Translingual

Han character

獅 (radical 94 犬+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹口月 (KHHRB), four-corner 4122₇)

References

• KangXi: page 717, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20609
• Dae Jaweon: page 1128, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1363, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7345

Chinese

Etymology

First mentioned in the Book of Han [1st century CE], in the description of the "specialties" from the 烏弋山離 (OC *ʔˤa lək srar raj, “Alexandria”) country in the Western Regions. The country referred to is likely "Alexandria Prophthasia", which was part of the Parthian Empire during the time of Han, speaking an Indo-Iranian language.

Compare Middle Persian šgl ‎(šagr, šēr, “lion; (astronomy) Leo”), Khotanese sarau ‎(“lion”). Related to 狻猊.

Pronunciation

Definitions

獅

1. lion

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. a lion

Readings

• Goon: し (shi)
• Kan’on: し (shi)
• Kun: (rare) しし (shishi)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 獅 ‎(/ʃɣiɪ/).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• IPA^(key): [ɕi]

Noun

獅 ‎(hiragana し, romaji shi)

1. lion

Usage notes

Very rarely used on its own. The shishi reading is almost always spelled as 獅子.

Korean

Hanja

獅 • ‎(sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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Vietnamese

Han character

獅 (sư)

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Readings

• Nôm: sư

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999