璽

Translingual

Han character

璽 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 一月一土戈 (MBMGI), four-corner 1010₃, composition ⿱爾玉)

Derived characters

• 㣆 𤿂 䌳

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 744, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21309
• Dae Jaweon: page 1153, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1144, character 5
• Unihan data for U+74BD

Chinese

Glyph origin

From 壐／𱖚. Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *smlelʔ) : phonetic 爾 (OC *njelʔ) + semantic 玉 (“jade”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

璽

1. (historical) imperial seal; royal seal

Compounds

References

• “璽”, 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–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02607

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. the imperial seal or sigil
2. a symbol of imperial status

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kan’yō-on: じ (ji, Jōyō)
• Kun: しるし (shirushi, 璽); みしるし (mishirushi)

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 璽 (MC sjeX). Compare modern Mandarin 璽／玺 (xǐ).

The reading changed from an initial borrowing of shi to the current reading of ji .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

璽(じ) • (ji) 

1. a seal or sigil carved into a jewel
2. more specifically, such a seal belonging to the Chinese emperor of the Qin Dynasty or later, or belonging to the Japanese emperor
3. 八尺瓊曲玉 (​Yasakani no Magatama), the jewel that is one of the three sacred treasures comprising the Imperial Regalia of Japan

Synonyms

• (carved jewel): 玉(ぎょく)璽(じ) (gyokuji)
• (imperial seal): 玉(ぎょく)璽(じ) (gyokuji), 御(ぎょ)璽(じ) (gyoji)
• (imperial regalia): 八(や)尺(さか)瓊(にの)曲(まが)玉(たま) (Yasakani no Magatama)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun derived from the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) shirushi of verb 印す (shirusu, “to stamp with a seal or sigil; to mark or brand”).

Alternative forms

• 印

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しるし (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

璽(しるし) • (shirushi) 

1. the emperor's personal seal or sigil or the national seal or sigil used for state business
2. the mark made by such a seal or sigil
3. 八尺瓊勾玉 (​Yasakani no Magatama), one of the sacred treasures comprising the Imperial Regalia of Japan
4. all three of the sacred treasures

Synonyms

• (imperial seal): 印(いん)璽(じ) (inji), 御(ぎょ)璽(じ) (gyoji)
• (emperor's seal): 印(いん)璽(じ) (inji), 御(ぎょ)璽(じ) (gyoji), 璽(じ)符(ふ) (jifu), 宝(ほう)璽(じ) (hōji), 霊(れい)璽(じ) (reiji)
• (national seal): 国(こく)璽(じ) (kokuji)
• (imperial regalia): 八(や)尺(さか)瓊(にの)勾(まが)玉(たま) (Yasakani no Magatama)
• (all three imperial regalia): 三(さん)種(しゅ)の神(しん)器(き) (Sanshu no Shinki)

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Compound of 御 (mi-, honorific prefix) +‎ 璽 (shirushi, “imperial mark, seal, or sigil”).

Alternative forms

• 御璽, 御印

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

璽(みしるし) • (mishirushi) 

1. a mark or seal indicating imperial status
2. a sacred item indicating imperial status
3. the emperor's personal seal or sigil

Synonyms

• (imperial seal): 印(いん)璽(じ) (inji), 御(ぎょ)璽(じ) (gyoji)
• (sacred item): 神(しん)器(き) (shinki)
• (emperor's seal): 印(いん)璽(じ) (inji), 御(ぎょ)璽(じ) (gyoji), 璽(じ)符(ふ) (jifu), 宝(ほう)璽(じ) (hōji), 霊(れい)璽(じ) (reiji)

References

Korean

Etymology

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading. The original reading is 사 (sa) based on Middle Chinese 璽 (MC sjeX).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): ~
• Phonetic hangul:

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

璽

Wikisource

璽 (eumhun 도장 새 (dojang sae))

1. Hanja form^? of 새 (“royal seal”).

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

璽: Hán Nôm readings: tỉ, tỷ

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