詞

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See also: 辭 and 词
詞 U+8A5E, 詞
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Translingual

Han character

詞 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜口尸一口 (YRSMR), four-corner 07620, composition ⿰訁司)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1156, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35394
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1621, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3957, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+8A5E

Chinese

trad. 詞
simp. 词
alternative forms 䛐

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (司) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
司 *slɯ
伺 *slɯ, *slɯs
覗 *slɯ, *slɯs
笥 *slɯ, *slɯs
詞 *ljɯ
祠 *ljɯ
柌 *ljɯ
嗣 *ljɯs
孠 *ljɯs
飼 *ljɯs
呞 *hljɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljɯ) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 司 (OC *slɯ).

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 詞
Mandarin Beijing /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
Harbin /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/
Tianjin /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁵/
Jinan /t͡sʰz̩⁴²/
Qingdao /t͡sʰz̩⁴²/
Zhengzhou /t͡sʰz̩⁴²/
Xi'an /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/
Xining /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/
Lanzhou /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/
Ürümqi /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡sʰz̩²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡sʰz̩³¹/
Guiyang /t͡sʰz̩²¹/
Kunming /t͡sʰz̩³¹/
Nanjing /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/
Hefei /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰz̩¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡sʰz̩¹³/
/sz̩¹³/
Hohhot /t͡sʰz̩³¹/
Wu Shanghai /zz̩²³/
Suzhou /zz̩¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡zz̩²¹³/
Wenzhou /zz̩³¹/
Hui Shexian /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/
Tunxi /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /t͡sz̩¹³/
Xiangtan /d͡zz̩¹²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰz̩¹¹/
Taoyuan /t͡sʰï¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰi²¹/
Nanning /t͡sʰz̩²¹/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰi²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /su³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /sy⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡su²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /sɯ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /si³¹/
Rime
Character 詞
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 似兹切
Baxter zi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/zɨ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/zɨ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/zie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/zɨ/
Li
Rong 		/ziə/
Wang
Li 		/zĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/zi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		sí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ci4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 詞
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		cí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ zi ›
Old
Chinese 		/*sə.lə/
English utterance

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 詞
Reading # 1/1
No. 11958
Phonetic
component 		司
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		詞
Old
Chinese 		/*ljɯ/

Definitions

詞

  1. word; term (Classifier: 組／组 m; 個／个)
    詞典／词典  ―  cídiǎn  ―  (word) dictionary
    單詞／单词  ―  dāncí  ―  (distinct) word
    詞語／词语  ―  cíyǔ  ―  word, term
  2. phrase; expression; speech; statement; lyrics
    See also: 辭
  3. (literature) ci; a form of poetry originating in the Tang dynasty and flourishing during the Song dynasty (Classifier: 首 m)
    Synonym: 詩餘／诗余 (shīyú)
  4. (traditional lexicology, obsolete) function word; particle
  5. † Alternative form of 辭／辞 (cí, “to depart”)

Synonyms

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

詞

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Derived terms

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
詞
ことば
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 詞 – see the following entry.
【言葉ことば】
a word, a term
language, speech
Alternative spelling
辞
(This term, 詞, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
詞
し
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Derived from Middle Chinese 詞 (MC zi).

Pronunciation

Noun

詞(し) • (shi) ←し (si)?

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

詞 (eumhun 말 사 (mal sa))

  1. Hanja form? of 사 (“word”).

Compounds

Compounds

詞 (eumhun 글 사 (geul sa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

詞: Hán Việt readings: từ

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