側

側 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人月金弓 (OBCN), four-corner 2220₀, composition ⿰亻則)

• 𨶨

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 111, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 897
• Dae Jaweon: page 238, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 189, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5074

Historical forms of the character 側
Bronze inscriptions b12303 b12304 Small seal script s05768 Transcribed ancient scripts L38256
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsrɯɡ) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 則 (OC *ʔsɯːɡ).

側

1. side

   本側開門／本侧开门  ―  běn cè kāimén  ―  Exit this side

2. to lean to one side; to incline; to slant

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: しき (shiki)
• Kan-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
• Kun: がわ (gawa, 側, Jōyō)、かわ (kawa, 側)、そば (soba, 側)、はた (hata, 側)、かたわら (katawara, 側ら)^{←かたはら (katafara, 側ら, historical)}

• 仄(ほの)か (honoka)

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側

Wikipedia ^ja

• (Tokyo) がわ (Heiban – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

側(がわ) • (gawa) ^{←がは (gafa)?}

1. side

• (Tokyo) そば (Atamadaka – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

側(そば) • (soba) 

1. vicinity, near, beside, side

   泣(な)かないで。僕(ぼく)は傍(そば)にいるから。

   Nakanaide. Boku wa soba ni iru kara.

   Don't cry, for I am by your side.

• (Tokyo) かわ (Odaka – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

側(かわ) • (kawa) ^{←かは (kafa)?}

1. side

• (Tokyo) はた (Heiban – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

側(はた) • (hata) 

1. vicinity

Middle Chinese 側 (t͡ʃɨk̚)

• (Tokyo) そく (Atamadaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

側(そく) • (soku) 

1. side

側(そく) • (soku) 

1. the first of the Eight Principles of Yong

• 永(えい)字(じ)八法(はっぽう) (eiji happō, “the Eight Principles of Yong”)

• 勒(ろく) (roku, “the second of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 努(ど) (do, “the third of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 趯(てき) (teki, “the fourth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 策(さく) (saku, “the fifth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 掠(りゃく) (ryaku, “the sixth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 啄(たく) (taku, “the seventh of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 磔(たく) (taku, “the eighth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)

側 (eum 측 (cheuk))

1. side

側: Hán Nôm readings: trắc, trắt, trặc

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