009). The reconstruction of a complex initial *m(ə)-l- in Old Chinese is based on evidence from the softened initial in Proto-Min as well as Proto-Hmong-Mien *mblet (“tongue”) (Schuessler, 2007; Baxter and Sagart, 2014).

Alternatively, Schuessler (2007), reconstructing the Old Chinese minimally as *m-lat, derives it from 舐 (OC *m-leʔ, “to lick”) + *-t (“nominal suffix for natural objects”), literally “licker”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shé (she²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): se²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sit³ / sit⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): set⁵ / set⁴

• Gan (Wiktionary): set⁷
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sa̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sad⁶

• Jin (Wiktionary): sah⁵
• Northern Min (KCR): ṳè
• Eastern Min (BUC): siĕk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍h / sia̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zih⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸zeq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): she⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shé
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shé
    • Wade–Giles: shê²
    • Yale: shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sher
    • Palladius: шэ (šɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: se²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: se
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sit³ / sit⁶
    • Yale: sit / siht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sit⁸ / sit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xid³ / xid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːt̚³/, /siːt̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: set⁵ / set⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /set̚³²/, /set̚²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: set⁷
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sa̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: sad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sat̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sat̚⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: sah⁵
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /saʔ⁵⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yɛ⁴²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siĕk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cih
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡siʔ⁴³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: sia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siat
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛt̚²⁴/

Note:

• chi̍h - vernacular;
• sia̍t - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zih⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsi̍h
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸zeq
    • MiniDict: zeh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zeq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹²/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: she⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʂɤ̞²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /sɤ̞²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: zyet

Rime
Character	舌
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	薛 (81)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	食列切
Baxter	zyet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑiᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑjæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑiat̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiɛt̚/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sit6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə.lat/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦbljed/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	舌
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shé
Middle Chinese	‹ zyet ›
Old Chinese	/*mə.lat/
English	tongue
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	舌
Reading #	2/2
No.	11220
Phonetic component	舌
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	舌
Old Chinese	/*ɦbljed/

