撕

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撕 U+6495, 撕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6495
← 撔
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 撖 →

Translingual

Han character

撕 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手廿金中 (QTCL), four-corner 52021, composition ⿰扌斯)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 454, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12705
  • Dae Jaweon: page 803, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1953, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6495

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 撕

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

Etymology

First usage replaced 斯 (sī, “to tear”). Cognate with 廝／厮 (sī, “to split; woodcutter”), also spelled 㒋 (sī).

Pronunciation 1

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 撕
Reading # 2/2
No. 11996
Phonetic
component 		斯
Rime
group 		支
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		斯
Old
Chinese 		/*se/
Notes 同斯，後分化字

Definitions

撕

  1. to shred; to tear; to rip
  2. (neologism) to fight; to attack; to assault
Synonyms
  • (to tear):
Dialectal synonyms of 撕 (“to tear”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 撕, 扯
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 撕
Harbin 撕巴
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 撕
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 撕
Cantonese Guangzhou 搣, 撕
Hong Kong 搣, 撕
Dongguan 搣
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 撕, 搣
Gan Pingxiang 撕
Huizhou Jixi 撕
Jin Xinzhou 撕掐
Northern Min Jian'ou 撕
Eastern Min Fuzhou 撕
Southern Min Xiamen 拆, 剺
Quanzhou 拆, 剺
Zhangzhou 拆, 剺
Taipei 拆, 裂
New Taipei (Sanxia) 剺
Kaohsiung 拆, 剺, 裂
Yilan 拆, 裂, 剺
Changhua (Lukang) 拆, 剺
Taichung 剺
Tainan 拆, 裂, 剺
Hsinchu 裂
Kinmen 拆, 剺
Penghu (Magong) 拆, 剺
Manila (Hokkien) 拆
Chaozhou 剺
Shantou 剺
Haifeng 剺
Leizhou 𠠏, 撕
Wu Shanghai 扯
Shanghai (Chongming) 扯
Suzhou 㧸
Wuxi 㧸

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 撕
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/siei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sai1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 撕
Reading # 1/2
No. 11994
Phonetic
component 		斯
Rime
group 		支
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		西
Old
Chinese 		/*seː/
Notes 見詩鄭箋

Definitions

撕

  1. Only used in 提撕.

References

Japanese

Kanji

撕

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: さい (sai)、し (shi)
  • Kan-on: せい (sei)、し (shi)
  • Kun: さく (saku, 撕く)

Korean

Hanja

撕 (eum 서 (seo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

撕: Hán Nôm readings: tê, ti

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References

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