捨

See also: 舍

捨 U+6368, 捨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6368 ← 捧 [U+6367] CJK Unified Ideographs 捩 → [U+6369]

捨 U+2F8BB, 捨 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8BB ← 拼 [U+2F8BA] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 掃 → [U+2F8BC]

Translingual

Japanese	捨
Simplified	舍
Traditional	捨

Alternative forms

Note that Japanese uses 舎 (土口), while Chinese uses 舍 (干口).

Han character

捨 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手人一口 (QOMR) or 難手人一口 (XQOMR), four-corner 5806₁, composition ⿰扌舍(GHKT) or ⿰扌舎(J))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 434, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12191
• Dae Jaweon: page 784, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1900, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6368

• Unihan data for U+2F8BB

See also

• 拾

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Chinese

trad.		捨/舍*
simp.		舍*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
斜	*lja, *laː
茶	*rlaː
荼	*rlaː, *ɦlja, *l'aː
梌	*rlaː, *l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
搽	*rlaː
塗	*rlaː, *l'aː
佘	*ɦlja
賒	*hljaː
畬	*hljaː, *la
舍	*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
捨	*hljaːʔ
騇	*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
涻	*hljaːs
稌	*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰaːʔ
悇	*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰas, *las
庩	*l̥ʰaː
捈	*l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
途	*l'aː
酴	*l'aː
駼	*l'aː
鵌	*l'aː, *la
涂	*l'aː, *l'a
嵞	*l'aː
峹	*l'aː
筡	*l'aː, *l̥ʰa
蒤	*l'aː
徐	*lja
俆	*lja
敘	*ljaʔ
漵	*ljaʔ
除	*l'a, *l'as
篨	*rla
滁	*rla
蒢	*rla
蜍	*ɦlja, *la
鵨	*hljaː
瑹	*hlja
余	*la
餘	*la
艅	*la
狳	*la
雓	*la
悆	*las

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hljaːʔ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 舍 (OC *hljaːʔ, *hljaːs) – to discard with the hand.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shě (she³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): se²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sie²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sá
• Eastern Min (BUC): siā
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siá

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sia³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shě
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shě
    • Wade–Giles: shê³
    • Yale: shě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shee
    • Palladius: шэ (šɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: se²
    • Yale: sé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sie²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sá
    • Hakka Romanization System: sa^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sa³
    • Sinological IPA: /sa³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sia³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siá
    • Tâi-lô: siá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sia⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sia³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sià
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sia²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: syaeX

Rime
Character	捨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	書冶切
Baxter	syaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiaX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiaX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiaX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiaX/
Li Rong	/ɕiaX/
Wang Li	/ɕĭaX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯aX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shě
Expected Cantonese Reflex	se2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥Aʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	捨
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shě
Middle Chinese	‹ syæX ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥Aʔ/
English	set aside, give up
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	捨
Reading #	1/1
No.	15756
Phonetic component	余
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	捨
Old Chinese	/*hljaːʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 捨

1. to abandon
2. to discard
3. to give alms
4. to give up

   • 魚，我所欲也，熊掌，亦我所欲也；二者不可得兼，舍魚而取熊掌者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鱼，我所欲也，熊掌，亦我所欲也；二者不可得兼，舍鱼而取熊掌者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Yú, wǒ suǒ yù yě, xióngzhǎng, yì wǒ suǒ yù yě; èr zhě bùkě dé jiān, shě yú ér qǔ xióngzhǎng zhě yě. [Pinyin]

     I like fish, and I also like bear's paws. If I cannot have the two together, I will let the fish go, and take the bear's paws.

   • 鍥而舍之，朽木不折；鍥而不舍，金石可鏤。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     锲而舍之，朽木不折；锲而不舍，金石可镂。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Qiè ér shě zhī, xiǔmù bù zhé; qiè'érbùshě, jīnshí kě lòu. [Pinyin]

     If you start carving and give up, you will not be able to break even rotten wood, but if you start carving and do not give up, then you can engrave even metal and stone.

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Japanese

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

捨

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. to discard

Readings

• Go-on: しゃ (sha, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しゃ (sha, Jōyō)
• Kun: すてる (suteru, 捨てる, Jōyō)
• Nanori: いえ (ie)、えだ (eda)、すて (sute)

Compounds

• 喜(き)捨(しゃ) (kisha)
• 四(し)捨(しゃ)五(ご)入(にゅう) (shishagonyū)

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Korean

Hanja

捨 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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Kunigami

Kanji

捨

• Kun: してﾟぃーるん (捨てﾟぃーるん, shitīrun)

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Miyako

Kanji

捨

• Kun: すてぃㇲ゙ (捨てぃㇲ゙, sutiz)

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Okinawan

Kanji

捨

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Kun: してぃゆん (shitiyun, 捨てぃゆん)

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Vietnamese

Han character

捨: Hán Nôm readings: xả

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Yaeyama

Kanji

捨

• Kun: しぃてぃるん (捨てぃるん, sïtirun)