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)

1. poetry
2. poem, verse, ode

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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Cantonese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siː˥/

Hanzi

詩 (simplified 诗, Jyutping si1, Yale si1)

Noun

詩 (traditional, Jyutping si1, simplified 诗)

1. poem

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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)

Compounds

• 詩歌 (しいか, shiika)

Noun

詩 (hiragana し, romaji shi)

1. poem

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

詩 (simplified 诗, Pinyin shī (shi1), Wade-Giles shih¹)

Derived terms

• 古詩
• 近體詩

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Vietnamese

Han character

詩 (thi, thơ)