辭

辭 (Kangxi radical 160, 辛+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 月月卜廿十 (BBYTJ), four-corner 2024₁, composition ⿰𤔔辛)

• 𫍗, 𮓑

• 辞 (in simplified Chinese and Japanese shinjitai)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1252, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38671
• Dae Jaweon: page 1732, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4043, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8FAD

Historical forms of the character 辭
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 𤔔 (“govern”) + 辛 (“punishment”) – litigation.

辭

1. diction; phraseology; speech; words

   See also: 詞

   修辭／修辞  ―  xiūcí  ―  rhetoric ("refinement of speech")

   辭書／辞书  ―  císhū  ―  dictionary; wordbook

2. Ci (a form of classical poetry)

   《楚辭》／《楚辞》  ―  “Chǔcí”  ―  Verses of Chu

3. (obsolete) legal statement; deposition; testimony; confession
5. to depart; to take one's leave

   告辭／告辞  ―  gàocí  ―  goodbye ("allow me to take leave")

6. to dismiss; to discharge; to fire

   辭退／辞退  ―  cítuì  ―  to discharge

   • 威哥，點解公司忽然間會辭你呢？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     威哥，点解公司忽然间会辞你呢？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1953, 張瑛 [Cheung Ying] (actor), in 危樓春曉 , excerpted from the Corpus of Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Cantonese

     wai¹ go¹, dim² gaai² gung¹ si¹ fat¹ jin⁴ gaan¹ wui⁵ ci⁴ nei⁵ ne¹?

     Brother Wai, why would your company suddenly fire you?

7. to resign; to hand in

   辭職／辞职  ―  cízhí  ―  to resign one's office; to tender one's resignation

8. to shirk; to decline

   不辭勞苦／不辞劳苦  ―  bùcíláokǔ  ―  to spare no effort

9. to apologize (to accept fault and invite the pardon of the offended)

   • 宣子辭焉，使即事於會，成愷悌也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     宣子辞焉，使即事于会，成恺悌也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Xuānzǐ cí yān, shǐ jíshì yú huì, chéng kǎitì yě.

     Xuanzi (of Fan) apologized to him (Juzhi) and invited him to participate in the convention, so that his reputation as a "graceful and courteous lord" could be preserved.

10. to excuse; to make up excuses (to provide explanation to lessen someone's fault)

    • 求！君子疾夫舍曰欲之，而必為之辭。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      求！君子疾夫舍曰欲之，而必为之辞。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

      Qiú! Jūnzǐ jí fú shě yuē yùzhī, ér bì wèizhī cí.

      Qiu, the superior man hates those declining to say 'I want such and such a thing,' and framing explanations for their conduct.

    • 今之君子，豈徒順之，又從為之辭。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      今之君子，岂徒顺之，又从为之辞。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

      Jīn zhī jūnzǐ, qǐ tú shùnzhī, yòu cóng wèizhī cí.

      But do the superior men of the present day only persist in their errors? They go on to apologize for them likewise.

• “辭”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 辞)

1. words
2. speech
3. expression
4. phrase

• Go-on: じ (ji)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: やめる (yameru, 辭める)

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• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

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辭 (eumhun 말씀 사 (malsseum sa))

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