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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

Ideogrammic compound (會意):  + , logic of compound unclear.

Han character [edit]

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

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

Derived characters [edit]

References [edit]

  • 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

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(jyutping si6, Yale si6)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]


Eumhun:

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

Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin shì (shi4), Wade-Giles shih4)

Verb [edit]

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin shì)

  1. is; to be
    泰晤士河英国第二长的河流。
    Tàiwùshì Hé shì Yīngguó dì èr cháng de héliú.
    The River Thames is the second longest river in the UK.

Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(thị)


Wu [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

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Alternative forms [edit]

Latin Alphabet: sz´

Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄙˊ