側

Translingual

Han character

側 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人月金弓 (OBCN), four-corner 2220₀, composition ⿰亻則)

Derived characters

• 𨶨

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 111, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 897
• Dae Jaweon: page 238, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 189, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5074

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 側
Bronze inscriptions b12303 b12304 Small seal script s05768 Transcribed ancient scripts L38256
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 *ʔsrɯɡ) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 則 (OC *ʔsɯːɡ).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

側

1. side

   本側開門／本侧开门  ―  běn cè kāimén  ―  Exit this side

2. to lean to one side; to incline; to slant

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: しき (shiki)
• Kan-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
• Kun: がわ (gawa, 側, Jōyō); かわ (kawa, 側); そば (soba, 側)

Related terms

• 仄(ほの)か (honoka)

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Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) がわ (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

側(がわ) • (gawa) ^{←がは (gafa)?}

1. side

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そ​ば (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

側(そば) • (soba) 

1. vicinity, near, beside, side

   泣(な)かないで。僕(ぼく)は傍(そば)にいるから。

   Nakanaide. Boku wa soba ni iru kara.

   Don't cry, for I am by your side.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かわ​ (Odaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

側(かわ) • (kawa) ^{←かは (kafa)?}

1. side

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はた (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

側(はた) • (hata) 

1. vicinity

Etymology 5

Etymology 6

Middle Chinese 側 (t͡ʃɨk̚)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そ​く (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Affix

側(そく) • (soku) 

1. side

Derived terms

Noun

側(そく) • (soku) 

1. the first of the Eight Principles of Yong

Hypernyms

• 永(えい)字(じ)八法(はっぽう) (eiji happō, “the Eight Principles of Yong”)

Coordinate terms

• 勒(ろく) (roku, “the second of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 努(ど) (do, “the third of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 趯(てき) (teki, “the fourth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 策(さく) (saku, “the fifth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 掠(りゃく) (ryaku, “the sixth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 啄(たく) (taku, “the seventh of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 磔(たく) (taku, “the eighth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)

References

Korean

Hanja

側 (eum 측 (cheuk))

1. side

Vietnamese

Han character

側: Hán Nôm readings: trắc, trắt, trặc

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