飾

See also 饰

Translingual

simpl.		饰
trad.		飾

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 飤 + semantic 巾 (“cloth”) – cover with cloth, decorate, deceive; alternatively, ornaments and adornments attached to cloth.

The 人 has shifted left somewhat, resembling a 勹 without the right hook, rather than being a triangular top.

Han character

飾 (radical 184 食+5, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人戈人中月 (OIOLB), four-corner 8872₇)

1. decorate, ornament, adorn
2. to deceive

References

• KangXi: page 1418, character 42
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44111
• Dae Jaweon: page 1943, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4447, character 6
• Unihan data for U+98FE

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Cantonese

Hanzi

飾 (simplified 饰, Yale sik1)

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Japanese

Kanji

飾 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: しょく (shoku)
• Kun: かざる (kazaru), かざり (kazari)

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Korean

Hanja

飾 (hangeul 식, revised sik, McCune-Reischauer sik, Yale sik)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

飾 (simplified 饰, pinyin shì (shi4), Wade-Giles shih⁴)