示

See also: 元

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• 礻 (when used as a left Chinese radical)

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – an altar.

Also a simplification of 祭, as part of compounds (際 → 际).

Han character

示 (radical 113 示+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一一火 (MMF), four-corner 1090₁, composition ⿱二小)

1. show, manifest
2. demonstrate

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/示
• 奈 柰

References

• KangXi: page 839, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24623
• Dae Jaweon: page 1256, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2385, character 1
• Unihan data for U+793A

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		示

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): shì
• Min Nan (POJ): sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
    • Wade-Giles: shih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶
    • Yale: sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /siː²²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: shì
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /shi¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī
    • Tâi-lô: sī
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (示, reconstructed)
Character (示), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 群 (30) Final: 支 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 巨支切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɡiᴇ/	/gie̯/	/ɡie/	/ɡiɛ/	/giə̆/	/ɡǐe/	/ɡjɛ/
Character (示), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 船 (27) Final: 脂 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 神至切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʑiɪH/	/d͡ʑʰiH/	/d͡ʑiH/	/ʑiH/	/ʑiH/	/d͡ʑiH/	/ʑjɪH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (示, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
示								shì								‹ zyijH ›								/*s-ɡijʔ-s/								show (v.)
示								zhì								‹ tsyeH ›								/*ke-s/								put (= 寘)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
示					11598					示					支					0					祇					/*ɡle/					同祇見周禮
示					11606					示					脂					1					示					/*ɢljils/

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

示

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. causing attention, showing, important

Readings

• Goon: ぎ (gi), じ (ji)
• Kan’on: き (ki), し (shi)
• Kun: しめす (shimesu), しめし (shimeshi)

Compounds

• 示威 (しい, shii)
• 示唆 (しさ, shisa)
• 開示 (かいじ, kaiji)
• 掲示 (ていじ, teiji)
• 指示 (しじ, shiji)
• 表示 (ひょうじ, hyōji)

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Korean

Hanja

示 (si, gi) (hangeul 시, 기, revised si, gi, McCune-Reischauer si, ki, Yale si, ki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

示 (kì, thị)

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