逝

逝 U+901D, 逝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-901D ← 逜 [U+901C] CJK Unified Ideographs 逞 → [U+901E]

Translingual

Han character

逝 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, Cangjie input 卜手竹中 (YQHL), four-corner 3230₂, composition ⿺辶折)

Derived characters

• 𭊅, 𩻔

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1258, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38895
• Dae Jaweon: page 1746, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3835, character 8
• Unihan data for U+901D

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 逝
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
晢	*ʔljeds, *ʔljed
狾	*ʔljeds
誓	*ɦljeds
逝	*ɦljeds
銴	*ɢljeds, *ɢʷleds
折	*l'eːl, *ʔljed, *ɦljed
娎	*hleːws, *qʰred
哳	*ʔr'eːd
踅	*sɢʷled
哲	*ʔl'ed
蜇	*ʔl'ed
悊	*ʔl'ed
嚞	*ted
喆	*ted
硩	*l̥ʰed, *l̥ʰeːɡ
浙	*ʔljed
晣	*ʔljed
焎	*hred

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɦljeds): semantic 辵 (“walking”) + phonetic 折 (OC *l'eːl, *ʔljed, *ɦljed)

Etymology 1

trad.		逝
simp. #		逝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ

  (Hailu, HRS): shi^ˇ

• Eastern Min (BUC): siê
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): se⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sē / sī / sè / sōa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): si⁷

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zy / ⁶zyu / ²zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴
    • Yale: shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɻ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sai⁶
    • Yale: saih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: shi^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃi¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛ²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: se⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sā̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬe¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: se⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬe²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sē
    • Tâi-lô: sē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: se
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /se²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /se³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī
    • Tâi-lô: sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè
    • Tâi-lô: sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sex
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sōa
    • Tâi-lô: suā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soa
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sua³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sua²²/

Note:

• sē/sī/sè - literary;
• sōa - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: si⁷
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sī
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Chuansha, Changzhou, Jingjiang, Jiaxing, Tongxiang, Haining, Haiyan, Deqing, Hangzhou, Xiaoshan, Fuyang, Shaoxing, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zy
    • MiniDict: zy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɹ̩²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /zɹ̩¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /zɹ̩¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /szɹ̩³¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Chuansha): /zɹ̩¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /zɹ̩²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Jingjiang): /zɹ̩³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /zɹ̩¹¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /zɹ̩¹¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Haining): /zɹ̩¹¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /zɹ̩²¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Deqing): /zɹ̩²²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /zɹ̩¹¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiaoshan): /zɹ̩³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Fuyang): /zɹ̩²¹²/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /zɹ̩¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /zɹ̩¹³/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zyu
    • MiniDict: zyu^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zɹ̩ʷ²³¹/
  • (Northern: Fuyang, Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ²zy
    • MiniDict: zy^平
    • Sinological IPA (Fuyang): /zɹ̩¹¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /zɹ̩³¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyejH

Rime
Character	逝
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
Baxter	dzyejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajH/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛiH/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]at-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljeds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	逝
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyejH ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]at-s/
English	go to
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	逝
Reading #	1/1
No.	16935
Phonetic component	折
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	逝
Old Chinese	/*ɦljeds/

Definitions

逝

1. to flow

   • 滾滾長江東逝水，浪花淘盡英雄。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     滚滚长江东逝水，浪花淘尽英雄。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 14th Century, Yang Shen, The Immortals by the River, line 1

     Gǔngǔn Cháng Jiāng dōng shì shuǐ, lànghuā táo jìn yīngxióng. [Pinyin]

     Dinning and spinning Changjiang's waters eastward flow; its sprays drowning each and every hero.

   • 二川并逝，俱為一水， [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     二川并逝，俱为一水， [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Li Daoyuan, Commentary on the Water Classic, 386-534 CE

     èr chuān bìng shì, jù wèi yī shuǐ, [Pinyin]

     The two creeks flow side-by-side then merge into one brook,

2. to pass; to leave; to go off

   • 日月逝矣，歲不我與。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     日月逝矣，岁不我与。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Rìyuè shì yǐ, suì bù wǒ yǔ. [Pinyin]

     The days and months are passing; the years do not wait for us.

3. to pass away; to die
4. (literary) Sentence-initial exclamatory particle.
5. alternative form of 誓 (shì, “to vow”)

Compounds

• 亡逝
• 仙逝 (xiānshì)
• 傷逝 / 伤逝
• 夭逝
• 奄然而逝
• 崩逝
• 新逝
• 早逝 (zǎoshì)
• 水逝雲卷 / 水逝云卷
• 永逝 (yǒngshì)
• 流逝 (liúshì)
• 消逝 (xiāoshì)
• 溘然長逝 / 溘然长逝 (kèránchángshì)
• 溘逝
• 猋逝
• 病逝 (bìngshì)
• 瞑目而逝
• 稍縱即逝 / 稍纵即逝 (shāozòngjíshì)
• 薨逝 (hōngshì)
• 逝世 (shìshì)
• 逝去 (shìqù)
• 逝川
• 逝者如斯 (shìzhěrúsī)
• 長逝 / 长逝 (chángshì)
• 風馳電逝 / 风驰电逝
• 飛逝 / 飞逝 (fēishì)

Etymology 2

trad.		逝
simp. #		逝
alternative forms		𲃊 Hokkien

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chōa

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chōa
    • Tâi-lô: tsuā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoa
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡sua⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sua²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sua³³/

Definitions

逝

1. (Hokkien) Classifier for journeys or occasions.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 趟 (“classifier for journeys”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		趟
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	趟
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	趟
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	趟
	Ürümqi	趟
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	趟
	Wuhan	趟
	Guiyang	趟
	Liuzhou	趟
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	趟
	Yangzhou	趟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	趟
Gan	Nanchang	趟
	Lichuan	趟
	Pingxiang	趟
Hakka	Meixian	趟
Huizhou	Jixi	趟
Jin	Taiyuan	趟
	Xinzhou	趟
Southern Min	Xiamen	逝, 程
	Quanzhou	逝, 程
	Zhangzhou	逝, 程
	Manila (Hokkien)	逝
	Leizhou	趟
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	趟
	Suzhou	趟
	Jinhua	趟
Xiang	Changsha	趟

References

• “逝”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “逝”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “逝”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 211.

Japanese

Shinjitai	逝
Kyūjitai	逝󠄁 逝+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	逝󠄃 逝+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

逝

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to go
2. to die

Readings

• Go-on: ぜ (ze)
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
• On: せつ (setsu)
• Kun: ゆく (yuku, 逝く, Jōyō)、いく (iku, 逝く, Jōyō)、さる (saru, 逝る)

Korean

Hanja

逝 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)

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Vietnamese

Han character

逝: Hán Nôm readings: thệ, thể

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