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Translingual
Han character
嗣 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口月尸一口 (RBSMR), four-corner 67220, composition ⿰⿱口𠕁司)
- to connect, inherit
- descendants, heirs
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 203, character 30
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4109
- Dae Jaweon: page 426, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 667, character 11
- Unihan data for U+55E3
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 司
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*slɯ
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| 伺
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*slɯ, *slɯs
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| 覗
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*slɯ, *slɯs
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| 笥
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*slɯ, *slɯs
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| 詞
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*ljɯ
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| 祠
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*ljɯ
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| 柌
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*ljɯ
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| 嗣
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*ljɯs
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| 孠
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*ljɯs
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| 飼
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*ljɯs
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| 呞
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*hljɯ
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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嗣
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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sì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ziH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*sə.lə-s/
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| English
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succeed, inherit
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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嗣
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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11961
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Phonetic
component
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司
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Rime
group
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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寺
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Old
Chinese
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/*ljɯs/
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Definitions
嗣
- (literary) to inherit; to continue
- (literary) descendants
- (literary) heir; successor
- (literary) soon after
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
嗣
(Jōyō kanji)
- to inherit, to succeed, to take over a position
Readings
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of 嗣 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 嗣, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 嗣 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 嗣, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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See also
Korean
Hanja
嗣 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa)
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Vietnamese
Han character
嗣: Hán Nôm readings: tự
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