施

Translingual

Han character

施 (Kangxi radical 70, 方+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人心木 (YSOPD), four-corner 0821₂, composition ⿰方⿱𠂉也)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 482, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13629
• Dae Jaweon: page 843, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2176, character 6
• Unihan data for U+65BD

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Chinese

trad.		施
simp. #		施

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
他	*l̥ʰaːl
拖	*l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːls
駞	*l'aːl
池	*l'aːl, *l'al
灺	*ljalʔ
鍦	*ɦljaːl, *hljal, *hljals
虵	*ɦljal, *laːlʔ, *lal
也	*laːlʔ
忚	*hleːl
髢	*l'eːls
杝	*l̥ʰalʔ, *l'alʔ, *lal
肔	*l̥ʰalʔ, *lalʔ
馳	*l'al
阤	*l'alʔ, *hljalʔ
施	*hljal, *hljals
絁	*hljal
葹	*hljal
弛	*hljalʔ
箷	*lal
衪	*lel, *lalʔ
暆	*lel
迆	*lal, *lalʔ
酏	*lal, *lalʔ
匜	*lal, *lalʔ
迤	*lalʔ
扡	*lalʔ
崺	*lalʔ
貤	*lals, *ɦljels, *lels
地	*l'els

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hljal, *hljals) : semantic 㫃 + phonetic 也 (OC *laːlʔ).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 施

1. ^† (ideophonic) flag fluttering; flag waving
2. ^† flag ornament
3. to spread (something)
4. to set up; to put in place; to establish
5. to use; to utilise
6. to put into force; to implement
7. to apply; to add
8. to teach; to instruct
9. to convict; to judge
10. to display corpse
11. ^† to reproduce
12. ^† Meaningless particle.
13. a surname

Descendants

• (Hokkien dialect) Tagalog: See

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sī (si¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³
• Eastern Min (BUC): sié
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sì

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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: si³
    • Yale: si
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sié
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì
    • Tâi-lô: sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: six
    • IPA (Taipei): /si¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: syeH

Rime
Character	施
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	施智切
Baxter	syeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjɛH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiə̆H/
Li Rong	/ɕieH/
Wang Li	/ɕǐeH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕie̯H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljals/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	施
Reading #	2/2
No.	14789
Phonetic component	也
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	翅
Old Chinese	/*hljals/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 施

1. kindness; favour
2. to disperse; to become spread
3. to grant; to bestow; to give

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): ê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁶
    • Yale: yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛi²⁴²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 施

1. ^† to extend to; to reach
2. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 移 (yí, “to change”).

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐ (shi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ

• Eastern Min (BUC): chiē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐh
    • Wade–Giles: shih³
    • Yale: shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyy
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiē
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰie³³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 施

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 弛 (chí, “to cast away; to relieve”).
2. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 侈 (chǐ, “to boast”).

Pronunciation 5

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yí (yi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yí
    • Wade–Giles: i²
    • Yale: yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 施

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 邪 (xié, “awry”).
2. ^† Used in 施施 (yíyí, “walking in a crooked way”).

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Japanese

Kanji

施

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: い (i); せ (se, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: い (i); し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kun: ほどこす (hodokosu, 施す, Jōyō); しく (shiku, 施く)

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Korean

Hanja

施 • (si, i) (hangeul 시, 이, revised si, i, McCune–Reischauer si, i, Yale si, i)

1. To give (to help, to benefit)
2. Conduct
3. Widespread, breed
4. Reveal
5. boast, exaggerate

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 施 (thí)

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