捨

See also: 舍

Translingual

shinjitai	捨
simplified	舍
traditional	捨

Alternative forms

Note that Japanese uses 舎 (吉), while Chinese uses 舍 (舌).

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 舍 – to discard with the hand.

Japanese form (捨) is rather Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 舎.

Han character

捨 (radical 64 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手人一口 (QOMR), X手人一口 (XQOMR), four-corner 5806₁, composition ⿰扌舍)

1. discard, give up willingly
2. give alms

References

• KangXi: page 434, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12191
• Dae Jaweon: page 784, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1900, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6368

See also

• 拾

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Cantonese

Hanzi

捨 (simplified 舍, Jyutping se2, Yale se2)

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Japanese

Kanji

捨

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• On: しゃ (sha)
• Kun: すてる (suteru)
• Nanori: いえ (ie), えだ (eda), すて (sute)

Compounds

• 喜捨
• 四捨五入

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Korean

Hanja

捨 (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

捨 (simplified 舍, Pinyin shě (she3), Wade-Giles she³)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

捨 (shiǎ)

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Vietnamese

Han character

捨 (xả)

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