伺

See also 何, and 同

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 亻 (“person, man”) + phonetic 司 – a person stands beside (attends), looks in.

Han character

伺 (radical 9 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人尸一口 (OSMR), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿰亻司)

1. serve, wait upon, attend
2. examine

References

• KangXi: page 97, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 483
• Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 139, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4F3A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

伺 (Yale ji6)

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Japanese

Kanji

伺 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: うかがう (ukagau), うかがい (ukagai)

Compounds

• 伺う (うかがう, ukagau)

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Korean

Hanja

伺 (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

伺 (pinyin sì (si4), Wade-Giles ssu⁴)