勢

See also: 势

勢 U+52E2, 勢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52E2 ← 勡 [U+52E1] CJK Unified Ideographs 勣 → [U+52E3]

Translingual

Han character

勢 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土戈大尸 (GIKS), four-corner 4542₇, composition ⿱埶力)

Derived characters

• 𫸾, 𫉥

Related characters

• 势 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 149, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2422
• Dae Jaweon: page 336, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 377, character 3
• Unihan data for U+52E2

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Chinese

trad.		勢
simp.		势
alternative forms		埶 㔟 𫝑／势

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
褹	*ŋr'eːds, *ŋeds
勢	*hŋjeds
藝	*ŋeds
囈	*ŋeds
埶	*ŋeds
蓺	*ŋeds
槸	*ŋeds
爇	*ŋʷjed
褻	*sŋed
暬	*sŋed
熱	*ŋjed
槷	*ŋeːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hŋjeds) : phonetic 埶 (OC *ŋeds) + semantic 力 (“power”).

Etymology

Nominalisation of 設 (OC *ŋ̊et, “to set up”), i.e. “that which is set up” (Schuessler, 2007; Baxter and Sagart, 2014). Compare the following quote from Han Feizi:

吾所為言勢者，言人之所設也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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吾所为言势者，言人之所设也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE

Wú suǒ wéi yán shì zhě, yán rén zhī suǒ shè yě. [Pinyin]

The setup (*ŋ̊et-s) of which I am speaking refers to what is set up (*ŋ̊et) by men.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 勢

1. power; force; momentum; influence; authority
2. outward appearance of something
3. posture; position; pose; bearing
4. situation; circumstances; conditions
5. tendency; trend
6. male genitals

   去勢／去势  ―  qùshì  ―  to castrate

7. (set theory, of a set) cardinality
8. (physics, mathematics) potential
9. (Eastern Min, Southern Min) Suffix for locality noun.

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Japanese

Kanji

勢

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. forces
2. energy
3. military strength

Readings

• Go-on: せ (se)
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: ぜい (zei)
• Kun: いきおい (ikioi, 勢い, Jōyō)^{←いきほひ (ikifofi, 勢ひ, historical)}、はずみ (hazumi, 勢み)^{←はづみ (fadumi, 勢み, historical)}
• Nanori: きおい (kioi)、ちから (chikara)、ひろむ (hiromu)

Compounds

• 趨(すう)勢(せい) (sūsei)
• 衰(すい)勢(せい) (suisei)
• 姿(し)勢(せい) (shisei)
• 形(けい)勢(せい) (keisei)
• 村(そん)勢(せい) (sonsei)
• 町(ちょう)勢(せい) (chōsei)
• 区(く)勢(せい) (kusei)

• 市(し)勢(せい) (shisei)
• 水(すい)勢(せい) (suisei)
• 手(て)勢(ぜい) (tezei)
• 中(ちゅう)勢(せい) (chūsei)
• 病(びょう)勢(せい) (byōsei)
• 落(らく)勢(せい) (rakusei)
• 騰(とう)勢(せい) (tōsei)

• 勢(せい)力(りょく)伯(はく)仲(ちゅう) (seiryokuhakuchū)
• 党(とう)勢(せい) (tōsei)
• 破(は)竹(ちく)の勢(いきお)い (hachiku no ikioi)
• 海(かい)外(がい)勢(ぜい) (kaigaizei)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
勢
せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Derived from Middle Chinese 勢 (MC syejH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せー [séꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ː]

Noun

勢(せい) • (sei) ^{←せい (sei)?}

1. force

Suffix

勢(せい) • (-sei) ^{←せい (-sei)?}

1. group of people with a common trait

   海外勢(かいがいせい)

   kaigai-sei

   overseas fanbase

   CD勢(シーディーせい)

   shīdī-sei

   the type of person who prefers to purchase CDs

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Korean

Hanja

勢 (eumhun 형세 세 (hyeongse se))

1. hanja form^? of 세 (“force”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

勢: Hán Nôm readings: thế, thể

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