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伺
伺
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Translingual
Han character
伺 (radical 9 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人尸一口 (OSMR), four-corner 27220, composition ⿰亻司)
References
- KangXi: page 97, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 483
- Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 139, character 5
- Unihan data for U+4F3A
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
伺 | |
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Glyph origin
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (司) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 司 | *slɯ |
| 伺 | *slɯ, *slɯs |
| 覗 | *slɯ, *slɯs |
| 笥 | *slɯ, *slɯs |
| 詞 | *ljɯ |
| 祠 | *ljɯ |
| 柌 | *ljɯ |
| 嗣 | *ljɯs |
| 孠 | *ljɯs |
| 飼 | *ljɯs |
| 呞 | *hljɯ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *slɯ, *slɯs) : semantic 亻 (“person, man”) + phonetic 司 (OC *slɯ) – a person stands beside (attends), looks in.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘˋ
- Wade-Giles: tz'u4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
- Wade-Giles: szu4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh
- IPA (key): /sz̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zi6
- Yale: jih
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi6
- IPA (key): /t͡siː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 伺 |
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| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/ |
| Harbin |
/t͡sʰz̩⁵³/ ～候 /sz̩⁵³/ ～機 |
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| Tianjin | /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /t͡sʰz̩²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /t͡sʰz̩⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /t͡sʰz̩³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/ | |
| Xining |
/sz̩⁴⁴/ /t͡sʰz̩²¹³/ ～新 |
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| Yinchuan | /t͡sʰz̩¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou |
/t͡sʰz̩¹³/ ～候 /sz̩¹³/ 窺視 |
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| Ürümqi | /t͡sʰz̩²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/ | |
| Chengdu |
/sz̩¹³/ /t͡sʰz̩¹³/ |
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| Guiyang |
/sz̩²¹³/ /t͡sʰz̩²¹³/ |
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| Kunming |
/t͡sʰz̩²¹²/ ～候 /sz̩²¹²/ ～機 |
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| Nanjing | /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁵/ |
| Pingyao | /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zz̩²³/ |
| Suzhou | /zz̩³¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /sz̩⁴⁴⁵/ | |
| Wenzhou | /zz̩²²/ | |
| Hui | Shexian |
/t͡sʰz̩³²⁴/ /sz̩²²/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡sʰz̩⁴²/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha |
/t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵/ ～候 /sz̩⁵⁵/ ～機 |
| Xiangtan | /sz̩⁵⁵/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /sz̩⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | /sï⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡si²²/ |
| Nanning | /t͡sʰz̩³³/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡si²²/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /su²¹/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /søy²¹²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /su³³/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /sɯ³⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /si²³/ |
| Rime | ||
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| Character | 伺 | 伺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 息兹切 | 相吏切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/sɨ/ | /sɨH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/sɨ/ | /sɨH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/sie/ | /sieH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/sɨ/ | /sɨH/ |
| Li Rong |
/siə/ | /siəH/ |
| Wang Li |
/sĭə/ | /sĭəH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/si/ | /siH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
sī | sì |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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| Character | 伺 | 伺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 11952 | 11955 |
| Phonetic component |
司 | 司 |
| Rime group |
之 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
思 | 笥 |
| Old Chinese |
/*slɯ/ | /*slɯs/ |
Definitions
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Kanji
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
伺 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa)
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