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捨

捨

See also: 舍

Translingual

Shinjitai 捨
Simplified 舍
Traditional 捨

Alternative forms

Note that Japanese uses 舎 (吉), while Chinese uses 舍 (舌).

Han character

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

  1. discard, give up willingly
  2. give alms

References

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

See also

Chinese

trad. 捨
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
叙 *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, OC *hljaːʔ) : semantic 扌 ‎(“hand”) + phonetic 舍 ‎(OC *hljaːʔ, *hljaːs) – to discard with the hand.

Japanese form (捨) is rather Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljaːʔ) : semantic 扌 ‎(“hand”) + phonetic 舎.

Pronunciation

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
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
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

捨

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Compounds

  • 不捨／不舍
  • 不捨得／不舍得
  • 不捨晝夜／不舍昼夜
  • 依依不捨／依依不舍
  • 依依難捨／依依难舍
  • 割捨／割舍
  • 取捨／取舍 (qǔshě)
  • 善財難捨／善财难舍
  • 四捨五入／四舍五入 (sìshèwǔrù)
  • 廣捨／广舍
  • 忘生捨死／忘生舍死
  • 戀戀不捨／恋恋不舍
  • 戀戀難捨／恋恋难舍
  • 拚捨／拚舍
  • 捨不得／舍不得 (shěbùdé)
  • 捨命／舍命 (shěmìng)
  • 捨命救人／舍命救人
  • 捨墮／舍堕
  • 捨安就危／舍安就危
  • 捨實求虛／舍实求虚
  • 捨己就人／舍己就人
  • 捨己從人／舍己从人
  • 捨己成人／舍己成人
  • 捨己救人／舍己救人
  • 捨己為人／舍己为人
  • 捨己為公／舍己为公
  • 捨得／舍得 (shědé)
  • 捨我其誰／舍我其谁
  • 捨本逐末／舍本逐末
  • 捨棄／舍弃 (shěqì)
  • 捨死忘生／舍死忘生
  • 捨生取義／舍生取义
  • 捨生忘死／舍生忘死
  • 捨短取長／舍短取长
  • 捨身／舍身
  • 捨身圖報／舍身图报
  • 捨身報國／舍身报国
  • 捨身求法／舍身求法
  • 捨近務遠／舍近务远
  • 捨近即遠／舍近即远
  • 捨近求遠／舍近求远 (shě jìn qiú yuǎn)
  • 施捨／施舍 (shīshě)
  • 棄捨／弃舍
  • 留連不捨／留连不舍
  • 窮追不捨／穷追不舍
  • 緊追不捨／紧追不舍
  • 繾綣難捨／缱綣难舍
  • 讀不捨手／读不舍手
  • 逐末捨本／逐末舍本
  • 鍥而不捨／锲而不舍
  • 難分難捨／难分难舍
  • 難捨難分／难舍难分
  • 齊王捨牛／齐王舍牛

Japanese

Kanji

捨

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. discard

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

捨 (xả)

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