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識
識
See also: 识
Translingual
Han character
識 (radical 149 言+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜戈日 (YRYIA), four-corner 03650, composition ⿰言戠)
References
- KangXi: page 1181, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35974
- Dae Jaweon: page 1644, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4019, character 16
- Unihan data for U+8B58
Chinese
| trad. | 識 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 识 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 識
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|---|---|---|
| Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (戠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 識 | *tjɯɡs, *hljɯɡ |
| 幟 | *tjɯɡs, *tʰjɯɡs, *hljɯɡs |
| 織 | *tjɯɡs, *tjɯɡ |
| 熾 | *tʰjɯɡs |
| 樴 | *dɯːɡ, *tjɯɡ |
| 職 | *tjɯɡ |
| 軄 | *tjɯɡ |
| 戠 | *tjɯɡ |
| 膱 | *tjɯɡ |
| 蟙 | *tjɯɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tjɯɡs, *hljɯɡ) : semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 戠 (OC *tjɯɡ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕˊ
- Wade-Giles: shih2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr
- IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
- Wade-Giles: shih4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
- IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sik1
- Yale: sīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: sik7
- IPA (key): /sɪk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 識 | 識 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) | 職 (134) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 職吏切 | 賞職切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡ɕɨH/ | /ɕɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡ɕɨH/ | /ɕɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡ɕieH/ | /ɕiek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/cɨH/ | /ɕik̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡ɕiəH/ | /ɕiək̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡ɕĭəH/ | /ɕĭək̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡ɕiH/ | /ɕi̯ək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhì | shi |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 識 | 識 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 17244 | 17258 |
| Phonetic component |
戠 | 戠 |
| Rime group |
代 | 職 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
志 | 識 |
| Old Chinese |
/*tjɯɡs/ | /*hljɯɡ/ |
| Notes | 戠轉註字 | |
Definitions
識
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Japanese
Kanji
識
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Readings
- Goon: しき (shiki), し (shi)
- Kan’on: しょく (shoku), し (shi)
- Kun: しる (shiru), しるし (shirushi), しるす (shirusu)
Korean
Hanja
識 • (sik, ji) (hangeul 식, 지, revised sik, ji, McCune-Reischauer sik, chi, Yale sik, ci)
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Vietnamese
Han character
識 (thức)
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