勢

See also 势

Translingual

Etymology

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

Han character

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

1. power, force
2. tendency

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

勢 (simplified 势, jyutping sai3, Yale sai3)

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Japanese

Kanji

勢 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

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

Compounds

趨勢 (すうせい, sūsei) 衰勢 (すいせい, suisei) 姿勢 (しせい, shisei) 形勢 (けいせい, keisei) 村勢 (そんせい, sonsei) 町勢 (ちょうせい, chōsei) 区勢 (くせい, kusei)

市勢 (しせい, shisei) 水勢 (すいせい, suisei) 手勢 (てぜい, tezei) 中勢 (ちゅうせい, chūsei) 病勢 (びょうせい, byōsei) 落勢 (らくせい, rakusei) 騰勢 (とうせい, tōsei)

勢力伯仲 (せいりょくはくちゅう, seiryokuhakuchū) 党勢 (とうせい, tōsei) 猖獗 (しょうけつ, shōketsu) 破竹の勢い (はちくのいきおい, hachikunoikioi)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

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Middle Chinese

Han character

勢 (*shiɛ̀i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

勢 (thế, thể)