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試
試
See also: 试
Translingual
Han character
試 (radical 149 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口戈心一 (YRIPM), four-corner 03640, composition ⿰言式)
References
- KangXi: page 1157, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35415
- Dae Jaweon: page 1622, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3960, character 12
- Unihan data for U+8A66
Chinese
| trad. | 試 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 试 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (弋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 戴 | *ʔl'ɯːɡs |
| 襶 | *tɯːɡs |
| 貸 | *l̥ʰɯːɡs |
| 代 | *l'ɯːɡs |
| 袋 | *l'ɯːɡs |
| 岱 | *l'ɯːɡs |
| 黛 | *l'ɯːɡs |
| 玳 | *l'ɯːɡs |
| 帒 | *l'ɯːɡs |
| 甙 | *l'ɯːɡs |
| 酨 | *l'ɯːs, *zlɯːs |
| 試 | *hljɯɡs |
| 弒 | *hljɯɡs |
| 忒 | *l̥ʰɯːɡ |
| 貣 | *l̥ʰɯːɡ, *l'ɯːɡ |
| 鴏 | *l'ɯːɡ |
| 栻 | *l̥ʰɯɡ, *hljɯɡ |
| 侙 | *l̥ʰɯɡ |
| 恜 | *l̥ʰɯɡ |
| 式 | *hljɯɡ |
| 軾 | *hljɯɡ |
| 拭 | *hljɯɡ |
| 鉽 | *hljɯɡ |
| 烒 | *hljɯɡ |
| 弋 | *lɯɡ |
| 芅 | *lɯɡ |
| 黓 | *lɯɡ |
| 隿 | *lɯɡ |
| 杙 | *lɯɡ |
| 釴 | *lɯɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljɯɡs) : semantic 言 + phonetic 式 (OC *hljɯɡ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
- Wade-Giles: shih4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
- IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: si3, si5
- Yale: si, síh
- Cantonese Pinyin: si3, si5
- IPA (key): /siː³³/, /siː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ / sṳ
- Hakka Romanization System: cii / sii
- Hagfa Pinyim: ci4 / si4
- IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵/, /sɨ⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì / sì
- Tâi-lô: tshì / sì
- Phofsit Daibuun: chix, six
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰi²¹/, /ɕi²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰi⁴¹/, /ɕi⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰi²¹/, /ɕi²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰi¹¹/, /ɕi¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰi²¹/, /ɕi²¹/
- Note: chhì - vernacular; sì - literary.
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 試 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 式吏切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɕɨH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɕɨH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɕieH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɕɨH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɕiəH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɕĭəH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɕiH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
shì |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 試 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14971 |
| Phonetic component |
弋 |
| Rime group |
代 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
試 |
| Old Chinese |
/*hljɯɡs/ |
Definitions
試
- to test; to try; to experiment
- test; examination
- experiment
Compounds
Derived terms from 試
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Japanese
Kanji
試
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
試 • (si) (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune-Reischauer si, Yale si)
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