Definitions

舌

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. tongue-shaped object
3. clapper of a bell
4. (Hokkien, figurative) speech; speaking (used in certain expressions)
5. a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 舌頭 (“tongue”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		舌
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		舌頭, 舌
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	舌頭
	Taiwan	舌頭
	Langfang	舌頭
	Chengde	舌頭
	Ulanhot	舌頭
	Tongliao	舌頭
	Chifeng	舌頭
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	舌頭
	Heihe	舌頭
	Qiqihar	舌頭
	Harbin	舌頭
	Jiamusi	舌頭
	Baicheng	舌頭
	Changchun	舌頭
	Tonghua	舌頭
	Shenyang	舌頭
	Jinzhou	舌頭
	Malaysia	舌頭
	Singapore	舌頭
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	舌頭
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	舌頭
	Tangshan	舌頭
	Cangzhou	舌頭
	Baoding	舌頭
	Shijiazhuang	舌頭
	Lijin	舌頭
	Jinan	舌頭
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	舌頭
	Dandong	舌頭
	Yantai	舌頭
	Yantai (Muping)	舌頭
	Qingdao	舌頭
	Zhucheng	舌頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	舌頭
	Lingbao	舌頭
	Jining	舌頭
	Daming	舌頭
	Wanrong	舌頭
	Linfen	舌頭
	Shangqiu	舌頭
	Yuanyang	舌頭
	Zhengzhou	舌頭
	Kaifeng	舌頭
	Xinyang	舌頭
	Baihe	舌頭
	Xi'an	舌頭
	Baoji	舌頭
	Tianshui	舌頭
	Xining	舌頭, 舌
	Xuzhou	舌頭
	Fuyang	舌頭
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	舌頭
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	舌頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	舌頭
	Bayanhot	舌頭
	Lanzhou	舌頭
	Dunhuang	舌頭
	Hami	舌頭
	Ürümqi	舌頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	舌頭兒
	Nanchong	舌頭
	Dazhou	舌頭
	Hanyuan	舌頭兒
	Xichang	舌頭
	Zigong	舌頭
	Chongqing	舌頭兒
	Wuhan	舌頭, 賺頭
	Yichang	舌頭, 賺頭
	Xiangyang	舌頭
	Tianmen	舌頭
	Guiyang	舌頭
	Zunyi	舌頭, 舌條兒
	Bijie	舌頭
	Liping	舌頭, 舌條
	Zhaotong	舌頭
	Dali	舌頭
	Kunming	舌頭
	Mengzi	舌頭
	Guilin	舌頭
	Guilin (Lingui)	舌頭
	Liuzhou	脷錢
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	舌頭
	Nanning (Wuming)	脷錢, 脷
	Jishou	舌頭兒
	Changde	舌子
	Yongzhou	舌頭
	Hanzhong	舌頭
	Kokang	舌頭
	Dagudi (Maliba)	舌頭
	Reshuitang (Longling)	舌頭
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	舌頭
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	舌頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	舌頭
	Yangzhou	舌頭
	Lianyungang	舌頭
	Lianshui	舌頭
	Xinghua	舌頭
	Nantong	舌頭
	Anqing	舌條
	Wuhu	舌條
	Hefei	舌頭
	Huanggang	舌頭
	Hong'an	舌頭, 賺頭
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	舌頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	脷
	Hong Kong	脷
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	脷
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	脷
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	脷
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	脷
	Macau	脷
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	脷
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	脷
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	脷
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	脷
	Foshan	脷
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	脷
	Foshan (Shunde)	脷
	Foshan (Sanshui)	脷
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	脷
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	脷
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	脷
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	脷
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	脷
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	脷
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	脷
	Taishan	脷
	Kaiping (Chikan)	脷
	Enping (Niujiang)	脷
	Heshan (Yayao)	脷
	Dongguan	脷
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	脷
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	脷
	Qingyuan	脷
	Fogang	脷
	Yingde (Hanguang)	脷
	Yangshan	脷
	Lianshan (Butian)	脷
	Shaoguan	脷
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	脷
	Renhua	脷, 舌頭
	Lechang	脷
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	脷
