俟

俟 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人戈人大 (OIOK), four-corner 2323₄, composition ⿰亻矣)

• 𬾴, 𢰇, 𢉡

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 105, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 705
• Dae Jaweon: page 223, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 168, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4FDF

Historical forms of the character 俟
Small seal script s05703 Transcribed ancient scripts L13820 L13821 L13818 L13819
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sɢrɯʔ, *ɡlɯl): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 矣 (OC *ɢlɯʔ).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

俟

1. (historical dictionaries only) big
2. (alt. form 竢, 䇃) (formal, literary) to wait

   Synonym: 待

   • 如其禮樂，以俟君子。
     如其礼乐，以俟君子。

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Rú qí lǐyuè, yǐ sì jūnzǐ.

     As to teaching them the principles of propriety and music, I must wait for the rise of a superior man to do that.

3. a surname

俟

1. only used in 万俟 (Mòqí)

• “俟”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “俟”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 181.
• 羅竹風 , editor (1986–1994), “俟”, in 漢語大詞典 (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00159

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: じ (ji)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: まつ (matsu, 俟つ)

俟 • (sa, gi) (hangeul 사, 기, revised sa, gi, McCune–Reischauer sa, ki)

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