仕

§Translingual

§Han character

仕 (radical 9 人+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人土 (OG), four-corner 2421₀, composition ⿰亻士)

1. (noun) official
2. serve in government

§References

• KangXi: page 92, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 368
• Dae Jaweon: page 195, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 112, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4ED5

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§Chinese

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simp. and trad.		仕

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶

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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/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (仕, reconstructed)
Character (仕), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 崇 (20) Final: 之 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 鉏里切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/d͡ʒɨX/	/ɖ͡ʐʱiX/	/d͡ʒiəX/	/ɖ͡ʐɨX/	/ɖ͡ʐɨX/	/d͡ʒĭəX/	/d͡ʒieX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (仕, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
仕								shì								‹ dzriX ›								/*[m-s-]rəʔ/								serve
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
仕					11512					士					之					0					士					/*zrɯʔ/

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§Japanese

§Kanji

仕

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

§Readings

• Goon: じ (ji)
• Kan’on: し (shi)
• Kun: つかえる (仕える, tsukaeru), つかまつる (仕る, tsukamatsuru)
• Nanori: つこう (tsukō)

§Compounds

仕える (tsukaeru): serve, work for, attend 仕方 (shikata): way, method, means 仕草 (shigusa): action, acting, gesture 仕事 (shigoto): work, job, business 仕手 (shite): doer, performer 仕様 (shiyō): way, method, means 仕業 (shiwaza): deed, act, action 仕上げ (shiage): end, finishing touches 仕入れ (shiire): stocking, buying up 仕打ち (shiuchi): treatment, behavior, action

仕送り (shiokuri): allowance, remittance 仕掛け (shikake): device, contrivance, trick 仕切り (shikiri): partition, division, boundary 仕切る (shikiru): partition, divide, mark off 仕組み (shikumi): structure, construction, arrangement 仕込み (shikomi): training, stocking up 仕立て (shitate): tailoring, dressmaking, sewing 仕舞う (shimau): finish, do something completely 仕事中 (shigotochū): at work, working 仕事場 (shigotoba): place where one works

仕上がり (shiagari): finish, end, completion 仕上げる (shiageru): finish up, complete 仕入れる (shiireru): lay in stock, replenish stock 仕掛ける (shikakeru): commence, lay, set 仕立てる (shitateru): tailor, make, prepare 仕方ない (shikata nai): it can't be helped 仕事始め (shigotohajime): resuming work after New Year's vacation 仕方がない (shikata ga nai): it can't be helped お仕舞い (oshimai): the end, closing 奉仕 (hōshi): attendance, service, ministry

§Noun

仕 (hiragana し, romaji shi)

1. official, civil service
   • 仕を致す
     しをいたす
     shi o itasu
     to resign from public office

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§Korean

§Hanja

仕 (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa)

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§Vietnamese

§Han character

仕 (sĩ, sải, sảy, sãi, sẻ, sễ, sẽ, sì, sẩy, sè, sõi, sỡi, xảy)

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§References

• Nom Foundation