辞

See also 辭

Translingual

simpl.		辞
trad.		辭辤

Etymology

Simplified from 辭 and 辤 ((left side) → 舌). First (辭) is in sense of “words”, second (辤) is in sense of “quit”.

In current form, 舌 + 辛.

Han character

辞 (radical 160 辛+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹口卜廿十 (HRYTJ))

1. words, speech, expression, phrase (originally 辭)
2. dismiss, resign (originally 辤, later confused)

References

• KangXi: page 1251, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38638
• Dae Jaweon: page 1730, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4037, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8F9E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

辞 (traditional 辭, Yale chi4)

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Japanese

Kanji

辞 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. speech

Readings

• On: じ (ji), し (shi)
• Kun: やめる (yameru), ことば (kotoba), ことわる (kotowaru)

Compounds

辞意 辞儀 辞宜 辞去 辞書 (じしょ, jisho, “dictionary”)

辞色 辞職 辞世 辞退 辞典 (じてん, jiten, “dictionary”)

辞任 辞表 辞林 辞令

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

simpl.		辞
trad.		辭

Hanzi

辞 (traditional 辭, pinyin cí (ci2), Wade-Giles tz'u²)

Noun

辞 (simplified, Pinyin cí, traditional 辭)

1. diction; phraseology
2. Ci (a form of classical poetry)

Verb

辞 (simplified, Pinyin cí, traditional 辭)

1. ​ to depart; to take one's leave
2. to dismiss; to discharge; to fire
3. to resign; to hand in
4. to shirk

Compounds

辞别 (simplified, Pinyin cíbié, traditional 辭別) 辞呈 辞典 (simplified, Pinyin cídiăn, traditional 辭典) 辞令

辞让 辞退 辞谢

辞行 辞藻 辞职

References

• "辞" (in Mandarin/English), Pleco Dictionary. URL accessed on 2011-10-19.
• "辞" (in Mandarin/English), Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2011-10-19.