誓

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɦljeds): phonetic 折 ‎(OC *l'eːl, *ʔljed, *ɦljed) + semantic 言 ‎(“speech”)

Han character

誓 (radical 149 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手中卜一口 (QLYMR), four-corner 5260₁, composition ⿱折言)

1. swear, pledge
2. oath

References

• KangXi: page 1162, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35514
• Dae Jaweon: page 1627, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3973, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8A93

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		誓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ
• Min Nan (POJ): chōa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
    • Wade-Giles: shih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai⁶
    • Yale: saih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴
    • IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chōa
    • Tâi-lô: tsuā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoa
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sua³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sua²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑiᴇi^H/▼

Rime
Character	誓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	時制切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajH/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛiH/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljeds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	誓
Reading #	1/1
No.	16934
Phonetic component	折
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	逝
Old Chinese	/*ɦljeds/

Definitions

誓

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Japanese

Kanji

誓

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: せい (sei), ぜい (zei)
• Kun: ちかう (chikau), ちかい (chikai)

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Korean

Hanja

誓 • ‎(seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune-Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)

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Vietnamese

Han character

誓 (thệ, thề)

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