	Sihui	脷
	Guangning	脷, 舌
	Deqing	脷
	Huaiji	舌, 脷
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	舌頭, 舌, 舌脷
	Yunfu	脷
	Xinxing	脷
	Luoding	脷, 脷頭
	Yunan (Pingtai)	脷頭
	Yangjiang	脷
	Xinyi	脷
	Maoming (Xinpo)	脷
	Lianjiang	脷
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	脷
	Nanning	脷錢, 脷
	Nanning (Tanka)	脷錢
	Wuzhou	脷
	Yulin	脷錢
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	脷錢, 舌頭
	Hepu (Shatian)	脷頭, 舌頭
	Guiping	脷錢
	Guiping (Mule)	舌頭
	Pingnan	脷
	Mengshan (Xihe)	舌
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	脷
Guigang (Nanjiang)	脷
Guigang (Pingdong)	脷
Beiliu (Tangliao)	脷錢
Baise	脷錢
Bobai	脷錢
Lingshan	脷
Pubei	脷錢
Qinzhou	脷錢
Beihai	脷錢, 脷, 舌頭
Beihai (Nankang)	舌頭
Beihai (Yingpan)	舌頭
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	脷
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	脷
Ningming	脷錢
Hengzhou	脷
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	舌頭
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	脷
Danzhou	舌頭臉
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	脷
Singapore (Guangfu)	脷
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	脷
Móng Cái	脷
Yangon (Taishan)	脷
Mandalay (Taishan)	脷
Bangkok (Guangfu)	脷
Gan	Nanchang	舌頭
	Lichuan	舌
	Pingxiang	舌頭, 舌子
Hakka	Meixian	舌嫲
	Xingning	舌嫲
	Dabu (Xihe)	舌嫲
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	脷
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	脷
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	脷
	Huiyang	舌嫲
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	脷頭
	Huidong (Daling)	舌嫲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	舌嫲
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	脷
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	脷
	Boluo (Bendihua)	脷, 脷伊
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	舌嫲
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	舌嫲
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	舌嫲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	舌嫲
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	舌嫲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	舌嫲
	Wuhua (Changbu)	舌嫲
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	舌嫲
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	脷
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	舌嫲
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	脷勢, 舌頭, 舌嫲
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	脷頭
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	脷, 脷頭
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	脷
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	舌嫲, 舌脷
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	舌頭
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	舌頭
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	舌脷
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	舌脷
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	舌嫲
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	舌嫲
	Jiexi	舌嫲
	Luhe	舌嫲
	Changting	舌頭
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	舌嫲, 舌子
	Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)	舌頭
	Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)	舌嫲
	Wuping	舌嫲
	Wuping (Pingyu)	舌嫲
	Liancheng	舌頭
	Liancheng (Peitian)	口舌
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	舌
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	舌頭
	Ninghua	舌頭
	Yudu	舌頭, 舌刁
	Ruijin	舌頭
	Shicheng	舌咀
	Shangyou (Shexi)	舌刁
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	舌嫲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	舌嫲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	舌嫲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	舌嫲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	舌嫲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	舌
	Hong Kong	舌嫲
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	脷錢
	Bobai (Shahe)	脷錢
