See also: , , , and
U+8FAD, 辭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FAD

[U+8FAC]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8FAE]

Translingual

edit
Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Han character

edit

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

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.
simp.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

edit
Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : 𤔔 + .

Pronunciation

edit

Note:
  • sîr/sû - literary;
  • sî - vernacular.
Note: se5 - diction, phraseology (in 修辭, 講辭).

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
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
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (17)
Final () (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ci4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 1684
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ljɯ/

Definitions

edit

  1. diction; phraseology; speech; words
    See also:
      ―  xiū  ―  rhetoric ("refinement of speech")
      ―  shū  ―  dictionary; wordbook
  2. Ci (a form of classical poetry)
      ―  “Chǔ  ―  Verses of Chu
  3. (obsolete) legal statement; deposition; testimony; confession
  4. to depart; to take one's leave
      ―  gào  ―  goodbye ("allow me to take leave")
  5. to dismiss; to discharge; to fire
    退退  ―  tuì  ―  to discharge
  6. to resign; to hand in
      ―  zhí  ―  to resign one's office; to tender one's resignation
  7. to shirk; to decline
    勞苦劳苦  ―  láokǔ  ―  to spare no effort
  8. to apologize (to accept fault and invite the pardon of the offended)
  9. to excuse; to make up excuses (to provide explanation to lessen someone's fault)

Synonyms

edit

Compounds

edit

References

edit

Japanese

edit

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

edit

(Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

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

Readings

edit

Definitions

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

Korean

edit

Etymology

edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

edit

Hanja

edit
Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 말씀 (malsseum sa))

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

Vietnamese

edit

Han character

edit

: Hán Nôm readings: từ

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