庶

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See also: 庻
庶 U+5EB6, 庶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EB6
← 庵
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 康 →

庶 U+2F88D, 庶
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F88D
← 庳
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 廊 →

Translingual

Han character

庶 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 戈廿火 (ITF), four-corner 00237, composition ⿸广⿱廿灬)

  1. numerous, various
  2. multitude

Derived characters

See also

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 347, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9373
  • Dae Jaweon: page 657, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 886, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5EB6

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 庶
alternative forms 庻

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (庶) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
褯 *zljaːɡs
遮 *tjaː
蔗 *tjaːɡs
鷓 *tjaːɡs
樜 *tjaːɡs, *hljaɡs
蟅 *tjaːɡs, *tjaːɡ
嗻 *tjaːɡs
鍍 *daː, *daːɡs
度 *daːɡs, *daːɡ
渡 *daːɡs
庶 *hljaɡs
剫 *daːɡ
踱 *daːɡ
喥 *daːɡ
謶 *tjaɡ
席 *ljaːɡ
蓆 *ljaːɡ
墌 *tjaːɡ
摭 *tjaːɡ
蹠 *tjaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hljaɡs) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : phonetic 石 (OC *djaɡ, “stone”) + semantic 火 (“fire”). In the small seal script 石 has corrupted into ⿸广廿. Shuowen Jiezi interprets it as ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 广 (“roof”) + 炗 (“light”).

Compare 度 (OC *daːɡs, *daːɡ) and 席 (OC *ljaːɡ).

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to STEDT #2316, PTB *s-(k/g)lak (“to cook”)?”

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 庶
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 商署切
Baxter syoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɕɨʌH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɕiɔH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɕiɔH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɕɨə̆H/
Li
Rong 		/ɕiɔH/
Wang
Li 		/ɕĭoH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɕi̯woH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		syu3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 庶
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shù
Middle
Chinese 		‹ syoH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-tak-s/
English numerous; commoner

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 庶
Reading # 1/1
No. 11905
Phonetic
component 		庶
Rime
group 		暮
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		恕
Old
Chinese 		/*hljaɡs/
Notes 甲金文火上爲石，
石亦聲，本炙初文

Definitions

庶

  1. numerous; many
  2. common; ordinary; without title or rank; pertaining to a commoner
    庶人  ―  shùrén  ―  commoner
  3. (chiefly historical) pertaining to concubinage (a concept in the polygynous practices of traditional Chinese society)
    Antonym: 嫡 (dí)
    1. (especially) born by a concubine or illegitimate partner

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai

庶

Kyūjitai

庻

Kanji

庶

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. commoner

Readings

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 庶 (MC syoH). Recorded as Middle Korean 셔 (sye) (Yale: sye) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

庶 (eumhun 여러 서 (yeoreo seo))

  1. Hanja form? of 서 (“numerous; many”).

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

庶: Hán Việt readings: thứ
庶: Nôm readings: thứ, thừa, xứa

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