勢

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 埶 + semantic 力 (“‘power’”)

[edit] Han character

勢 (radical 19 力+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土戈大尸 (GIKS), four-corner 4542₇)

1. power, force
2. tendency

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 149, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2422
• Dae Jaweon: page 336, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 377, character 3
• Unihan data for U+52E2

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

勢 (simplified 势, Yale sai3)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

勢 (grade 5 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: せい (sei), せ (se)
• Kun: いきおい (ikioi)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

勢 (hangeul 세, revised se, McCune-Reischauer se)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

勢 (simplified 势, pinyin shì (shi4), Wade-Giles shih⁴)

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

勢 (*shiɛ̀i)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

勢 (thế, thể)