辭

See also 辞, 辝, and 辤

Translingual

shinjitai	辞
simplified	辞
traditional	辭

Han character

辭 (radical 160 辛+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 月月卜廿十 (BBYTJ), four-corner 2024₁)

1. ​words, speech, expression, phrase
2. ​dismiss, resign (originally 辤, later confused)
3. ​to depart, to go away from

Related characters

• 亂

Descendants

• 辞

References

• KangXi: page 1252, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38671
• Dae Jaweon: page 1732, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4043, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8FAD

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Cantonese

Hanzi

辭 (simplified 辞, Yale chi4)

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Japanese

Kanji

辭

1. words
2. speech
3. expression
4. phrase

Readings

• On: じ (ji), し (shi)
• Kun: やめる (yameru)

Compounds

• 辭典 (じてん, jiten)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

simplified	辞
traditional	辭

Hanzi

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

Noun

辭 (traditional, Pinyin cí, simplified 辞)

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

Verb

辭 (traditional, Pinyin cí, simplified 辞)

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

References

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

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Middle Chinese

Han character

辭 (*ziə)

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Vietnamese

Han character

辭 (từ)