豉

Translingual

Han character

豉 (Kangxi radical 151, 豆+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一廿十水 (MTJE), four-corner 1414₇, composition ⿰豆支)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1191, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36253
• Dae Jaweon: page 1654, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3566, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8C49

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		豉
alternative forms		䜴 𢻃 敊 䜵 䜻 䜴 𢻃 敊 䜵 䜻 𩚡

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 豉
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
支	*kje
枝	*kje
肢	*kje
汥	*kje, *ɡe, *ɡres
衼	*kje
馶	*kje, *qʰjes, *kes, *ɡe
鳷	*kje
忮	*kjes
伎	*kjes, *ɡe, *ɡreʔ
豉	*ɡjes
翅	*qʰjes
翄	*qʰjes, *ɡe
妓	*kre, *ɡreʔ
庋	*kreʔ, *kʷreʔ
跂	*kʰeʔ, *kʰes, *ɡe
蚑	*kʰes, *ɡe
吱	*kʰes
岐	*ɡe
歧	*ɡe
鬾	*ɡre, *ɡres
技	*ɡreʔ
芰	*ɡres
攱	*kʷreʔ, *kʷres
庪	*kʷreʔ
頍	*kʰʷeʔ
屐	*ɡreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡjes) : semantic 豆 (“bean”) + phonetic 支 (OC *kje).

The orthodox form in Shuowen was 𢻃, which has 尗 (“legume; bean”) instead of 豆.

Etymology 1

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Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 豉

1. ^† fermented bean

   • 大釜煮之，申舒如飼牛豆，掐軟便止，傷熱則豉爛。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     大釜煮之，申舒如饲牛豆，掐软便止，伤热则豉烂。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 544 CE, Jia Sixie, Qimin Yaoshu

     Dà fǔ zhǔ zhī, shēnshū rú sì niú dòu, qiā ruǎn biàn zhǐ, shāng rè zé chǐ làn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 豉 – see 鹽 (“(Min Nan) to salt; irritated”). (This character is a variant form of 鹽).

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Japanese

Kanji

豉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi), じ (ji)
• Kun: みそ (miso)

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Korean

Hanja

豉 • (si) (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune–Reischauer si, Yale si)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 豉 (thị, xị, sĩ, xệ)

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