詩

See also: 诗

Translingual

simpl.		诗
trad.		詩

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 寺 – 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)

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

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trad.		詩
simp.		诗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shī (shi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): sṳ̂
• Min Nan (POJ): si
• Wu (WT Romanisation): 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
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /sɨ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si
    • Tâi-lô: si
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi³⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: sr (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (詩, reconstructed)
Character (詩), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 書 (26) Final: 之 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 書之切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɕɨ/	/ɕi/	/ɕiə/	/ɕɨ/	/ɕɨ/	/ɕĭə/	/ɕie/

Old Chinese pronunciation (詩, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
詩					12052					寺					之					0					詩					/*hljɯ/

Definitions

1. poem, verse, ode; poetry

Derived terms

• 詩歌／诗歌
• 古詩／古诗
• 近體詩／近体诗

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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 in this word

詩

Noun

詩 (si) (hangeul 시)

1. Hanja form^? of 시, “poem, poetry”.

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

詩

Noun

詩

1. Hán tự form of thi, thơ, "poetry, poem"