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	舌嫲頭
	Mashan (Pianlian)	舌嫲
	Sabah (Longchuan)	舌嫲
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	舌嫲
Senai (Huiyang)	舌嫲
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	舌嫲
Singkawang	舌嫲
Singapore (Meixian)	舌嫲
Singapore (Dabu)	舌嫲
Bangkok (Meixian)	舌嫲
Bangkok (Fengshun)	舌嫲
Bangkok (Jiexi)	舌嫲
Huizhou	Jixi	口舌
	Shexian	口舌, 嘴舌
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	舌兒
	Xiuning	舌兒
	Yixian	舌
	Qimen	舌條
	Wuyuan	舌頭
	Fuliang	舌條
	Dexing	舌頭
	Shitai (Xianyu)	舌條
Jin	Taiyuan	舌頭
	Pingyao	舌頭
	Yangyuan	舌頭
	Datong	舌頭
	Xinzhou	舌頭
	Lüliang (Lishi)	舌頭
	Changzhi	舌頭
	Taibus (Baochang)	舌頭
	Linhe	舌頭
	Jining	舌頭
	Hohhot	舌頭
	Baotou	舌頭
	Dongsheng	舌頭
	Haibowan	舌頭
	Erenhot	舌頭
	Pingshan	舌頭
	Zhangjiakou	舌頭
	Handan	舌頭
	Linzhou	舌頭
	Suide	舌頭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	舌
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	喙舌
	Zhenghe	舌
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	喙舌
	Wuyishan	舌
	Pucheng (Shibei)	舌
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	喙舌
	Fuzhou (Changle)	喙舌
	Fuqing	喙舌
	Yongtai	喙舌
	Gutian	喙舌
	Fu'an	喙舌
	Ningde	喙舌
	Shouning	喙舌
	Zhouning	喙舌
	Fuding	喙舌
	Matsu	抹老, 舌, 喙舌
Southern Min	Xiamen	舌仔
	Quanzhou	舌仔
	Anxi	喙舌
	Yongchun	喙舌
	Zhangzhou	舌仔
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	舌仔
	Zhao'an	舌
	Dongshan	舌
	Taipei	喙舌
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	喙舌
	Kaohsiung	舌
	Yilan	舌, 喙舌
	Changhua (Lukang)	舌
	Taichung	喙舌
	Taichung (Wuqi)	喙舌
	Tainan	舌
	Taitung	喙舌
	Hsinchu	喙舌
	Kinmen	舌
	Penghu (Magong)	舌
	Penang (Hokkien)	舌
	Singapore (Hokkien)	舌
	Manila (Hokkien)	舌仔
	Longyan	舌仔
	Zhangping	舌
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	舌
	Datian	舌頭
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	舌頭
	Chaozhou	舌
	Shantou	舌
	Shantou (Chenghai)	舌
	Jieyang	舌, 舌囝
	Haifeng	舌
	Bangkok (Teochew)	舌
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	舌
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	舌
	Singapore (Teochew)	舌
	Leizhou	舌
	Wenchang	舌
	Haikou	舌
	Tunchang	舌
	Singapore (Hainanese)	舌
Puxian Min	Putian	喙舌
	Xianyou	喙舌
Central Min	Yong'an	舌
	Sanming (Shaxian)	舌
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	脷
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	舌
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	脷錢
	Nanning (Shajing)	脷錢
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	脷錢
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	舌頭
	Guilin (Chaoyang)	舌子
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	舌頭
Shehua	Fu'an	舌
	Fuding	嘴舌
	Luoyuan	嘴舌
	Sanming	舌
	Shunchang	舌
	Hua'an	舌
	Guixi (Zhangping)	舌
	Cangnan	舌
	Jingning (Hexi)	舌
	Lishui	舌
	Longyou	舌
	Chaozhou	舌
	Fengshun	舌嫲
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	舌頭
Wu	Shanghai	舌頭, 門腔 slang
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	舌頭
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	舌頭
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	舌頭
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	舌頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	舌頭
	Suzhou	舌頭
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	舌頭
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	舌頭
	Wuxi	舌頭
	Changshu	舌頭
	Kunshan	舌頭
	Jiaxing	舌頭
	Changzhou	舌頭
	Liyang	舌頭
	Yixing	舌頭
	Danyang	舌頭
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	舌頭
	Jingjiang	舌頭
	Jiangyin	舌頭
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	舌頭
	Hangzhou	舌頭
	Shaoxing	舌苔
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	舌頭
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	舌頭
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	舌頭
	Ningbo	舌頭
	Yuyao	舌頭
	Taizhou (Huangyan)	口舌
	Wenzhou	口舌
	Quzhou	舌頭
	Jinhua	口舌
	Yongkang	口舌
Xiang	Changsha	舌子
	Loudi	舌子
	Shuangfeng	舌子
	Quanzhou	舌子
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	舌子

