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屎

屎

Translingual

Han character

屎 (radical 44 尸+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸火木 (SFD), four-corner 77294, composition ⿸尸米)

Synonyms

References

  • KangXi: page 301, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7689
  • Dae Jaweon: page 598, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 973, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5C4E

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 屎

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尸) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
杘 *l̥ʰis
尸 *hli
鳲 *hli
屍 *hli, *hlis
屎 *hliʔ, *hri

Pictogram (象形) : 尸 ‎(“body”) + 米 ‎(“rice”). The 米 component was originally four dots (faeces coming out of the backside) in the oracle bone script, thus a pictogram representing a man defecating.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kləj ‎(“excrement”).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 屎
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 式視切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɕˠiɪX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɕᵚiX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɕiɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɕjiX/
Li
Rong		 /ɕjiX/
Wang
Li		 /ɕiX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɕiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shǐ
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 屎
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shǐ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ syijX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[qʰ]ijʔ/
English excrement

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 屎
Reading # 1/2
No. 11399
Phonetic
component		 尸
Rime
group		 脂
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 矢
Old
Chinese		 /*hliʔ/

Definitions

屎

  1. excrement; poop
  2. secretion from the body; tear, earwax, snot, etc.
  3. residue; waste; debris
  4. (vulgar) worthless; useless; despicable
  5. (vulgar) useless thing
See also

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 屎
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 喜夷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /hiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /hi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xjɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /hi/
Li
Rong		 /xi/
Wang
Li		 /xi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xī
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 屎
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ xjij ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[qʰ]ij/ (dialect: *qʰ- > *x-, no palatalization)
English moan

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 屎
Reading # 2/2
No. 11401
Phonetic
component		 尸
Rime
group		 脂
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 咦
Old
Chinese		 /*hri/

Definitions

屎

  1. †Only used in 殿屎 (“to groan”).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

屎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. excrement, feces, poop

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
屎
くそ
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Cognate with 臭い ‎(kusai, “stinky, smelly”), 腐る ‎(kusaru, “to rot, to become stinky”).[1]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

屎 ‎(hiragana くそ, romaji kuso)

  1. (colloquial) feces, excrement
Derived terms
Idioms
  • 屎 (くそ)の役 (やく)にも立 (た)たぬ ‎(kuso no yaku ni mo tatanu): “not even standing in the role of ****” → not even good for ****
    (See 役 (やく)に立 (た)つ ‎(yaku ni tatsu): “to be useful, to play a role”)

Interjection

屎 ‎(hiragana くそ, romaji kuso)

  1. (expletive) crap, ****, bullshit, poop
Usage notes

This is not considered as profane as the English glosses. For instance, a child of five using the Japanese interjection kuso would be unremarkable, whereas it would be very socially inappropriate for a child of five to use the English interjection ****.

Prefix

屎 ‎(hiragana くそ, romaji kuso-)

  1. A derogatory prefix.
    屎 (くそ)爺 (じじ)い
    kusojijī
    crappy old man

Suffix

屎 ‎(hiragana くそ, romaji -kuso)

  1. A derogatory emphasizing suffix.
    下手 (へた)屎 (くそ)
    hetakuso
    crappy bad at something; to be **** at doing something
    襤褸 (ぼろ)屎 (くそ)
    borokuso
    broken down for ****, raggedy-ass

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
屎
ばば
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Appears to derive from baby talk.[1][2] Compare English poopoo.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

屎 ‎(hiragana ばば, romaji baba)

  1. (children's word): poopoo, poop, dookie
  2. (children's word): something unclean
Idioms

References

  1. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 3 4 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  3. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

屎 • ‎(si) (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune-Reischauer si)

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Vietnamese

Han character

屎 (thỉ, xái)

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