伺
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Translingual
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Han character
伺 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人尸一口 (OSMR), four-corner 27220, composition ⿰亻司)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 97, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 483
- Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 139, character 5
- Unihan data for U+4F3A
Chinese
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 伺 |
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 s05924 Transcribed ancient scripts  L19232  L19233  L19234 |
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *slɯ, *slɯs) : semantic 人 (“person, man”) + phonetic 司 (OC *slɯ) – a person stands beside (attends), looks in.
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sìh
- Wade–Giles: ssŭ4
- Yale: sz̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh
- Palladius: сы (sy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zi6 / si6
- Yale: jih / sih
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi6 / si6
- Guangdong Romanization: ji6 / xi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː²²/, /siː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù
- Tâi-lô: sù
- Phofsit Daibuun: sux
- IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /su²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr
- Tâi-lô: sìr
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì
- Tâi-lô: sì
- Phofsit Daibuun: six
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: siH, si
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*slɯs/, /*slɯ/
Definitions
伺
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cìh
- Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ4
- Yale: tsz̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh
- Palladius: цы (cy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zi6 / si6
- Yale: jih / sih
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi6 / si6
- Guangdong Romanization: ji6 / xi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː²²/, /siː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù
- Tâi-lô: sù
- Phofsit Daibuun: sux
- IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /su²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr
- Tâi-lô: sìr
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū
- Tâi-lô: sū
- Phofsit Daibuun: su
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su³³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Note:
- Xiamen, Zhangzhou:
- sù - literary;
- sū - vernacular.
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: siH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*slɯs/
Definitions
伺
- Only used in 伺候 (cìhou).
Japanese
Kanji
伺
Readings
Compounds
- 伺う (ukagau)
References
Korean
Hanja
伺 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa)
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