射

射	U+5C04, 射 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C04

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

射 (radical 41, 寸+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹木戈 (HHDI), four-corner 2420₀, composition ⿰身寸)

References[edit]

KangXi: page 294, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7434
Dae Jaweon: page 582, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 506, character 10
Unihan data for U+5C04

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		射

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (射) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
謝	*ljaːɡs
榭	*ljaːɡs
射	ɢljaːɡs, laːɡs, ɢljaːɡ, laːɡ
麝	ɢljaːɡs, ɢljaːɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 弓 (“bow”) + 寸 (“hand, wrist”). 弓 was assimilated to 身 in the clerical script period.

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shè (she⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): se⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sa
Min Nan (POJ): siā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shè
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ
  - Wade–Giles: shê⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: se⁶
  - Yale: seh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: se⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sé⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sɛː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sa
  - Hakka Romanization System: sa
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sa⁴
  - IPA: /sa⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siā
  - Tâi-lô: siā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕia²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕia⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕia²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕia³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕia³³/

Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 射
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂɤ⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʂɤ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/ʂɤ⁵³/ /sɤ⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʂə²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʃə⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂʐ̩ɛ³¹²/
	Xi'an	/ʂɤ⁴⁴/
	Xining	/ʐɛ⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ʂə¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ʂə¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʂɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/sɤ³⁵/
	Chengdu	/se¹³/
	Guiyang	/sɛ²¹³/
	Kunming	/ʂə²¹²/
	Nanjing	/ʂəʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/ʂe⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/sɤ⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/ʂʐ̩e̞³⁵/
	Hohhot	/sɤ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/zoʔ¹/ /zo²³/
	Suzhou	/zo³¹/ /zoʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/zz̩ʷei¹³/
	Wenzhou	/zei²²/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕie²²/ /ɕia²²/
Hui	Tunxi	/ɕia¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʂə⁵⁵/ /ʂa⁵⁵/ ～石头
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ʂɒ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/sɑ²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/sa⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/ʃɑ⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sɛ²²/
	Nanning	/sɛ²²/
	Hong Kong	/sɛ²²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/sia²²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/sia²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/ia⁴²/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/sia³¹/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/tia²³/

Middle Chinese: /ʑia^H/▼

Rime
Character	射
Reading #	2/4
Initial (聲)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	神夜切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑia^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑia^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑia^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑia^H/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑia^H/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭa^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯a^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shè

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.lAk-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢljaːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	射
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shè
Middle Chinese	‹ zyæ^H ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.lAk-s/
English	shoot; archer
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	射
Reading #	1/4
No.	11223
Phonetic component	射
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	射
Old Chinese	/*ɢljaːɡs/

Definitions[edit]

射

to shoot, to launch, to eject
to guess
to allude to
to emit
(colloquial) to ejaculate
^† archery

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 射

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shí, shè (shi², she⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ, ㄕㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶, se⁶
Min Nan (POJ): se̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shí
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ
  - Wade–Giles: shih²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shè
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ
  - Wade–Giles: shê⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik⁶, se⁶
  - Yale: sihk, seh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹, se⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶, sé⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚²/, /sɛː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k
  - Tâi-lô: si̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sek
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪk̚⁴/

Middle Chinese: /ʑiᴇk̚/▼

Rime
Character	射
Reading #	4/4
Initial (聲)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	食亦切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑiajk̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shí

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.lAk/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢljaːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	射
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shè
Middle Chinese	‹ zyek ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.lAk/
English	hit with bow and arrow
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	射
Reading #	3/4
No.	11226
Phonetic component	射
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	麝
Old Chinese	/*ɢljaːɡ/

Definitions[edit]

射

^† to hit with bow and arrow

Pronunciation 3[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yè (ye⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁶
Min Nan (POJ): ià

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yè
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ
  - Wade–Giles: yeh⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: je⁶
  - Yale: yeh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: je⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yé⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jɛː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ià
  - Tâi-lô: ià
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ia²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ia¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia²¹/

Middle Chinese: /jia^H/▼

Rime
Character	射
Reading #	1/4
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羊謝切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jia^H/
Pan Wuyun	/jia^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ia^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jia^H/
Li Rong	/ia^H/
Wang Li	/jĭa^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯a^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yè

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*laːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	射
Reading #	2/4
No.	11225
Phonetic component	射
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	夜
Old Chinese	/*laːɡs/

Definitions[edit]

射

Only used in 射干 (yègān) and 僕射／仆射 (púyè).

Pronunciation 4[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yì, shè (yi⁴, she⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ, ㄕㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶
Min Nan (POJ): e̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shè
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ
  - Wade–Giles: shê⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jik⁶
  - Yale: yihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍k
  - Tâi-lô: i̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ek
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪk̚⁴/

Middle Chinese: /jiᴇk̚/▼

Rime
Character	射
Reading #	3/4
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羊益切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/iæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiajk̚/
Li Rong	/iɛk̚/
Wang Li	/jĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*laːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	射
Reading #	4/4
No.	11228
Phonetic component	射
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	繹
Old Chinese	/*laːɡ/

Definitions[edit]

射

Only used in 無射／无射.

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Goon: じゃ (ja); や (ya); やく (yaku)
Kan’on: しゃ (sha, Jōyō); や (ya); えき (eki)
On: せき (seki)
Kun: いる (iru, 射る, Jōyō); あてる (ateru, 射てる); さす (sasu, 射す); いとう (itō); あきる (akiru)
Nanori: い (i); いり (iri)

Compounds[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

射 • (sa, seok) (hangeul 사, 석, revised sa, seok, McCune–Reischauer sa, sŏk)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

射 (xạ, dạ, dịch)

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射

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Pronunciation 1[edit]

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Definitions[edit]

Pronunciation 3[edit]

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Pronunciation 4[edit]

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