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Translingual
Han character
詩 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口土木戈 (YRGDI), four-corner 04641, composition ⿰訁寺)
Derived characters
Further reading
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1157, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35427
- Dae Jaweon: page 1622, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3961, character 5
- Unihan data for U+8A69
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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等
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*tɯːʔ, *tɯːŋʔ
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待
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*dɯːʔ
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寺
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*ljɯs
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持
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*l'ɯ
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峙
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*dɯʔ
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痔
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*dɯʔ
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跱
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*dɯʔ
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歭
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*dɯʔ
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洔
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*dɯʔ, *tjɯʔ
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畤
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*dɯʔ, *tjɯʔ, *djɯʔ
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秲
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*dɯʔ, *djɯs
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庤
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*dɯʔ
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時
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*djɯ
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鰣
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*djɯ
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塒
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*djɯ
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蒔
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*djɯ, *djɯs
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榯
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*djɯ
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恃
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*djɯʔ
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侍
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*djɯs
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詩
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*hljɯ
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邿
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*hljɯ
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特
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*dɯːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *hljɯ) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 寺 (OC *ljɯs) – poetry is a form of language, speech.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): shī (shi1)
- (Zhuyin): ㄕ
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сы (sɨ, I)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): si1
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): si1
- Gan (Wiktionary): si1
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂
- (Meixian, Guangdong): si1
- Jin (Wiktionary): si1
- Northern Min (KCR): sí
- Eastern Min (BUC): sĭ
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): si
- (Teochew, Peng'im): si1
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1sy
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shr1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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詩
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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shī
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Middle Chinese
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‹ syi ›
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Old Chinese
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/*s.tə/
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English
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poetry
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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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詩
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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12052
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Phonetic component
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寺
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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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詩
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Old Chinese
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/*hljɯ/
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Definitions
詩
- poem; verse; ode; poetry (Classifier: 首 m c h)
- Short for 詩經/诗经 (Shījīng, “Classic of Poetry”).
Compounds
Descendants
References
Japanese
Kanji
詩
(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
- poetry, poem
- (archaic) Chinese-style poetry
- modern Japanese poetry
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 詩 (MC syi).
Pronunciation
Noun
詩 • (shi)
- poem
- verse of poetry
- (poetry) Chinese poetry
- Short for 詩経 (“Shijing, the Book of Odes”).
Derived terms
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 詩 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 詩, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 詩 (MC syi). Recorded as Middle Korean 시 (si) (Yale: si) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
詩 (eum 시 (si))
- hanja form? of 시 (“poetry; poem”)
- hanja form? of 시 (“verse”)
Compounds
Compounds
- 시가 (詩歌, siga)
- 시객 (詩客, sigaek)
- 시경 (詩經, sigyeong)
- 시단 (詩壇, sidan)
- 시문 (詩文, simun)
- 시상 (詩想, sisang)
- 시서 (詩書, siseo)
- 시선 (詩仙, siseon)
- 시성 (詩聖, siseong)
- 시인 (詩人, siin)
- 시작 (詩作, sijak)
- 시재 (詩材, sijae)
- 시정 (詩情, sijeong)
- 시집 (詩集, sijip)
- 시편 (詩篇, sipyeon)
- 시풍 (詩風, sipung)
- 시형 (詩形, sihyeong)
- 시화 (詩話, sihwa)
- 시흥 (詩興, siheung)
- 극시 (劇詩, geuksi)
- 부시 (賦詩, busi)
- 서시 (序詩, seosi)
- 송시 (誦詩, songsi)
- 율시 (律詩, yulsi)
- 작시 (作詩, jaksi)
- 증시 (贈詩, jeungsi)
- 한시 (漢詩, hansi)
- 서경시 (敍景詩, seogyeongsi)
- 서사시 (敍事詩, seosasi)
- 서정시 (敍情詩, seojeongsi)
- 서정시 (抒情詩, seojeongsi)
- 전원시 (田園詩, jeonwonsi)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
詩: Hán Việt readings: thi (申之切)[1][2][3][4][5]
詩: Nôm readings: thơ[1][2][3][6][4][5][7], thi[1][2][4][7]
- chữ Hán form of thi (“poetry; poem”).
- Nôm form of thơ (“poetry; poem; verse”).
Compounds
References