詩

See also: 诗

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljɯ): semantic 言 ‎(“speech”) + phonetic 寺 ‎(OC *ljɯs) – poetry is a form of language, speech.

Han character

詩 (radical 149 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口土木戈 (YRGDI), four-corner 0464₁, composition ⿰訁寺)

References

• KangXi: page 1157, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35427
• Dae Jaweon: page 1622, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3961, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8A69

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Chinese

trad.		詩
simp.		诗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shī (shi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂
• Min Nan (POJ): si
• Wu (Wiktionary): sr (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ
    • Wade-Giles: shih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹
    • Yale: sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
    • IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si¹
    • IPA: /sɨ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si
    • Tâi-lô: si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: sr (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕɨ/▼

Rime
Character	詩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	書之切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨ/
Li Rong	/ɕiə/
Wang Li	/ɕĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shī

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	詩
Reading #	1/1
No.	12052
Phonetic component	寺
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	詩
Old Chinese	/*hljɯ/

Noun

詩 (classifier 首 (shǒu))

1. poem, verse, ode; poetry

Derived terms

• 詩歌／诗歌 (shīgē)
• 古詩／古诗 (gǔshī)
• 近體詩／近体诗 (jìntǐshī)

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Japanese

Kanji

詩

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. poetry, poem
2. (archaic) Chinese-style poetry
3. modern Japanese poetry

Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: からうた (karauta)

Noun

詩 ‎(hiragana し, romaji shi)

1. poem

Derived terms

• 詩歌 (しいか) ‎(shīka)

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Korean

Hanja

詩 • ‎(si) (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune-Reischauer si, Yale si)

Noun

詩 • ‎(si) ‎(hangeul 시)

1. Hanja form^? of 시, “poem, poetry”.

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: thi, thơ

Noun

1. Hán tự form of thi, thơ, “poetry, poem”