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詩
詩
See also: 诗
Translingual
Han character
詩 (radical 149 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口土木戈 (YRGDI), four-corner 04641, composition ⿰訁寺)
References
- KangXi: page 1157, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35427
- Dae Jaweon: page 1622, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3961, character 5
- Unihan data for U+8A69
Chinese
| trad. | 詩 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 诗 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 詩
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|---|
| Large seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (寺) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 等 | *tɯːʔ, *tɯːŋʔ |
| 待 | *dɯːʔ |
| 寺 | *ljɯs |
| 持 | *l'ɯ |
| 峙 | *dɯʔ |
| 痔 | *dɯʔ |
| 跱 | *dɯʔ |
| 歭 | *dɯʔ |
| 洔 | *dɯʔ, *tjɯʔ |
| 畤 | *dɯʔ, *tjɯʔ, *djɯʔ |
| 秲 | *dɯʔ, *djɯs |
| 庤 | *dɯʔ |
| 時 | *djɯ |
| 鰣 | *djɯ |
| 塒 | *djɯ |
| 蒔 | *djɯ, *djɯs |
| 榯 | *djɯ |
| 恃 | *djɯʔ |
| 侍 | *djɯs |
| 詩 | *hljɯ |
| 邿 | *hljɯ |
| 特 | *dɯːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljɯ) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 寺 (OC *ljɯs) – poetry is a form of language, speech.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): si1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂
- Min Dong (BUC): sĭ
- Min Nan (POJ): si
- Wu (Wiktionary): sr (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕ
- Wade-Giles: shih1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
- IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: si1
- Yale: sī
- Cantonese Pinyin: si1
- IPA (key): /siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂
- Hakka Romanization System: sii´
- Hagfa Pinyim: si1
- IPA: /sɨ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭ
- IPA (key): /si⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si
- Tâi-lô: si
- Phofsit Daibuun: sy
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: sr (T1)
- IPA (key): /sz̩⁵³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 詩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 書之切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɕɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɕɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɕie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɕɨ/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɕiə/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɕĭə/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɕi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
shī |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 詩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12052 |
| Phonetic component |
寺 |
| Rime group |
之 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
詩 |
| Old Chinese |
/*hljɯ/ |
Definitions
詩
Compounds
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