偲

Translingual

Han character

偲 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人田心 (OWP), four-corner 2623₀, composition ⿰亻思)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 111, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 895
• Dae Jaweon: page 238, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 191, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5072

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		偲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 偲
Small seal script s05721
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (囟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
崽	*ʔslɯːʔ, *srɯː, *srɯː
偲	*sn̥ʰɯː, *snɯ
腮	*snɯː
鰓	*snɯː
揌	*snɯː
顋	*snɯː
愢	*snɯː
毢	*snɯː
諰	*srɯː, *snɯʔ
細	*snɯːls
思	*snɯ, *snɯs
緦	*snɯ
罳	*snɯ
禗	*snɯ
楒	*snɯ
葸	*snɯʔ
恖	*snɯ
颸	*sʰrɯ
囟	*snɯns
顖	*sniŋs
毸	*snɯː

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāi (cai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai¹ / soi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cai
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai¹
    • Yale: tsāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsai
    • Palladius: цай (caj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caai¹ / soi¹
    • Yale: chāai / sōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai¹ / soi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai¹ / soi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵/, /sɔːi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshoj

Rime
Character	偲
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	倉才切
Baxter	tshoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəi/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəj/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰᴀi/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cāi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sn̥ʰɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	偲
Reading #	1/2
No.	13824
Phonetic component	囟
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	猜
Old Chinese	/*sn̥ʰɯː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 偲

1. ^† able; talented

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sī (si¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sih
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹
    • Yale: sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sy
    • Palladius: сы (sy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si¹
    • Yale: sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: si

Rime
Character	偲
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息兹切
Baxter	si
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/sɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/sie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨ/
Li Rong	/siə/
Wang Li	/sĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*snɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	偲
Reading #	2/2
No.	13839
Phonetic component	囟
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	思
Old Chinese	/*snɯ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 偲

1. Only used in 偲偲 (sīsī).

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐ (si³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐh
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³
    • Yale: sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syy
    • Palladius: сы (sy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 偲

1. ^‡ Alternative form of 𤟧, defined as 不安 in Jiyun.

References

• “偲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

偲

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: さい (sai); し (shi)
• Kan-on: さい (sai); し (shi)
• Kun: しのぶ (shinobu, 偲ぶ)

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Korean

Hanja

偲 • (si) (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune–Reischauer si)

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