兕

兕 U+5155, 兕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5155 ← 兔 [U+5154] CJK Unified Ideographs 兖 → [U+5156]

Translingual

Han character

兕 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸尸山山 (SSUU) or 尸山竹山 (SUHU), four-corner 7721₇, composition ⿱凹儿)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 125, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1369
• Dae Jaweon: page 265, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 270, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5155

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		兕
alternative forms		𧣶 𠒅 咒 𠙃 𠒊 𧣶 𠒅 咒 𠙃 𠒊 𠒃 𧤄 𤉡 𧰽 𧱃 雉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 兕
Oracle bone script j21990 j21991 j21992 j21993 j21994 j21995 j21996 j21997 j21998 j21999 j22000 j22001 j22002 j22003 j22004 j22005 j22006 j22007 j22008 j22009 j22010 j22011 j22012 j22013 j22014 j22015 j22016 j22017 j22018 j22019 j22020 j22021 j22022 j22023 j22024 j22025 j22026 j22027 j22028 j22029 j22030 j22031 j22032 j22033 j22034 j22035 j22036 j22037 j22038 Small seal script s06952 s06953 Transcribed ancient scripts L13805 L13806 L13807 L13808 L13809 L13810 L13811 L13812
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pictogram (象形) .

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sì (si⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìh
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh
    • Palladius: сы (sy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi⁶
    • Yale: jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²²/

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• Middle Chinese: zijX

Rime
Character	兕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	徐姊切
Baxter	zijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zˠiɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/zᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ziɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zjiX/
Li Rong	/zjiX/
Wang Li	/ziX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ziX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s.ɢ]ijʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljiʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	兕
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sì
Middle Chinese	‹ zijX ›
Old Chinese	/*[s.ɢ]ijʔ/
English	rhinoceros (or water buffalo?)
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	兕
Reading #	1/1
No.	12057
Phonetic component	兕
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	兕
Old Chinese	/*ljiʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 兕

1. a kind of bovine-like animal; traditionally often thought of as a female rhinoceros, modern research suggests it probably originally referred to wild water buffalo (Schuessler 2007).
   • 虎兕出於柙，龜玉毀於櫝中，是誰之過與？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     虎兕出于柙，龟玉毁于椟中，是谁之过与？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Hǔ sì chū yú xiá, guī yù huǐ yú dúzhōng, shì shéi zhī guò yǔ? [Pinyin]

     When a tiger or rhinoceros^[sic] escapes from his cage; when a tortoise or piece of jade is injured in its repository - whose is the fault?

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Japanese

Kanji

兕

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi); じ (ji)

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Korean

Hanja

兕 (eum 시 (si))

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Vietnamese

Han character

兕: Hán Nôm readings: tỉ

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