犀
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Translingual
Han character
犀 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 尸水竹手 (SEHQ) or 尸卜卜手 (SYYQ), four-corner 77251, composition ⿸尸⿱氺牛)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 701, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20045
- Dae Jaweon: page 1114, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1815, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7280
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
犀 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd round simp. | 𰠨 | |
| alternative forms | 屖 | |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sliːl) : phonetic 尾 (OC *mɯlʔ) + semantic 牛 (“ox”).
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-sej (“rhinoceros”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sai1
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): să̤
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1shi
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: si
- Wade–Giles: hsi1
- Yale: syī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
- Palladius: си (si)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sai1
- Yale: sāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: sai1
- Guangdong Romanization: sei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî
- Hakka Romanization System: xiˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: xi1
- Sinological IPA: /si²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: să̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- sai - vernacular;
- se - literary.
- Middle Chinese: sej
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.lˤəj/
- (Zhengzhang): /*sliːl/
Definitions
犀
- rhinoceros
- 無木處乃犀、象屯聚養育之地。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 1300, 周達觀 / 周达观 (Zhou Daguan), 《真臘風土記 / 真腊风土记》 (The Customs of Cambodia), adapted from translation by Peter Harris
- Wú mù chù nǎi xī, xiàng túnjù yǎngyù zhī dì.
- Where there are no trees, rhinoceroses and elephants come together and bring up their young.
无木处乃犀、象屯聚养育之地。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- sharp; hard; well-tempered (as metal)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
犀
Readings
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 犀 |
| さい Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 犀 (sej).
Pronunciation
Noun
Derived terms
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 犀 (MC sej). Recorded as Middle Korean 셔 (sye) (Yale: sye) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
- hanja form? of 서 (“rhinoceros”)
Compounds
References
Vietnamese
Han character
犀: Hán Nôm readings: tê[1][2][3][4][5], tây[6]