詞

See also 词

Translingual

simplified	词
traditional	詞

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 司 – spoken words.

Han character

詞 (radical 149 言+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜口尸一口 (YRSMR), four-corner 0762₀, composition ⿰言司)

1. words
2. phrase, expression

Synonyms

• In many cases, this character is exchangeable with 辭、辞

References

• KangXi: page 1156, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35394
• Dae Jaweon: page 1621, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3957, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8A5E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

詞 (simplified 词, Yale chi4)

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Japanese

Kanji

詞 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: し (shi), じ (ji)
• Kun: ことば (kotoba)

Compounds

歌詞 (かし, kashi) 品詞 (ひんし, hinshi) 祝詞 (のりと, norito) 合い詞 (あいことば, aikotoba) 名詞 (めいし,meishi) 副詞 (ふくし, fukushi)

哀詞 (あいし, aishi) 動詞 (どうし, dōshi) 忌詞 (いみことば, imikotoba) 格助詞 (かくじゃし, kakujashi) 指定詞 (していし, shiteishi) 助動詞 (じゃどうし , jadōshi)

類別詞 (るいべつし, ruibetsushi) 懸詞 (かいことば, kaikotoba) 間投詞 (かんとうし, kantōshi) 形容詞 (けいようし, keiyōshi) 形容動詞 (けいようどうし, keiyōdōshi) 接続詞 (せつぞくし, setsuzokushi)

Noun

詞 (hiragana ことば, romaji kotoba)

1. Alternative spelling of 言葉.

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

詞 (simplified 词, pinyin cí (ci2), Wade-Giles tz'u²)

Compounds

• 詞不達意
• 詞典
• 詞句
• 詞彙

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Min Nan

Hanji

詞 (traditional, POJ sû)

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Vietnamese

Han character

詞 (từ)