呞

呞 U+545E, 呞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-545E ← 呝 [U+545D] CJK Unified Ideographs 呟 → [U+545F]

Translingual

Han character

呞 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, Cangjie input 口尸一口 (RSMR), composition ⿰口司)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 181, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3426
• Dae Jaweon: page 399, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 609, character 2
• Unihan data for U+545E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		呞
alternative forms		齝／𱌯 𪗪／𬹿

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
司	*slɯ
伺	*slɯ, *slɯs
覗	*slɯ, *slɯs
笥	*slɯ, *slɯs
詞	*ljɯ
祠	*ljɯ
柌	*ljɯ
嗣	*ljɯs
孠	*ljɯs
飼	*ljɯs
呞	*hljɯ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shī (shi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shih
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹
    • Yale: shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɻ̩⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syi

Rime
Character	呞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	書之切
Baxter	syi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨ/
Li Rong	/ɕiə/
Wang Li	/ɕĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	呞
Reading #	1/1
No.	11964
Phonetic component	司
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	詩
Old Chinese	/*hljɯ/
Notes	同齝見詩毛傳

Definitions

呞

1. (obsolete) to ruminate

Japanese

Kanji

呞

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)、ち (chi)
• Kun: かみかえす (kamikaesu)