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. 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 (Yale chi4, si4)

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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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Vietnamese

Han character

匙 (thi, thìa, thì, chuỷ)