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Translingual
Han character
嘶 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口廿金中 (RTCL), four-corner 62021, composition ⿰口斯)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 207, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4260
- Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 681, character 6
- Unihan data for U+5636
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 嘶
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*seː
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| 撕
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*seː, *se
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| 斯
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*se
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| 廝
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*se
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| 蟴
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*se
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| 燍
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*se
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| 鐁
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*se
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| 凘
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*se
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| 澌
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*ses
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *seː): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 斯 (OC *se).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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嘶
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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sī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ sej ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁe/
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| English
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shriek
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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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嘶
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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11993
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Phonetic
component
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斯
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Rime
group
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支
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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西
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Old
Chinese
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/*seː/
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Definitions
嘶
- neighing of a horse
- husky throated; gravel voiced
- 嘶啞／嘶哑 ― sīyǎ ― hoarse; husky
- (of birds; insects) mournful murmur; whimpering
天霜河白夜星稀，一雁聲嘶何處歸。 [MSC, trad.]
天霜河白夜星稀，一雁声嘶何处归。 [MSC, simp.]- From: Emperor Jianwen of Liang 梁簡文帝, 《夜望單飛雁》
- Tiān shuāng hé bái yè xīng xī, yī yàn shēng sī héchù guī.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (onomatopoeia, of various sounds) eg. sound of paper being shredded; sobbing
老翁夜行無子攜，眼昏失腳非有擠；明日尋者爾瘦妻，手提幼女哭嘶嘶。 [MSC, trad.]
老翁夜行无子携，眼昏失脚非有挤；明日寻者尔瘦妻，手提幼女哭嘶嘶。 [MSC, simp.]- From: Mei Yaochen 梅堯臣, 《淘渠》
- Lǎowēng yè xíng wú zǐ xié, yǎn hūn shī jiǎo fēi yǒu jǐ; míngrì xún zhě ěr shòu qī, shǒu tí yòunǚ kū sīsī.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 嘶 – see 𤺊 (“(Cantonese) to hiccup”).
(This character is a variant form of 𤺊). |
References
Japanese
Kanji
嘶
(Hyōgai kanji)
- to neigh, to whinny
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
嘶 • (si) (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune–Reischauer si)
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Vietnamese
Han character
嘶: Hán Nôm readings: tê
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References