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Definition 2024


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Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

(radical 40 +11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十田十金 (JWJC), four-corner 30806, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 291, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7294
  • Dae Jaweon: page 575, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 952, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5BE6

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) :  (roof) +  (full) +  (treasure).

The two lower components of and had combined to form (OC *koːn, *koːns, “string of cowries”), hence the incorrect analysis in Shuowen Jiezi of this character as  + .

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (27)
Final () (48)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʑiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʑit̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʑjet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʑit̚/
Li
Rong
/d͡ʑiĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/d͡ʑĭĕt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡ʑʰi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shí
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shí
Middle
Chinese
‹ zyit ›
Old
Chinese
/*mə.li[t]/
English fruit; full

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. 11481
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɦliɡ/

Definitions

  1. real; true
    /    shìshí   truth
  2. honest
  3. solid
  4. fruit (literal or figurative)
    /    guǒshí   fruit
  5. (Cantonese) surely; undoubtedly; definitely

Synonyms

  • (Cantonese: surely): 肯定 (kěndìng), 一定 (yīdìng)

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. reality
  2. truth

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(sil) (hangeul , revised sil, McCune-Reischauer sil)

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Compounds


Vietnamese

Character

Readings

Compounds

References