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始
始
Translingual
Stroke order | |||
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Han character
始 (radical 38 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女戈口 (VIR), four-corner 43460, composition ⿰女台)
References
- KangXi: page 258, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6166
- Dae Jaweon: page 523, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1041, character 12
- Unihan data for U+59CB
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
始 |
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Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (台) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
胎 | *l̥ʰɯː |
台 | *l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ |
邰 | *l̥ʰɯː |
鮐 | *l̥ʰɯː, *lɯ |
孡 | *l̥ʰɯː |
苔 | *l'ɯː |
抬 | *l'ɯː |
駘 | *l'ɯː, *l'ɯːʔ |
炱 | *l'ɯː |
菭 | *l'ɯː, *l'i |
跆 | *l'ɯː |
殆 | *l'ɯːʔ |
怠 | *l'ɯːʔ |
迨 | *l'ɯːʔ |
紿 | *l'ɯːʔ |
詒 | *l'ɯːʔ, *lɯ |
軩 | *l'ɯːʔ |
咍 | *hlɯː |
佁 | *lɯːʔ, *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯʔ |
枲 | *slɯʔ |
辝 | *ljɯ |
鈶 | *ljɯʔ |
笞 | *l̥ʰɯ |
齝 | *l̥ʰɯ, *hljɯ |
眙 | *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯ |
治 | *l'ɯ, *l'ɯs, *l'is |
始 | *hljɯʔ |
怡 | *lɯ |
貽 | *lɯ |
飴 | *lɯ |
瓵 | *lɯ |
珆 | *li |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljɯʔ) : semantic 女 + phonetic 台 (OC *l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕˇ
- Wade-Giles: shih3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyy
- IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ci2
- Yale: chí
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsi2
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ́ / sṳ́
- Hakka Romanization System: cii` / sii`
- Hagfa Pinyim: ci3 / si3
- IPA: /t͡sʰɨ³¹/, /sɨ³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí
- Tâi-lô: sí
- Phofsit Daibuun: sie
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Dialectal data▼
Variety | Location | 始 |
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Mandarin | Beijing | /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/ |
Harbin | /ʂʐ̩²¹³/ | |
Tianjin | /sz̩¹³/ | |
Jinan | /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/ | |
Qingdao | /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/ | |
Zhengzhou | /ʂʐ̩⁵³/ | |
Xi'an | /sz̩⁵³/ | |
Xining | /sz̩⁵³/ | |
Yinchuan | /ʂʐ̩⁵³/ | |
Lanzhou | /ʂʐ̩⁴⁴²/ | |
Ürümqi | /sz̩⁵¹/ | |
Wuhan | /sz̩⁴²/ | |
Chengdu | /sz̩⁵³/ | |
Guiyang | /sz̩⁴²/ | |
Kunming | /ʂʐ̩⁵³/ | |
Nanjing | /ʂʐ̩²¹²/ | |
Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²⁴/ | |
Jin | Taiyuan | /sz̩⁵³/ |
Pingyao | /sz̩⁵³/ | |
Hohhot | /sz̩⁵³/ | |
Wu | Shanghai | /sz̩³⁵/ |
Suzhou | /sz̩ʷ⁵¹/ | |
Hangzhou | /sz̩⁵³/ | |
Wenzhou | /sz̩³⁵/ | |
Hui | Shexian | /sz̩³⁵/ |
Tunxi | /ɕi³¹/ | |
Xiang | Changsha | /ʂʐ̩⁴¹/ |
Xiangtan | /ʂʐ̩⁴²/ | |
Gan | Nanchang | /sz̩²¹³/ |
Hakka | Meixian | /sz̩³¹/ |
Taoyuan | /ʃï³¹/ | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰi³⁵/ |
Nanning | /t͡sʰi³⁵/ | |
Hong Kong | /t͡sʰi³⁵/ | |
Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /si⁵³/ |
Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /sy³²/ | |
Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /si²¹/ | |
Shantou (Min Nan) | /si⁵³/ | |
Haikou (Min Nan) | /ti³¹/ |
Rime | |
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Character | 始 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 書 (26) |
Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
Openness (開合) | Open |
Division (等) | III |
Fanqie | 詩止切 |
Reconstructions | |
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɕɨX/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/ɕɨX/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/ɕieX/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɕɨX/ |
Li Rong |
/ɕiəX/ |
Wang Li |
/ɕĭəX/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/ɕiX/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
shǐ |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 始 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
shǐ |
Middle Chinese |
‹ syiX › |
Old Chinese |
/*l̥əʔ/ |
English | begin |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 始 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 12291 |
Phonetic component |
台 |
Rime group |
之 |
Rime subdivision |
0 |
Corresponding MC rime |
始 |
Old Chinese |
/*hljɯʔ/ |
Definitions
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Compounds
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