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Translingual
Stroke order
Stroke order
Han character
什 (Kangxi radical 9, 人 +2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人十 (OJ ), four-corner 24200 , composition ⿰亻 十 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 91 , character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 348
Dae Jaweon: page 192, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 108, character 2
Unihan data for U+4EC0
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
針
*kjum, *kjums
汁
*kjub
卙
*kʰljub
十
*ɡjub
什
*ɡjub
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Definitions
什
Only used in 什麼 / 什么 (shénme ).
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Note :
sap6 - literary;
zaap6 - variant (“miscellaneous” or alternative form of 雜 ).
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
什
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
shí
Middle Chinese
‹ dzyip ›
Old Chinese
/*t.əp/
English
troop of ten men
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
什
Reading #
1/1
No.
11453
Phonetic component
十
Rime group
緝
Rime subdivision
3
Corresponding MC rime
十
Old Chinese
/*ɡjub/
Definitions
什
† ( census ) ten families
† troop of ten men
† set of ten poems
† Alternative form of 十 ( shí , “ ten ” ) , usually used in fractions or multiples.
miscellaneous ; assorted
Alternative form of 雜 / 杂 ( zá )
a surname
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
什
Only used in 通什 .
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Note : siahⁿ/sahⁿ - at the end of a phrase.
Definitions
什
( Hokkien ) Alternative form of 啥 ( “ what ” )
腦海 中 的 走馬燈 留戀 什 路用 [Taiwanese Hokkien , trad. ] 脑海 中 的 走马灯 留恋 什 路用 [Taiwanese Hokkien , simp. ] From: 葉俊麟 (lyrics), 邱芳德 (music), 留戀什路用 , performed by 陳一郎 náu-hái tiong ê cháu-bé-teng, liû-loân siáⁿ lō͘-ēng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī ] What use is there to think with nostalgia about the horse lamp in my mind?
這 到底 是 什 日子 [Hokkien , trad. ] 这 到底 是 什 日子 [Hokkien , simp. ] From: 郭之仪 (lyrics and music), 愈遥远愈想你 , performed by 卓勤培 che tàu-té sī siáⁿ li̍t-chí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī ] What day is this actually?
Japanese
Kanji
什
(Hyōgai kanji )
( financial, obsolete ) ten
Readings
Korean
Hanja
什 • (sip, jip ) (hangeul 십 , 집 , revised sip, jip, McCune–Reischauer sip, chip)
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Vietnamese
Han character
什 : Hán Nôm readings: thập , lặt , thậm
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References