Compounds

• 一番口舌
• 一簧兩舌／一簧两舌
• 七嘴八舌 (qīzuǐbāshé)
• 丁嘴鐵舌／丁嘴铁舌
• 三寸之舌
• 三寸舌
• 亂嚼舌頭／乱嚼舌头
• 伶口俐舌
• 佞舌
• 伸舌頭／伸舌头
• 使嘴使舌
• 兩舌／两舌
• 兩面二舌／两面二舌
• 刮舌子
• 劍舌槍脣／剑舌枪唇
• 動舌／动舌
• 半舌音
• 南蠻鴃舌／南蛮𫛞舌 (nánmánjuéshé)
• 卷舌 (juǎnshé)
• 反舌
• 反舌鳥／反舌鸟
• 口乾舌燥／口干舌燥 (kǒugānshézào)
• 口能舌便
• 口舌 (kǒushé)
• 口舌之便
• 口舌之快
• 口舌呆鈍／口舌呆钝
• 合嘴合舌
• 吐舌
• 吐舌頭／吐舌头
• 吞舌
• 告舌
• 咂嘴弄舌
• 咋舌 (zéshé)
• 咬舌
• 咬舌兒／咬舌儿 (yǎoshér)
• 咬舌子 (yǎoshézi)
• 咬舌根
• 咬舌頭／咬舌头
• 啖指咬舌
• 喉舌 (hóushé)
• 嘴嘴舌舌
• 嘴尖舌巧
• 嘴尖舌薄
• 嘵舌／哓舌
• 嘴舌
• 嚼舌 (jiáoshé)
• 嚼舌根
• 嚼舌頭／嚼舌头 (jiáo shétou)
• 墊舌根／垫舌根
• 壓枉造舌／压枉造舌
• 多嘴多舌
• 多嘴擦舌
• 多嘴饒舌／多嘴饶舌
• 大舌頭／大舌头 (dàshétou)
• 大費脣舌／大费唇舌
• 奴脣婢舌／奴唇婢舌
• 如簧之舌
• 婦人長舌／妇人长舌
• 婆子口舌
• 學舌／学舌 (xuéshé)
• 對嘴對舌／对嘴对舌
• 小舌 (xiǎoshé)
• 尖嘴薄舌
• 巧舌
• 巧言舌辯／巧言舌辩
• 帽舌 (màoshé)
• 廣長舌／广长舌
• 弄口鳴舌／弄口鸣舌
• 弄嘴弄舌
• 張儀舌／张仪舌
• 張口結舌／张口结舌 (zhāngkǒujiéshé)
• 張舌騙口／张舌骗口
• 徒廢脣舌／徒废唇舌
• 徒費脣舌／徒费唇舌
• 應嘴應舌／应嘴应舌
• 戳舌
• 拌嘴舌
• 拔舌地獄／拔舌地狱
• 拉舌頭／拉舌头
• 捏舌
• 捏舌頭／捏舌头
• 掉三寸舌
• 掉嘴弄舌
• 掉舌
• 捫舌／扪舌
• 捻舌
• 捲舌元音／卷舌元音
• 接舌子
• 捲舌音／卷舌音 (juǎnshéyīn)
• 捲舌韻母／卷舌韵母
• 掉舌鼓脣／掉舌鼓唇
• 提口拔舌
• 搬口弄舌
• 搖吻鼓舌／摇吻鼓舌
• 搬弄口舌
• 搬脣弄舌／搬唇弄舌
• 搬脣遞舌／搬唇递舌
• 搖脣鼓舌／摇唇鼓舌
• 搖舌／摇舌
• 搗謊駕舌／捣谎驾舌
• 撟舌／挢舌
• 攙話接舌／搀话接舌
• 木舌
• 杜口結舌／杜口结舌
• 杜口絕舌／杜口绝舌
• 枉口拔舌
• 枉費脣舌／枉费唇舌
• 柔舌
• 架舌頭／架舌头
• 油嘴滑舌 (yóuzuǐhuáshé)
• 泛脣泛舌／泛唇泛舌
• 浪舌
• 混嚼舌根
• 滿舌生花／满舌生花
• 火舌 (huǒshé)
• 為民喉舌／为民喉舌
• 煙生喉舌／烟生喉舌
• 爛了舌頭／烂了舌头
• 片口張舌／片口张舌
• 牛舌餅／牛舌饼
• 犁舌獄／犁舌狱
• 犯舌
• 甜嘴蜜舌
• 白話舌兒／白话舌儿
• 百舌 (bǎishé)
• 百舌之聲／百舌之声
• 百靈舌／百灵舌
• 目瞪舌僵
• 瞠目結舌／瞠目结舌 (chēngmùjiéshé)
• 碎嘴碎舌
• 磨舌頭／磨舌头
• 笨口拙舌 (bènkǒuzhuōshé)
• 筆舌／笔舌
• 箝口結舌／箝口结舌
• 糖舌蜜口
• 紅口白舌／红口白舌
• 結舌／结舌 (jiéshé)
• 結舌杜口／结舌杜口
• 緘口結舌／缄口结舌
• 緘舌閉口／缄舌闭口
• 美女破舌
• 翣舌
