嘶

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嘶 U+5636, 嘶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5636
← 嘵
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嘷 →

Translingual

Han character

嘶 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口廿金中 (RTCL), four-corner 62021, composition ⿰口斯)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 207, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4260
  • Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 681, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5636

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 嘶

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (斯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
嘶 *seː
撕 *seː, *se
斯 *se
廝 *se
蟴 *se
燍 *se
鐁 *se
凘 *se
澌 *ses

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *seː) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 斯 (OC *se).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Note: si1 - variant.
Rime
Character 嘶
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 先稽切
Baxter sej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/sei/
Pan
Wuyun 		/sei/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/sɛj/
Li
Rong 		/sei/
Wang
Li 		/siei/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/siei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sai1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 嘶
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		sī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sej ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁe/
English shriek

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嘶
Reading # 1/1
No. 11993
Phonetic
component 		斯
Rime
group 		支
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		西
Old
Chinese 		/*seː/

Definitions

嘶

  1. neighing of a horse
  2. husky throated; gravel voiced
    嘶啞／嘶哑  ―  sīyǎ  ―  hoarse; husky
  3. (of birds; insects) mournful murmur; whimpering
    天霜河白夜星稀，一雁聲嘶何處歸。 [MSC, trad.]
    天霜河白夜星稀，一雁声嘶何处归。 [MSC, simp.]
    From: Emperor Jianwen of Liang 梁簡文帝, 《夜望單飛雁》
    Tiān shuāng hé bái yè xīng xī, yī yàn shēng sī héchù guī.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. (onomatopoeia, of various sounds) eg. sound of paper being shredded; sobbing
    老翁夜行無子攜，眼昏失腳非有擠；明日尋者爾瘦妻，手提幼女哭嘶嘶。 [MSC, trad.]
    老翁夜行无子携，眼昏失脚非有挤；明日寻者尔瘦妻，手提幼女哭嘶嘶。 [MSC, simp.]
    From: Mei Yaochen 梅堯臣, 《淘渠》
    Lǎowēng yè xíng wú zǐ xié, yǎn hūn shī jiǎo fēi yǒu jǐ; míngrì xún zhě ěr shòu qī, shǒu tí yòunǚ kū sīsī.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 嘶 – see 𤺊 (“(Cantonese) to hiccup”).
(This character is a variant form of 𤺊).

References

Japanese

Kanji

嘶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. to neigh, to whinny

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

嘶 • (si) (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune–Reischauer si)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嘶: Hán Nôm readings: tê

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References

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