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式

式

Translingual

Han character

式 (radical 56 弋+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈心一 (IPM), four-corner 43100, composition ⿹弋工)

References

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 式

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (弋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
戴 *ʔl'ɯːɡs
襶 *tɯːɡs
貸 *l̥ʰɯːɡs
代 *l'ɯːɡs
袋 *l'ɯːɡs
岱 *l'ɯːɡs
黛 *l'ɯːɡs
玳 *l'ɯːɡs
帒 *l'ɯːɡs
甙 *l'ɯːɡs
酨 *l'ɯːs, *zlɯːs
試 *hljɯɡs
弒 *hljɯɡs
忒 *l̥ʰɯːɡ
貣 *l̥ʰɯːɡ, *l'ɯːɡ
鴏 *l'ɯːɡ
栻 *l̥ʰɯɡ, *hljɯɡ
侙 *l̥ʰɯɡ
恜 *l̥ʰɯɡ
式 *hljɯɡ
軾 *hljɯɡ
拭 *hljɯɡ
鉽 *hljɯɡ
烒 *hljɯɡ
弋 *lɯɡ
芅 *lɯɡ
黓 *lɯɡ
隿 *lɯɡ
杙 *lɯɡ
釴 *lɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljɯɡ) : phonetic 弋 ‎(OC *lɯɡ) + semantic 工 ‎(“work”).

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 式
Mandarin Beijing /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Harbin /ʂʐ̩⁵³/
Tianjin /ʂʐ̩⁵³/
Jinan /ʂʐ̩²¹/
Qingdao /ʃz̩⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ʂʐ̩³¹²/
Xi'an /ʂʐ̩²¹/
Xining /ʂʐ̩⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ʂʐ̩¹³/
Lanzhou /ʂʐ̩¹³/
Ürümqi /ʂʐ̩²¹³/
Wuhan /sz̩³⁵/
Chengdu /sz̩¹³/
Guiyang /sz̩²¹³/
Kunming /ʂʐ̩²¹²/
Nanjing /ʂʐ̩⁴⁴/
Hefei /ʂʐ̩⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /səʔ²/
Pingyao /ʂʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /səʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /səʔ⁵/
Suzhou /səʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /səʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /sei²¹³/
Hui Shexian /ɕiʔ²¹/
Tunxi /ɕi⁵/
Xiang Changsha /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /sɨʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /sət̚¹/
Taoyuan /ʃït̚²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /sek̚⁵/
Nanning /sek̚⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /sik̚⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /sik̚³²/
/sit̚³²/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /sɛiʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /si²⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /sek̚²/
Haikou (Min Nan) /tek̚⁵/
Rime
Character 式
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 職 (134)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 賞職切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɕɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɕɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɕiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɕik̚/
Li
Rong		 /ɕiək̚/
Wang
Li		 /ɕĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɕi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shi
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 式 式
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shì shì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ syik › ‹ syik ›
Old
Chinese		 /*l̥ək/ /*l̥ək/
English pattern to wipe

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 式
Reading # 1/1
No. 14980
Phonetic
component		 弋
Rime
group		 職
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 識
Old
Chinese		 /*hljɯɡ/

Definitions

式

  1. type; style; system; fashion
  2. formula
  3. (grammar) mood; mode
    敘述式 / 叙述式  ―  xùshùshì  ―  indicative mood
Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

式

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Noun

式 ‎(hiragana しき, romaji shiki)

  1. type, style
  2. formula
  3. ceremony, ritual, function

Suffix

式 ‎(hiragana しき, romaji -shiki)

  1. ceremony
  2. formula, expression
  3. style

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

式 • ‎(sik) (hangeul 식)

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Vietnamese

Han character

式 (thức, sức)

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