世襲

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See also: 世袭

Chinese

life; age; generation
life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
 
inherit; raid; suit of clothes
trad. (世襲)
simp. (世袭)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (26) (17)
Final () (35) (141)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter syejH zip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕiᴇiH/ /ziɪp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕiɛiH/ /zip̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕjæiH/ /zjep̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕiajH/ /zip̚/
Li
Rong
/ɕiɛiH/ /ziəp̚/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭɛiH/ /zĭĕp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɕi̯ɛiH/ /zi̯əp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sai3 zap6

Verb

世襲

  1. to inherit; to succeed
    家族世襲家族世袭  ―  jiāzú shìxí  ―  hereditary succession
    世襲制度世袭制度  ―  shìxí zhìdù  ―  hereditary system

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (世襲):
  • Japanese: ()(しゅう) (seshū)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
しゅう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()(しゅう) (seshū

  1. heredity
  2. old money (families whose wealth comes from generations)

Verb

()(しゅう)する (seshū surusuru (stem ()(しゅう) (seshū shi), past ()(しゅう)した (seshū shita))

  1. to be passed on, to be inherited

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN