肆

肆 U+8086, 肆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8086 ← 肅 [U+8085] CJK Unified Ideographs 肇 → [U+8087]

See also: 四, 䦉, and 亖

Translingual

Han character

肆 (radical 129 聿+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 尸戈中手 (SILQ), four-corner 7570₇, composition ⿰镸聿)

References

• KangXi: page 971, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29226
• Dae Jaweon: page 1423, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3167, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8086

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		肆
alt. forms		𨽸

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (隶) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
曃	*l̥ʰɯːds
埭	*l'ɯːds
逮	*l'ɯːds, *l'ɯːds
靆	*l'ɯːds
齂	*hmrɯːds, *hmrɯds, *mrɯːd
棣	*l'ɯːds
隸	*rɯːds
肆	*hljɯds
蕼	*hljɯds
肂	*hljɯds
殔	*lɯds
隶	*lɯds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljɯds): semantic 镸 + phonetic 隶 (OC *lɯds).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sì (si⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³, sei³
• Min Nan (POJ): sìr / sù / sì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: sì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
    • Wade-Giles: szu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si³, sei³
    • Yale: si, sei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³, sei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³, séi³
    • IPA ^(key): /siː³³/, /sei̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr
    • Tâi-lô: sìr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù
    • Tâi-lô: sù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sux
    • IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì
    • Tâi-lô: sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: six
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /siɪ^H/▼

Rime
Character	肆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息利切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/siH/
Shao Rongfen	/sjɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siH/
Li Rong	/siH/
Wang Li	/siH/
Bernard Karlgren	/siH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sì

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*s-ləp-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯds/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	肆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sì
Middle Chinese	‹ sijH ›
Old Chinese	/*s-ləp-s/
English	unrestrained
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	肆
Reading #	1/1
No.	7961
Phonetic component	隶
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	四
Old Chinese	/*hljɯds/
Notes	說文右從隸聲，漢碑隸變爲此

Definitions

肆

1. impudent; undisciplined
2. shop; store
3. (financial) alternative form of 四 (“four”) (used in official documents or checks to avoid forgery)

Compounds

• 凶肆
• 列肆
• 大肆 (dàsì)
• 大肆厥辭／大肆厥辞
• 大肆吹噓／大肆吹嘘
• 大肆咆哮
• 大肆抨擊／大肆抨击
• 大肆搜捕
• 寶肆／宝肆
• 市肆
• 店肆 (diànsì)
• 廛肆
• 恣肆
• 恣肆無忌／恣肆无忌
• 放肆 (fàngsì)
• 放肆荒唐
• 放肆話／放肆话

• 构肆
• 枯魚之肆／枯鱼之肆
• 求馬唐肆／求马唐肆
• 汪洋自肆
• 汪洋閎肆／汪洋闳肆
• 肆刑
• 肆力
• 肆口
• 肆奢
• 肆奸植黨／肆奸植党
• 肆廛
• 肆志
• 肆意 (sìyì)
• 肆意妄為／肆意妄为
• 肆應／肆应
• 肆掠
• 肆無忌憚／肆无忌惮 (sìwújìdàn)

• 肆然
• 肆目
• 肆虐 (sìnüè)
• 肆行 (sìxíng)
• 肆行無忌／肆行无忌
• 肆言無忌／肆言无忌
• 肆言詈辱
• 肆赦
• 茶肆
• 衢肆
• 豺虎肆虐
• 踞肆
• 酒肆
• 閎中肆外／闳中肆外
• 鮑肆／鲍肆
• 鮑魚之肆／鲍鱼之肆

References

• (Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

See also

Chinese numbers
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	102	103	104	108	1012
Cardinal	〇	一	二	三	四	五	六	七	八	九	十	百	千	萬 万	億 亿	兆 万亿
Financial	零	壹	貳 贰	參 叁	肆	伍	陸 陆	柒	捌	玖	拾	佰	仟	萬 万	億 亿	兆 万亿

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Japanese

Kanji

肆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. The number four.
2. A shop or store.
3. Selfish; self-indulgent.

Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)
• Kun: みせ (mise), ほしいまま (hoshiimama)

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Korean

Hanja

肆 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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Vietnamese

Han character

肆 (tứ)

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