しく

See also: じく

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of しく – see the following entries.

【市区】 [noun] municipal district

【四苦】 [noun] (Buddhism) the four kinds of suffering: birth, old age, disease and death

(This term, しく, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as しく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しく.)

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
敷く 布く 施く (rare)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しく [shìkú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕikɯ̟ᵝ]

• Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "敷く"

Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)	敷く	しく	[shìkú]
Imperative (命令形)	敷け	しけ	[shìké]
Key constructions
Passive	敷かれる	しかれる	[shìkárérú]
Causative	敷かせる	しかせる	[shìkásérú]
Potential	敷ける	しける	[shìkérú]
Volitional	敷こう	しこ​ー	[shìkóꜜò]
Negative	敷かない	しかない	[shìkánáí]
Negative perfective	敷かなかった	しかな​かった	[shìkánáꜜkàttà]
Formal	敷きます	しきま​す	[shìkímáꜜsù]
Perfective	敷いた	しいた	[shìítá]
Conjunctive	敷いて	しいて	[shìíté]
Hypothetical conditional	敷けば	しけ​ば	[shìkéꜜbà]

Verb

しく • (shiku) ^{←しく (siku)?}godan (stem しき (shiki), past しいた (shiita))

1. to spread, to lay
2. to install

   定年制(ていねんせい)を敷(し)く

   teinensei o shiku

   to implement mandatory retirement

Conjugation

Conjugation of "しく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	しか	shika
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	しき	shiki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	しく	shiku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	しく	shiku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	しけ	shike
Meireikei ("imperative")	しけ	shike
Key constructions
Passive	しかれる	shikareru
Causative	しかせる しかす	shikaseru shikasu
Potential	しける	shikeru
Volitional	しこう	shikō
Negative	しかない	shikanai
Negative continuative	しかず	shikazu
Formal	しきます	shikimasu
Perfective	しいた	shiita
Conjunctive	しいて	shiite
Hypothetical conditional	しけば	shikeba

Derived terms

• 布団(ふとん)を敷(し)く (futon o shiku, “to make the bed”)

Etymology 3

Alternative spellings
如く 若く 及く

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しく [shìkú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕikɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

しく • (shiku) ^{←しく (siku)?}godan (stem しき (shiki), past しいた (shiita))

1. to equal; to match; to be comparable with; to rival

Conjugation

Conjugation of "しく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	しか	shika
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	しき	shiki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	しく	shiku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	しく	shiku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	しけ	shike
Meireikei ("imperative")	しけ	shike
Key constructions
Passive	しかれる	shikareru
Causative	しかせる しかす	shikaseru shikasu
Potential	しける	shikeru
Volitional	しこう	shikō
Negative	しかない	shikanai
Negative continuative	しかず	shikazu
Formal	しきます	shikimasu
Perfective	しいた	shiita
Conjunctive	しいて	shiite
Hypothetical conditional	しけば	shikeba

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 如(し)くはない (shiku wa nai)
• 如(し)くはなし (shiku wa nashi)
• 如(し)かず (shikazu, “be worse than”)
• 百聞(ひゃくぶん)は一見(いっけん)に如(し)かず (hyakubun wa ikken ni shikazu)