• 翻脣弄舌／翻唇弄舌
• 翹舌音／翘舌音
• 老婆舌頭／老婆舌头
• 能言舌辯／能言舌辩
• 脣槍舌劍／唇枪舌剑
• 脣槍舌戰／唇枪舌战
• 脣焦舌敝／唇焦舌敝
• 脣舌／唇舌
• 膏脣拭舌／膏唇拭舌
• 舌下神經／舌下神经 (shéxià shénjīng)
• 舌下腺 (shéxiàxiàn)
• 舌人 (shérén)
• 舌劍唇槍／舌剑唇枪 (shéjiànchúnqiāng)
• 舌劍脣槍／舌剑唇枪
• 舌咽神經／舌咽神经 (shéyān shénjīng)
• 舌尖 (shéjiān)
• 舌尖元音
• 舌尖前音 (shéjiānqiányīn)
• 舌尖後音／舌尖后音
• 舌尖邊音／舌尖边音
• 舌尖音 (shéjiānyīn)
• 舌尖鼻音
• 舌弊耳聾／舌弊耳聋
• 舌戰／舌战 (shézhàn)
• 舌敝唇焦
• 舌敝脣焦／舌敝唇焦
• 舌本
• 舌根 (shégēn)
• 舌根音
• 舌根鼻音
• 舌炎 (shéyán)
• 舌狀花／舌状花
• 舌粲蓮花／舌粲莲花
• 舌耕 (shégēng)
• 舌苔 (shétāi)
• 舌葉／舌叶 (shéyè)
• 舌葉音／舌叶音 (shéyèyīn)
• 舌辯之士／舌辩之士
• 舌鋒／舌锋
• 舌門／舌门
• 舌面元音
• 舌面前音
• 舌面如鏡／舌面如镜
• 舌面後音／舌面后音
• 舌面音
• 舌音 (shéyīn)
• 舌頭／舌头 (shétou)
• 舌齒音／舌齿音
• 舔嘴咂舌
• 花嘴花舌
• 花舌 (huāshé)
• 花舌子
• 葉舌／叶舌
• 虛嘴掠舌／虚嘴掠舌
• 西施舌 (Xīshī shé)
• 觸舌／触舌 (tak-chi̍h) (Min Nan)
• 說舌／说舌
• 調嘴學舌／调嘴学舌
• 調嘴弄舌／调嘴弄舌
• 調嘴調舌／调嘴调舌
• 調脣弄舌／调唇弄舌
• 調舌弄脣／调舌弄唇
• 豁口截舌
• 貧嘴惡舌／贫嘴恶舌
• 貧嘴薄舌／贫嘴薄舌
• 貧嘴賤舌／贫嘴贱舌
• 貧嘴餓舌／贫嘴饿舌
• 費口舌／费口舌 (fèi kǒushé)
• 費盡脣舌／费尽唇舌
• 費脣舌／费唇舌
• 賣嘴料舌／卖嘴料舌
• 賣舌／卖舌
• 賣長舌／卖长舌
• 赤口毒舌
• 赤口白舌
• 赤舌燒城／赤舌烧城
• 軟嘴塌舌／软嘴塌舌
• 輕口薄舌／轻口薄舌
• 輕嘴薄舌／轻嘴薄舌
• 辯口利舌／辩口利舌
• 過舌／过舌
• 酒入舌出
• 重舌 (chóngshé)
• 金口木舌
• 金舌弊口
• 釘嘴鐵舌／钉嘴铁舌
• 鉗口吞舌／钳口吞舌
• 鉗口撟舌／钳口挢舌
• 鉗口結舌／钳口结舌
• 長舌／长舌 (chángshé)
• 長舌婦／长舌妇 (chángshéfù)
• 長舌頭／长舌头
• 閉口藏舌／闭口藏舌
• 雀舌
• 雞舌／鸡舌
• 雞舌香／鸡舌香
• 饒舌／饶舌 (ráoshé)
• 饒舌歌曲／饶舌歌曲
• 饒舌調脣／饶舌调唇
• 饕口饞舌／饕口馋舌
• 駟不及舌／驷不及舌
• 騙口張舌／骗口张舌
• 鬧口舌／闹口舌
• 鬧嘴舌／闹嘴舌
• 鴃舌／𫛞舌 (juéshé)
• 鴞心鸝舌／鸮心鹂舌
• 鴨舌帽／鸭舌帽 (yāshémào)
• 鴨舌草／鸭舌草
• 鸚鵡學舌／鹦鹉学舌 (yīngwǔxuéshé)
• 鹹嘴淡舌／咸嘴淡舌
• 鼓脣搖舌／鼓唇摇舌
• 鼓舌 (gǔshé)
• 鼓舌如簧 (gǔshérúhuáng)
• 鼓舌搖脣／鼓舌摇唇
• 齒亡舌存／齿亡舌存
• 齒弊舌存／齿弊舌存
• 齒舌／齿舌
• 齒落舌鈍／齿落舌钝
• 齰舌／𫜬舌
• 龍舌草／龙舌草
• 龍舌蘭／龙舌兰 (lóngshélán)

