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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

(radical 9 +6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人土木戈 (OGDI), four-corner 24241)

  1. serve, attend upon
  2. attendant, servant
  3. samurai

[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 101, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 589
  • Dae Jaweon: page 215, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 143, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+4F8D

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(Yale si6)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology 1

saburapi > saburaɸi > saburawi > saburai. The nominalized form of the verb saburap-.

[edit] Noun

(hiragana さぶらい, romaji saburai, historical hiragana さぶらひ)

  1. one who serves nearby; a servant
  2. a warrior; samurai
    Saburai. サブライ(侍) 貴族, または,尊敬すべき人〔武士〕.

[edit] Etymology 2

saburaɸi > samuraɸi > samurawi > samurai. From earlier saburaɸi.

[edit] Noun

(hiragana さむらい, romaji samurai, historical hiragana さむらひ)

  1. one who serves nearby; a servant
  2. a warrior; samurai

[edit] Kanji

(common kanji)

[edit] Readings

[edit] Verb

See 侍する (じする, jisuru) or 侍る (はべる, haberu)

[edit] Compounds

[edit] References


[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

(hangeul , revised si, McCune-Reischauer si)


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

(pinyin shì (shi4), Wade-Giles shih4)

  1. to serve

The very Chinese character rootedly means to serve and to accompany at the same time. Meanwhile, it makes up relative words as follows.

  • 侍从: shicong, servants of the emperor or officials.
  • 侍奉: shifeng, to serve.
  • 侍候: shihou, to serve in a more respectul way with an implication of waiting ().
  • 侍郎: shilang, a title of a sort of ancient official.
  • 侍弄: shinong, to detail.

Reference: Contenporary Chinese Dictionary (Xiandai Hanyu Cidian), Beijing: Commercial Press, 1994


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(thị)