是

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.3 Verb 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character 7 Wu 7.1 Pronunciation

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Radical: 日 + 正

[edit] Han character

是 (radical 72 日+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日一卜人 (AMYO), four-corner 6080₁)

1. indeed, yes, right
2. to be
3. demonstrative pronoun, this, that

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 493, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13859
• Dae Jaweon: page 858, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1497, character 5
• Unihan data for U+662F

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

是 (jyutping si6, Yale si6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

是 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: ぜ (ze), し (shi)
• Kun: これ (kore), この (kono), ここ (koko)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

是
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 시 (revised: si, McCune-Reischauer: si, Yale: si)

• Name (hangeul): 바를()

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

是 (pinyin shì (shi4), Wade-Giles shih⁴)

[edit] Verb

是 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shì)

1. is; to be

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

是 (thị)

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[edit] Wu

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA:

Latin Alphabet: sz´

Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄙˊ