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璽

璽

See also: 玺

Translingual

Han character

璽 (radical 96 玉+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 一月一土戈 (MBMGI), four-corner 10103, composition ⿱爾玉)

  1. imperial signet, royal signet
  2. rainbow

References

  • KangXi: page 744, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21309
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1153, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1144, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+74BD

Chinese

trad. 璽
simp. 玺

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (爾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
嬭 *rneːlʔ, *niːlʔ
禰 *niːlʔ
镾 *niːlʔ, *mnel
薾 *niːlʔ
檷 *niːlʔ
鑈 *niːlʔ, *neːb
瀰 *niːlʔ, *mnel, *mnelʔ
獼 *mnel
瓕 *mnel
彌 *mnel
鸍 *mnel, *hnjel
擟 *mnel
濔 *mnelʔ
壐 *smlelʔ
璽 *smlelʔ
爾 *njelʔ
邇 *njelʔ
獮 *smlenʔ
籋 *neb, *neːb

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 璽
Mandarin Beijing /ɕi²¹⁴/
Harbin /ɕi²¹³/
Tianjin /ɕi¹³/
Jinan /ɕi⁵⁵/
Qingdao /si⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /si⁵³/
Xi'an /ɕi²¹/
Xining /ɕi⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕi⁵³/
Lanzhou /ɕi⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /ɕi⁵¹/
Wuhan /ɕi⁴²/
Chengdu /ɕi⁵³/
Guiyang /ɕi⁴²/
Kunming /ɕi⁵³/
Nanjing /si²¹²/
Hefei /sz̩²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕi⁵³/
Pingyao
Hohhot /ɕi⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /ɕi³⁵/
Suzhou /si⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ɕi⁵³/
Wenzhou /sei³⁵/
Hui Shexian /si³⁵/
Tunxi /ɕi³¹/
Xiang Changsha /si⁴¹/
Xiangtan /si⁴²/
Gan Nanchang /ɕi²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /sai³¹/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /sɐi³⁵/
Nanning /ɬɐi³⁵/
Hong Kong /sɐi³⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /su⁵³/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /sɛ³²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /sai²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /si⁵³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /mi³¹/
Rime
Character 璽
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 斯氏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /siᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /siɛX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /sjɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /siə̆X/
Li
Rong		 /sieX/
Wang
Li		 /sǐeX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /sie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 sǐ
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 璽
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xǐ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ sjeX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*s.[n]e[r]ʔ/
English seal (n.)

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 璽
Reading # 1/1
No. 2815
Phonetic
component		 爾
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 徙
Old
Chinese		 /*smlelʔ/
Notes 同壐籀文

Definitions

璽

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Japanese

Kanji

璽

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. the imperial seal or sigil
  2. a symbol of imperial status

Readings

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 璽 ‎(sjeX). Compare modern Mandarin traditional 璽 and simplified 玺 ‎(xǐ).

The reading changed from an initial borrowing of /shi/ [ɕi]] to the current reading of /ji/ [d͡ʑi]].

Pronunciation

Noun

璽 ‎(hiragana じ, romaji ji)

  1. a seal or sigil carved into a jewel
  2. more specifically, such a seal belonging to the Chinese emperor of the Qin Dynasty or later, or belonging to the Japanese emperor
  3. 八尺瓊曲玉 (​Yasakani no Magatama), the jewel that is one of the three sacred treasures comprising the Imperial Regalia of Japan
Synonyms
  • (carved jewel): 玉璽 (ぎょくじ, ​gyokuji)
  • (imperial seal): 玉璽 (ぎょくじ, ​gyokuji), 御璽 (ぎょじ, ​gyoji)
  • (imperial regalia): 八尺瓊曲玉 (やさかにのまがたま, ​Yasakani no Magatama)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun derived from the 連用形 ‎(ren'yōkei, “stem form”) shirushi of verb 印す ‎(shirusu, “to stamp with a seal or sigil; to mark or brand”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

璽 ‎(hiragana しるし, romaji shirushi)

  1. the emperor's personal seal or sigil or the national seal or sigil used for state business
  2. the mark made by such a seal or sigil
  3. 八尺瓊勾玉 (​Yasakani no Magatama), one of the sacred treasures comprising the Imperial Regalia of Japan
  4. all three of the sacred treasures
Synonyms
  • (imperial seal): 印璽 (いんじ, ​inji), 御璽 (ぎょじ, ​gyoji)
  • (emperor's seal): 印璽 (いんじ, ​inji), 御璽 (ぎょじ, ​gyoji), 璽符 (じふ, ​jifu), 宝璽 (ほうじ, ​hōji), 霊璽 (れいじ, ​reiji)
  • (national seal): 国璽 (こくじ, ​kokuji)
  • (imperial regalia): 八尺瓊勾玉 (やさかにのまがたま, ​Yasakani no Magatama)
  • (all three imperial regalia): 三種の神器 (さんしゅのしんき, ​Sanshu no Shinki)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Compound of 御 ‎(mi, honorific prefix) +‎ 璽 ‎(shirushi, “imperial mark, seal, or sigil”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

  • 御璽, 御印

Noun

璽 ‎(hiragana みしるし, romaji mishirushi)

  1. a mark or seal indicating imperial status
  2. a sacred item indicating imperial status
  3. the emperor's personal seal or sigil
Synonyms
  • (imperial seal): 印璽 (いんじ, ​inji), 御璽 (ぎょじ, ​gyoji)
  • (sacred item): 神器 (しんき, ​shinki)
  • (emperor's seal): 印璽 (いんじ, ​inji), 御璽 (ぎょじ, ​gyoji), 璽符 (じふ, ​jifu), 宝璽 (ほうじ, ​hōji), 霊璽 (れいじ, ​reiji)

References

  1. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  3. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

璽 • ‎(sae) (hangeul 새, revised sae, McCune-Reischauer sae, Yale say)

  1. rainbow

Vietnamese

Han character

璽 (tỉ, tỷ)

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