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Translingual

Shinjitai
Simplified
Traditional

Alternative forms

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

Han character

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

  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.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*lja, *laː
*rlaː
*rlaː, *ɦlja, *l'
*rlaː, *l̥ʰaː, *l'
*rlaː
*rlaː, *l'
*ɦlja
*hljaː
*hljaː, *la
*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
*hljaːʔ
*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
*hljaːs
*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰaːʔ
*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰas, *las
*l̥ʰaː
*l̥ʰaː, *l'
*l'
*l'
*l'
*l'aː, *la
*l'aː, *l'a
*l'
*l'
*l'aː, *l̥ʰa
*l'
*lja
*lja
*ljaʔ
*ljaʔ
*l'a, *l'as
*rla
*rla
*rla
*ɦlja, *la
*hljaː
*hlja
*la
*la
*la
*la
*la
*las

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljaːʔ) : semantic  (hand) + phonetic  (OC *hljaːʔ, *hljaːs) – to discard with the hand.

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (26)
Final () (100)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
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
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 15756
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hljaːʔ/

Definitions

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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

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. discard

Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(sa) (hangeul , revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(xả)

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