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Translingual [edit]

Etymology [edit]

The character is a pictograph representing [the remains of] rice (i.e. food, represented by the Chinese character ) being excreted out of a human body (); additionally, the radical is used for its phonetic value.

Han character [edit]

(radical 44 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸火木 (SFD), four-corner 77294)

  1. excrement, dung

Synonyms [edit]

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 301, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7689
  • Dae Jaweon: page 598, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 973, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5C4E

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale si2)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

Readings [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised si, McCune-Reischauer si)


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin shǐ (shi3), Wade-Giles shih3)


Middle Chinese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(śí)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(thỉ, xái)