蒔

See also: 莳

蒔 U+8494, 蒔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8494 ← 蒓 [U+8493] CJK Unified Ideographs 蒕 → [U+8495]

Translingual

Han character

蒔 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, Cangjie input 廿日土戈 (TAGI), four-corner 4464₁, composition ⿱艹時)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1048, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31546
• Dae Jaweon: page 1509, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3263, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8494

Chinese

trad.		蒔
simp.		莳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
等	*tɯːʔ, *tɯːŋʔ
待	*dɯːʔ
寺	*ljɯs
持	*l'ɯ
峙	*dɯʔ
痔	*dɯʔ
跱	*dɯʔ
歭	*dɯʔ
洔	*dɯʔ, *tjɯʔ
畤	*dɯʔ, *tjɯʔ, *djɯʔ
秲	*dɯʔ, *djɯs
庤	*dɯʔ
時	*djɯ
鰣	*djɯ
塒	*djɯ
蒔	*djɯ, *djɯs
榯	*djɯ
恃	*djɯʔ
侍	*djɯs
詩	*hljɯ
邿	*hljɯ
特	*dɯːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djɯ, *djɯs): semantic 艹 (“grass, plant”) + phonetic 時 (OC *djɯ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì, shí (shi⁴, shi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ, ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ

  (Hailu, HRS): shi^˖

• Eastern Min (BUC): sê
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴
    • Yale: shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɻ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíh
    • Wade–Giles: shih²
    • Yale: shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɻ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si⁶
    • Yale: sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: shi^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃi³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī
    • Tâi-lô: sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /si²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /si³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /si³³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyiH

Rime
Character	蒔
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	時吏切
Baxter	dzyiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑɨH/
Li Rong	/ʑiəH/
Wang Li	/ʑĭəH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*djɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蒔
Reading #	2/2
No.	12050
Phonetic component	寺
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	侍
Old Chinese	/*djɯs/

Definitions

蒔

1. to transplant (to uproot and replant in a different location)
2. to plant; to grow
3. to set up

Compounds

• 蒔秧 / 莳秧
• 蒔繪 / 莳绘
• 蒔花 / 莳花

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shí (shi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): sì
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): si²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíh
    • Wade–Giles: shih²
    • Yale: shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɻ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si⁴
    • Yale: sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: si²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬi¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: si²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬi²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî
    • Tâi-lô: sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sii
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /si²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /si²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /si¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /si²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyi

Rime
Character	蒔
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	市之切
Baxter	dzyi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑɨ/
Li Rong	/ʑiə/
Wang Li	/ʑĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*djɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蒔
Reading #	1/2
No.	12045
Phonetic component	寺
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	時
Old Chinese	/*djɯ/

Definitions

蒔

1. only used in 蒔蘿／莳萝 (shíluó)

References

• “蒔”, 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–
• William Campbell (1913), A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC, pages 609, 610.
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “莳”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 210.

Japanese

Kanji

蒔

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. sowing (seeds)

Readings

• Go-on: じ (ji)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: うえる (ueru, 蒔える)、まく (maku, 蒔く)

Korean

Hanja

蒔 • (si) (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune–Reischauer si, Yale si) 모종 낼 시 (from 모종 내다 = plant seedling)

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