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司
司
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Translingual
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Han character
司 (radical 30 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸一口 (SMR), four-corner 17620, composition ⿹𠃌𠮛)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 174, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3257
- Dae Jaweon: page 385, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 572, character 8
- Unihan data for U+53F8
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
司 | |
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Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (司) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 司 | *slɯ |
| 伺 | *slɯ, *slɯs |
| 覗 | *slɯ, *slɯs |
| 笥 | *slɯ, *slɯs |
| 詞 | *ljɯ |
| 祠 | *ljɯ |
| 柌 | *ljɯ |
| 嗣 | *ljɯs |
| 孠 | *ljɯs |
| 飼 | *ljɯs |
| 呞 | *hljɯ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 口 (“mouth”) + 人 (“man”), a man issuing orders.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙ
- Wade-Giles: szu1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sy
- IPA (key): /sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: si1
- Yale: sī
- Cantonese Pinyin: si1
- IPA (key): /siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai / si / su
- Tâi-lô: sai / si / su
- Phofsit Daibuun: say, sy, sw
- IPA (Xiamen): /saɪ⁴⁴/, /ɕi⁴⁴/, /su⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /saɪ³³/, /ɕi³³/, /su³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /saɪ⁴⁴/, /ɕi⁴⁴/, /su⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /saɪ⁴⁴/, /ɕi⁴⁴/, /su⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /saɪ⁴⁴/, /ɕi⁴⁴/, /su⁴⁴/
- Note: sai, si - vernacular, su - literary.
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 司 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 息兹切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/sɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/sɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/sie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/sɨ/ |
| Li Rong |
/siə/ |
| Wang Li |
/sĭə/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/si/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
sī |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 司 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
sī |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ si › |
| Old Chinese |
/*s-lə/ |
| English | superintend |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 司 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11951 |
| Phonetic component |
司 |
| Rime group |
之 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
思 |
| Old Chinese |
/*slɯ/ |
Definitions
司
- take charge of, control, manage
- officer
- A surname.
Compounds
Phrase
- 司馬昭之心，路人皆知／司马昭之心，路人皆知
References
- “Query for 司”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
司
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Readings
- Goon: し (shi)
- Kan’on: し (shi)
- Kan’yōon: す (su, rare)
- On (unclassified): じ (ji)
- Kun: つかさどる (tsukasadoru), つかさ (tsukasa)
Compounds
Proper noun
司 (hiragana つかさ, romaji Tsukasa)
- A male given name
Korean
Hanja
司 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa)
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