勢

See also: 势

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hŋjeds): phonetic 埶 ‎(OC *ŋeds) + semantic 力 ‎(“power”)

Han character

勢 (radical 19 力+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土戈大尸 (GIKS), four-corner 4542₇, composition ⿱埶力)

1. power, force
2. tendency

References

• KangXi: page 149, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2422
• Dae Jaweon: page 336, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 377, character 3
• Unihan data for U+52E2

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Chinese

trad.		勢
simp.		势

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ
• Min Nan (POJ): sì / sè

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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: sai³
    • Yale: sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴
    • IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì / sè
    • Tâi-lô: sì / sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: six, sex
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi¹¹/, /se¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²¹/, /se²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕiᴇi^H/▼

Rime
Character	勢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	舒制切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajH/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛiH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*ŋ̊et-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋjeds/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	勢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ syejH ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ̊et-s/
English	circumstances, setting
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	勢
Reading #	1/1
No.	15089
Phonetic component	埶
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	丗
Old Chinese	/*hŋjeds/

Definitions

勢

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Japanese

Kanji

勢

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. forces
2. energy
3. military strength

Readings

• Goon: せ (se)
• Kan’on: せい (sei)
• Kan’yōon: ぜい (zei)
• Kun: いきおい (ikioi)

Compounds

趨勢 (すうせい) ‎(sūsei) 衰勢 (すいせい) ‎(suisei) 姿勢 (しせい) ‎(shisei) 形勢 (けいせい) ‎(keisei) 村勢 (そんせい) ‎(sonsei) 町勢 (ちょうせい) ‎(chōsei) 区勢 (くせい) ‎(kusei)

市勢 (しせい) ‎(shisei) 水勢 (すいせい) ‎(suisei) 手勢 (てぜい) ‎(tezei) 中勢 (ちゅうせい) ‎(chūsei) 病勢 (びょうせい) ‎(byōsei) 落勢 (らくせい) ‎(rakusei) 騰勢 (とうせい) ‎(tōsei)

勢力伯仲 (せいりょくはくちゅう) ‎(seiryokuhakuchū) 党勢 (とうせい) ‎(tōsei) 猖獗 (しょうけつ) ‎(shōketsu) 破竹 (はちく)の勢 (いきお)い ‎(hachiku no ikioi)

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Korean

Hanja

勢 • ‎(se) (hangeul 세, revised se, McCune-Reischauer se)

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Vietnamese

Han character

勢 (thế, thể)

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