嗜

Translingual

Han character

嗜 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口十心日 (RJPA), four-corner 6406₁, composition ⿰口耆)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 203, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4089
• Dae Jaweon: page 425, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 664, character 16
• Unihan data for U+55DC

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Chinese

trad.		嗜
simp. #		嗜

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
稽	*kiː, *kʰiːʔ
詣	*ŋɡiːs
栺	*ŋɡiːs, *kji
榰	*klje
脂	*kji
鴲	*kji, *kjis
指	*kjiʔ
旨	*kjiʔ
恉	*kjiʔ
嗜	*ɡjis
蓍	*qʰlji
鰭	*ɡri
耆	*ɡri
鮨	*ɡri
鬐	*ɡri

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴
    • Yale: shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si³
    • Yale: si
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī
    • Tâi-lô: sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si²²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyijH

Rime
Character	嗜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	常利切
Baxter	dzyijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiH/
Li Rong	/ʑiH/
Wang Li	/ʑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ij-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡjis/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	嗜
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyijH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ij-s/
English	enjoy
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	嗜
Reading #	1/1
No.	17329
Phonetic component	旨
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	嗜
Old Chinese	/*ɡjis/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嗜

1. to be addicted to; to indulge in; to have weakness for
2. ^† to covet

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Japanese

Kanji

嗜

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. like
2. prefer

Readings

• Go-on: じ (ji)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: たしなむ (tashinamu, 嗜む)

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Korean

Hanja

嗜 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 嗜 (thị)

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References

• Nom Foundation