 

Descendants

• → Proto-Hmong-Mien: *mblet

Etymology 2

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (桰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
咶	*qʰroːds, *qʰroːds, *ɡroːd
話	*ɡroːds
刮	*kroːd
鴰	*kroːd, *koːd
趏	*kroːd, *kʰroːd
舌	*ɡroːd, *ɦbljed
姡	*ɡroːd, *ɡoːd
頢	*ɡroːd, *koːd
括	*koːd
活	*koːd, *ɡoːd
适	*koːd, *kʰoːd
栝	*koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
佸	*koːd, *ɡoːd
髺	*koːd
聒	*koːd
銛	*koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
葀	*koːd
懖	*koːd
筈	*koːd, *kʰoːd
萿	*koːd
蛞	*kʰoːd
闊	*kʰoːd
秳	*ɡoːd

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 舌 – see 𠯑 (“to block the mouth”). (This character is a variant form of 𠯑).

References

• “舌”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

舌

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. tongue
2. reed of a woodwind (musical instrument)
3. clapper of a bell

Readings

• Go-on: ぜち (zechi); ぜつ (zetsu, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せつ (setsu)
• Kun: した (shita, 舌, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 舌(ぜつ)炎(えん) (zetsuen): glossitis
• 舌(ぜつ)音(おん) (zetsuon)
• 舌(ぜっ)下(か) (zekka)
• 舌(ぜっ)禍(か) (zekka)
• 舌(ぜっ)根(こん) (zekkon)
• 舌(した)先(さき) (shitasaki)
• 舌(ぜっ)戦(せん) (zessen)
• 舌(ぜっ)尖(せん) (zessen)
• 舌(ぜっ)苔(たい) (zettai)
• 舌(ぜっ)端(たん) (zettan)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
舌
した Grade: 6
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *sita.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) した [shìtáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɕi̥ta̠]

Noun

舌(した) • (shita) 

1. tongue

   Synonym: べろ (bero)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 舌 (MC zyet).

Recorded as Middle Korean 쎠ᇙ〮 (Yale: ssyelq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Recorded as Middle Korean 설 (sel) (Yale: sel) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [설]

Hanja

Wikisource

舌 (eumhun 혀 설 (hyeo seol))

1. hanja form^? of 설 (“tongue”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 구설수 (口舌數, guseolsu)
• 독설 (毒舌, dokseol)
• 설근 (舌根, seolgeun)
• 설론 (舌論, seollon)
• 설염 (舌炎, seoryeom)
• 설음 (舌音, seoreum)
• 설전 (舌戰, seoljeon)
• 설태 (舌苔, seoltae)
• 악설 (惡舌, akseol)
• 장광설 (長廣舌, janggwangseol)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Kunigami

Kanji

舌

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Kun: しちゃー (shichā, 舌)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕit͡ɕaː/

Noun

舌(しちゃー) (shichā) 

1. tongue

Miyako

Kanji

舌

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Kun: すだ (suda, 舌)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ss̩da/

Noun

舌(すだ) (suda) 

1. tongue

Okinawan

Kanji

舌

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Kun: しちゃ (shicha, 舌)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕit͡ɕa/

Noun

舌(しちゃ) (shicha) 

1. tongue

Vietnamese

Han character

舌: Hán Nôm readings: thiệt, thịt, thĩa, thễ, sễ

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Yaeyama

Kanji

舌

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Kun: しぃたー (sïtā, 舌)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɨta/

Noun

舌(しぃたー) (sïtā) 

1. tongue

Yonaguni

Kanji

舌

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Kun: った (tta, 舌)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˀa/

Noun

舌(った) (tta) 

1. tongue