Wiktionary

辭

See also: 詞, 辞, 辝, and 辤
辭 U+8FAD, 辭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FAD
← 辬
[U+8FAC] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 辮 →
[U+8FAE]

Translingual edit

Japanese 辞
Simplified 辞
Traditional 辭

Han character edit

辭 (Kangxi radical 160, 辛+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 月月卜廿十 (BBYTJ), four-corner 20241, composition ⿰𤔔辛)

Derived characters edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1252, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38671
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1732, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4043, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+8FAD

Chinese edit

trad. 辭
simp. 辞
alternative forms
 
𤔲
辤
辞
𤔧
辝
𤔲
辤
辞
𤔧
辝
𨐲

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 辭
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     
Characters in the same phonetic series (辭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
辤 *ljɯ
辭 *ljɯ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 𤔔 + 辛.

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • sîr/sû - literary;
  • sî - vernacular.
Note: se5 - diction, phraseology (in 修辭, 講辭).
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 辭
Mandarin Beijing /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
Harbin /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/
Tianjin /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁵/
Jinan /t͡sʰz̩⁴²/
Qingdao /t͡sʰz̩⁴²/
Zhengzhou /t͡sʰz̩⁴²/
Xi'an /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/
Xining /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/
Lanzhou /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/
Ürümqi /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡sʰz̩²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡sʰz̩³¹/
Guiyang /t͡sʰz̩²¹/
Kunming /t͡sʰz̩²¹²/
Nanjing /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/
Hefei /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /sz̩¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡sʰz̩¹³/
/sz̩¹³/
Hohhot /t͡sʰz̩³¹/
Wu Shanghai /zz̩²³/
Suzhou /zz̩¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡zz̩²¹³/
Wenzhou /zz̩³¹/
Hui Shexian /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/
Tunxi /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /t͡sz̩¹³/
Xiangtan /d͡zz̩¹²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰz̩¹¹/
Taoyuan /t͡sʰï¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰi²¹/
Nanning /t͡sʰz̩²¹/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰi²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /su³⁵/
/si³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /sy⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡su²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /sɯ⁵⁵/
/si⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ti³¹/ ～別
/si³¹/ ～典
Rime
Character 辭
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 似兹切
Baxter zi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/zɨ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/zɨ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/zie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/zɨ/
Li
Rong 		/ziə/
Wang
Li 		/zĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/zi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		sí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ci4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 辭
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		cí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ zi ›
Old
Chinese 		/*sə.lə/
English words

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 辭
Reading # 1/1
No. 1684
Phonetic
component 		辭
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		詞
Old
Chinese 		/*ljɯ/

Definitions edit

辭

  1. diction; phraseology; speech; words
    See also: 詞
    修辭／修辞  ―  xiūcí  ―  rhetoric ("refinement of speech")
    辭書／辞书  ―  císhū  ―  dictionary; wordbook
  2. Ci (a form of classical poetry)
    《楚辭》／《楚辞》  ―  “Chǔcí”  ―  Verses of Chu
  3. (obsolete) legal statement; deposition; testimony; confession
  5. to depart; to take one's leave
    告辭／告辞  ―  gàocí  ―  goodbye ("allow me to take leave")
  6. to dismiss; to discharge; to fire
    辭退／辞退  ―  cítuì  ―  to discharge
  7. to resign; to hand in
    辭職／辞职  ―  cízhí  ―  to resign one's office; to tender one's resignation
  8. to shirk; to decline
    不辭勞苦／不辞劳苦  ―  bùcíláokǔ  ―  to spare no effort
  9. to apologize (to accept fault and invite the pardon of the offended)
  10. to excuse; to make up excuses (to provide explanation to lessen someone's fault)

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 解僱 (“to terminate someone's employment; to fire; to sack”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 解僱, 辭退, 解聘, 開除, 革除, 解職
Mandarin Taiwan 解僱, 炒魷魚
Wanrong 開銷
Chengdu 開銷, 開除
Liuzhou 炒魷魚
Singapore 開除, 炒魷魚
Cantonese Guangzhou 炒魷魚
Hong Kong 炒魷魚, 炒魷, 炒, 豉椒炒魷, 開除, 辭, 雞
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 除職
Macau 炒魷魚
Guangzhou (Panyu) 炒魷魚
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 炒魷魚
Guangzhou (Conghua) 炒魷魚
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 辭退
Foshan 炒魷魚
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 炒魷魚
Foshan (Shunde) 炒魷魚
Foshan (Sanshui) 炒魷魚
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 唔使
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 炒魷魚
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 炒魷魚
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 唔請
Zhuhai (Doumen) 唔請
Jiangmen (Baisha) 炒魷魚, 唔請
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 唔請
Taishan 唔請, 炒魷魚, 炒
Kaiping (Chikan) 唔請, 炒魷魚
Enping (Niujiang) 唔請
Heshan (Yayao) 辭工
Dongguan 炒魷魚
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 炒魷魚
Singapore (Guangfu) 炒魷魚
Gan Pingxiang 開銷
Hakka Meixian 辭退, 解僱, 炒魷魚
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 唔愛去做, 炒魷魚, 打豎鋪
Dongguan (Qingxi) 炒魷魚
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 炒魷魚
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 炒魷魚
Conghua (Lütian) 解僱
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 解僱
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 解僱
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 解僱
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 解僱
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 解僱
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 辭
Southern Min Xiamen 辭頭路, 辭, 齧拗, 齧捒
Zhao'an 辭退
Tainan 辭頭路
Singapore (Hokkien) 卜頭路
Shantou 解僱, 炒鰇魚
Jieyang 清, 炒鰇魚
Haifeng 炒鰇魚
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 除工
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 炒魷魚
Wu Shanghai 炒魷魚
Hangzhou 回報
Xiang Changsha 開銷

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

辞

Kyūjitai

辭

Kanji edit

辭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 辞)

  1. words
  2. speech
  3. expression
  4. phrase

Readings edit

Definitions edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 辭 – see the following entry.
【言葉ことば】
[noun] [from 759] a word, a term
[noun] [from 934] language, speech
Alternative spellings
詞, 辞
(This term, 辭, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (辞) of the above term.)

Korean edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

辭 (eumhun 말씀 사 (malsseum sa))

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

辭: Hán Nôm readings: từ

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