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仕

仕

仕 U+4ED5, 仕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4ED5
← 仔
[U+4ED4] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 他 →
[U+4ED6]

Translingual

Han character

仕 (radical 9 人+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人土 (OG), four-corner 24210, composition ⿰亻士)

  1. (noun) official
  2. serve in government

References

  • KangXi: page 92, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 368
  • Dae Jaweon: page 195, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 112, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4ED5

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 仕

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 仕
Bronze inscriptions

b12243
Large seal script

L34132

L34133
Small seal script

s05662
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 (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (士) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
茌 *zrɯ
士 *zrɯʔ
仕 *zrɯʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 仕
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 崇 (20)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 鉏里切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /d͡ʒɨX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /d͡ʒieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Li
Rong		 /d͡ʒiəX/
Wang
Li		 /d͡ʒĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɖ͡ʐʱiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhì
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 仕
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dzriX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[m-s-]rəʔ/
English serve

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 仕
Reading # 1/1
No. 11512
Phonetic
component		 士
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 士
Old
Chinese		 /*zrɯʔ/

Definitions

仕

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Compounds

  • 不仕
  • 仕女 (shìnǚ)
  • 仕宦
  • 仕版
  • 仕紳／仕绅
  • 仕譯／仕译
  • 仕途
  • 懸車致仕／悬车致仕
  • 求仕 (qiúshì)
  • 筮仕 (shìshì)
  • 膴仕
  • 致仕
  • 貴仕／贵仕

Japanese

Kanji

仕

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

  • 仕える (tsukaeru): serve, work for, attend
  • 仕方 (shikata): way, method, means
  • 仕草 (shigusa): action, acting, gesture
  • 仕事 (shigoto): work, job, business
  • 仕手 (shite): doer, performer
  • 仕様 (shiyō): way, method, means
  • 仕業 (shiwaza): deed, act, action
  • 仕上げ (shiage): end, finishing touches
  • 仕入れ (shiire): stocking, buying up
  • 仕打ち (shiuchi): treatment, behavior, action
  • 仕送り (shiokuri): allowance, remittance
  • 仕掛け (shikake): device, contrivance, trick
  • 仕切り (shikiri): partition, division, boundary
  • 仕切る (shikiru): partition, divide, mark off
  • 仕組み (shikumi): structure, construction, arrangement
  • 仕込み (shikomi): training, stocking up
  • 仕立て (shitate): tailoring, dressmaking, sewing
  • 仕舞う (shimau): finish, do something completely
  • 仕事中 (shigotochū): at work, working
  • 仕事場 (shigotoba): place where one works
  • 仕上がり (shiagari): finish, end, completion
  • 仕上げる (shiageru): finish up, complete
  • 仕入れる (shiireru): lay in stock, replenish stock
  • 仕掛ける (shikakeru): commence, lay, set
  • 仕立てる (shitateru): tailor, make, prepare
  • 仕方ない (shikata nai): it can't be helped
  • 仕事始め (shigotohajime): resuming work after New Year's vacation
  • 仕方がない (shikata ga nai): it can't be helped
  • お仕舞い (oshimai): the end, closing
  • 奉仕 (hōshi): attendance, service, ministry

Noun

仕 ‎(hiragana し, romaji shi)

  1. official, civil service
    • 仕を致す
      しをいたす
      shi o itasu
      to resign from public office

Korean

Hanja

仕 • ‎(sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa)

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Vietnamese

Han character

仕 (sĩ, sải, sảy, sãi, sẻ, sễ, sẽ, sì, sẩy, sè, sõi, sỡi, xảy)

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