斯

Translingual

Han character

斯 (Kangxi radical 69, 斤+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿金竹一中 (TCHML), four-corner 4282₁, composition ⿰其斤)

Derived characters

• 㒋, 凘, 厮, 嘶, 𡡒, 廝, 撕, 澌, 燍, 𤩐, 簛, 䔮, 蟖, 蟴, 鐁(𰾴), 䲉(𱈒)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 480, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13563
• Dae Jaweon: page 839, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2025, character 6
• Unihan data for U+65AF

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 斯
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Etymology 1

Cognate with 此 (OC *sʰeʔ, “this”) (Schuessler, 2007).

STEDT compares 此 (OC *sʰeʔ) and 斯 (OC *se) to Proto-Tani *si (“this”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

斯

1. (Classical) this; these; here

   生於斯，長於斯 [MSC, trad.]
   生于斯，长于斯 [MSC, simp.]

   shēng yú sī, zhǎng yú sī

   to have been born and raised here

   • 亡之，命矣夫！斯人也而有斯疾也！斯人也而有斯疾也！ [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

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

     Wáng zhī, mìng yǐ fū! Sī rén yě ér yǒu sī jí yě! Sī rén yě ér yǒu sī jí yě!

     It is killing him. It is the appointment of Heaven, alas! That such a man should have such a sickness! That such a man should have such a sickness!

2. (Classical) then; thus
3. ^† emphatic particle (clarification of this definition is needed)
4. a surname
5. Used in transcription.
6. (Mainland China) Short for 斯大林 (Sīdàlín, “Stalin”).

Usage notes

• In modern Chinese, this character is almost entirely used for phonetic translations. The character mainly represents the phoneme /s/ or /θ/ in word-final and preconsonantal positions.

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

斯

1. ^† Original form of 撕 (sī, “to lop off”).

References

• “斯”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. this, here
2. thus
3. like this, in this manner
4. used phonetically

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Tō-on: す (su)
• Kun: か (ka, 斯); こう (kou, 斯う); この (kono, 斯); これ (kore, 斯); かく (kaku, 斯く); ここに (kokoni, 斯)

References

Korean

Hanja

斯 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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Vietnamese

Han character

斯: Hán Việt readings: tư
斯: Nôm readings: tư

1. chữ Hán form of Tư (“a surname”).
2. chữ Hán form of tư (“this (compounds), also a syllable used for the Sino-Vietnamese readings of foreign names (mainly the /s/ phoneme) transcripted into Chinese characters”).

Compounds

• 彼嗇斯豐 (bỉ sắc tư phong)

References