舐

舐 U+8210, 舐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8210 ← 舏 [U+820F] CJK Unified Ideographs 舑 → [U+8211]

Translingual

Han character

舐 (Kangxi radical 135, 舌+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹口竹女心 (HRHVP), four-corner 2264₀, composition ⿰舌氏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1007, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30283
• Dae Jaweon: page 1464, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2943, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8210

Chinese

trad.		舐
simp. #		舐
alternative forms		舓 𦧇 奶 Cantonese vernacular 𦧺／𫇘 Cantonese vernacular

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
氏	*skeŋ, *kje, *ɡjeʔ
衹	*kje, *ɡe
紙	*kjeʔ
帋	*kjeʔ
扺	*kjeʔ
坁	*kjeʔ
汦	*kjeʔ, *tjil
忯	*ɡje, *ɡe
眂	*ɡje, *ɡils
舐	*ɦljeʔ
芪	*ɡe
祇	*ɡe
疧	*ɡe
軝	*ɡe
蚔	*ɡe

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɦljeʔ) : semantic 舌 + phonetic 氏 (OC *skeŋ, *kje, *ɡjeʔ).

The glyphs recorded in Shuowen are 舓 (shì) (with phonetic 易 (OC *leːɡs, *leɡ)) and 𦧇 (with phonetic 也 (OC *laːlʔ)).

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s/g-ljak (“to lick; tongue”). The Cantonese vernacular reading laai² preserves the Old Chinese initial *l-.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): saai⁵, saai², saai³, si⁵, si⁶, laai²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sai⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sê

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sai¹ / si⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chī / chǐ / chīⁿ / chǐⁿ / sī / sǐ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zi⁶

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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: saai⁵, saai², saai³, si⁵, si⁶, laai²
    • Yale: sáaih, sáai, saai, síh, sih, láai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saai⁵, saai², saai³, si⁵, si⁶, laai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sai⁵, sai², sai³, xi⁵, xi⁶, lai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːi̯¹³/, /saːi̯³⁵/, /saːi̯³³/, /siː¹³/, /siː²²/, /laːi̯³⁵/

Note:

• saai5, saai2, saai3 (rare), si5 (rare), si6 (rare) - literary;
• laai2 - vernacular.

• (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  • Wiktionary: sai⁴
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sê
    • Hakka Romanization System: se´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: se¹
    • Sinological IPA: /se²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sai¹ / si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /saɪ⁴⁴/, /sz̩⁵³/

Note:

• Meixian:
  • sai1 - vernacular;
  • si4 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen, Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chī
    • Tâi-lô: tsī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ci
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen): /t͡si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǐ
    • Tâi-lô: tsǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si²²/
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡si³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvi
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /t͡sĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǐⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsǐnn
    • IPA (Lukang): /t͡sĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī
    • Tâi-lô: sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si²²/

Note:

• chī/chǐ/chīⁿ/chǐⁿ - vernacular;
• sī/sǐ - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zi⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsĭ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: zyeX

Rime
Character	舐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	神帋切
Baxter	zyeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑjɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑiə̆X/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑieX/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑǐeX/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.leʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljeʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	舐
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ zyeX ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.leʔ/
English	lick
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	舐
Reading #	1/1
No.	11524
Phonetic component	氏
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	舓
Old Chinese	/*ɦljeʔ/
Notes	俗舓字見莊子

Definitions

舐

1. to lick; to lap; to stroke with the tongue

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 舔 (“to lick”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		舐
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		舔
Mandarin	Beijing	舔
	Taiwan	舔
	Jinan	舔
	Wanrong	舔
	Xi'an	舔
	Xining	舔
	Wuhan	舔
	Chengdu	舔
	Guilin	舔
	Yangzhou	舔
	Hefei	舔
	Singapore	舔
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𦧺, 舔, 舐
	Hong Kong	𦧺, 舔
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	舔, 𦧺
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	舔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	𦧺
	Taishan	舐, 舔
	Dongguan	舐
	Yangjiang	舐, 舔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	𦧺
	Singapore (Guangfu)	𦧺
Gan	Nanchang	舔
Hakka	Meixian	舐
	Xingning	舐
	Huidong (Daling)	舐
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	舐
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	舐
	Changting	舐
	Wuping	舐
	Wuping (Pingyu)	舐
	Liancheng	舐
	Ninghua	舐
	Ruijin	舐
	Shicheng	舐
	Shangyou (Shexi)	舐
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	舐
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	舐
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	舐
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	舐
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	舐
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	㐁
	Hong Kong	舐
	Senai (Huiyang)	舐
Jin	Taiyuan	舔
	Xinzhou	舔涮
Northern Min	Jian'ou	狧
	Songxi	狧
	Zhenghe	狧
	Jianyang	狧
	Wuyishan	狧
	Pucheng (Shibei)	狧
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𩞨
	Changle	𩞨
	Fuqing	𩞨
	Yongtai	𩞨
	Gutian	𩞨
	Fu'an	𩞨
	Ningde	𩞨
	Shouning	𩞨
	Zhouning	𩞨
	Fuding	𩞨
Southern Min	Xiamen	舐
	Quanzhou	舐
	Yongchun	舐
	Zhangzhou	舐, 哴
	Penang (Hokkien)	jilat
	Manila (Hokkien)	舐
	Longyan	舐
	Chaozhou	舐
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	舐
	Haikou	舐
	Tunchang	舐
Wu	Shanghai	舔
	Shanghai (Chongming)	舔
	Suzhou	舔
	Hangzhou	舔
	Ningbo	舔
	Wenzhou	舔, 舐
Xiang	Changsha	舔
	Shuangfeng	舔

Compounds

• 吮癰舐痔／吮痈舐痔
• 老牛舐犢／老牛舐犊
• 舐犢／舐犊
• 舐犢之愛／舐犊之爱
• 舐犢情深／舐犊情深 (shìdúqíngshēn)
• 舐痔
• 舐癰吮痔／舐痈吮痔
• 舐糠及米

 

Etymology 2

trad.		舐
simp. #		舐

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lim², lem²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lim², lem²
    • Yale: lím, colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lim², lem²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lim², lém²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːm³⁵/, /lɛːm³⁵/

Definitions

舐

1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 舔 (“to lick”)

References

• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢
• “舐”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

舐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じ (ji)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: なめる (nameru, 舐める); ねぶる (neburu, 舐る)

Korean

Hanja

舐 (eum 지 (ji))

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Vietnamese

Han character

舐: Hán Nôm readings: liếm, thỉ

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References

• Nom Foundation