匙

Translingual

Han character

匙 (radical 21 匕+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 日人心 (AOP), four-corner 6180₁, composition ⿺是匕)

1. spoon
2. a surname

References

• KangXi: page 153, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2590
• Dae Jaweon: page 344, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 263, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5319

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Cantonese

Hanzi

匙 (jyutping ci4, si4, Yale chi4, si4)

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Hakka

Hanzi

匙 (POJ shî, Guangdong s'i² [Hailu, Kwangtung]; she², shi², tshe², tsh'i² [Meixian]; sii² [Siyan]; ts'i², si² [Bao'an, Hong Kong]; ts'i² [Dongguan], Hagfa Pinyim ci2, si2)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

匙

Readings

• On: し (shi), じ (ji)
• Kun: さじ (saji)

Noun

匙 (hiragana さじ, romaji saji)

1. spoon

Alternative forms

• 匕

See also

• 匙を投げる (idiom): throw the spoon; throw in the towel

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Korean

Hanja

匙 (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune-Reischauer si)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

匙 (pinyin chí (chi2), Wade-Giles ch'ih²)

1. spoon

匙 (pinyin shi (shi5), Wade-Giles shih⁵)

1. key (used with 鑰)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

匙 (zhiɛ)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

匙 (POJ sî)

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

匙 (thi, thìa, thì, chuỷ)