示

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See also: 元
示 U+793A, 示
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-793A
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 礻 →
⽰ U+2F70, ⽰
KANGXI RADICAL SPIRIT
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⺬ U+2EAC, ⺬
CJK RADICAL SPIRIT ONE
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Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

Han character

示 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一一火 (MMF), four-corner 10901, composition ⿱二小 or ⿱一𥘅 or ⿱一𡭕)

  1. Kangxi radical #113, ⽰.
  2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №3

Derived characters

References

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 839, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24623
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1256, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2385, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+793A

Chinese

trad. 示
simp. # 示
alternative forms 𥘅
𡭕
視／视 “to show”

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 示
Shang Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Chu slip and silk script Ancient script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (示) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
示 *ɡle, *ɢljils
祁 *ɡril, *kljilʔ
狋 *ŋɡril, *ɡʷren
視 *ɡljilʔ, *ɡljils, *ɢljils
眎 *ɡljilʔ, *ɡljils, *ɢljils
沶 *li

Pictogram (象形) – an altar. The original form is similar to unrelated character 丅, and additional strokes are added to prevent confusion with an ancient variant of 下 and the ancient version of 主. See also 帝.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 示
Mandarin Beijing /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Harbin /ʂʐ̩⁵³/
Tianjin /sz̩⁵³/
Jinan /ʂʐ̩²¹/
Qingdao /ʂʐ̩⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ʂʐ̩³¹²/
Xi'an /sz̩⁴⁴/
Xining /sz̩²¹³/
Yinchuan /ʂʐ̩¹³/
Lanzhou /ʂʐ̩¹³/
Ürümqi /sz̩²¹³/
Wuhan /sz̩³⁵/
Chengdu /sz̩¹³/
Guiyang /sz̩²¹³/
Kunming /ʂʐ̩²¹²/
Nanjing /ʂʐ̩⁴⁴/
Hefei /ʂʐ̩⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /sz̩⁴⁵/
Pingyao /sz̩³⁵/
Hohhot /sz̩⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /zz̩²³/
Suzhou /zz̩ʷ³¹/
Hangzhou /zz̩¹³/
Wenzhou /zz̩²²/
Hui Shexian /sz̩²²/
Tunxi /ɕi²⁴/
Xiang Changsha /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /sz̩²¹/
Hakka Meixian /sz̩⁵³/
Taoyuan /ʃï⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /si²²/
Nanning /si²²/
Hong Kong /si²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /si²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /sɛi²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /si⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /si³¹/
Haikou (Hainanese) /si³⁵/
/mai³⁵/ 訓讀
Rime
Character 示
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 船 (27)
Final (韻) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 神至切
Baxter zyijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʑiɪH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʑiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʑjɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʑiH/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ʑiH/
Wang
Li 		/d͡ʑiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/d͡ʑʰiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		si6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 示
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ zyijH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-ɡijʔ-s/
English show (v.)

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 示
Reading # 2/2
No. 11606
Phonetic
component 		示
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		示
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢljils/

Definitions

示

  1. to show; to reveal; to indicate; to notify; to instruct

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

示

  1. a surname

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 示 – see 置 (“to put; to place; to plant; to establish; to set up; to install; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 置).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 示 – see 祇 (“earth spirit; big; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 祇).

References

Japanese

Kanji

示

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. causing attention, showing, important

Readings

  • Go-on: ぎ (gi)、じ (ji, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: き (ki)、し (shi, Jōyō)
  • Kun: しめす (shimesu, 示す, Jōyō)、しめし (shimeshi)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

示 (eumhun 보일 시 (boil si))

  1. hanja form? of 시 (“to show; to display; to demonstrate; to exhibit”)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

示: Hán Nôm readings: thị, kì

  1. chữ Hán form of thị (“to show”).

Compounds

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