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肆
肆
Translingual
Han character
肆 (radical 129 聿+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 尸戈中手 (SILQ), four-corner 75707, composition ⿰镸聿)
- indulge
- excess
- four (used in official documents or checks to avoid forgery)
- particle meaning now, therefore
- shop
References
- KangXi: page 971, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29226
- Dae Jaweon: page 1423, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3167, character 4
- Unihan data for U+8086
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
肆 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (隶) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 曃 | *l̥ʰɯːds |
| 埭 | *l'ɯːds |
| 逮 | *l'ɯːds, *l'ɯːds |
| 靆 | *l'ɯːds |
| 齂 | *hmrɯːds, *hmrɯds, *mrɯːd |
| 棣 | *l'ɯːds |
| 隸 | *rɯːds |
| 肆 | *hljɯds |
| 蕼 | *hljɯds |
| 肂 | *hljɯds |
| 殔 | *lɯds |
| 隶 | *lɯds |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
- Wade-Giles: szu4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh
- IPA (key): /sz̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: si3, sei3
- Yale: si, sei
- Cantonese Pinyin: si3, sei3
- IPA (key): /siː³³/, /sei̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù
- Tâi-lô: sù
- Phofsit Daibuun: sux
- IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 肆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 息利切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/siɪH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/siH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/sjɪH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/siH/ |
| Li Rong |
/siH/ |
| Wang Li |
/siH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/siH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
sì |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 肆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
sì |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ sijH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*s-ləp-s/ |
| English | unrestrained |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 肆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7961 |
| Phonetic component |
隶 |
| Rime group |
隊 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
四 |
| Old Chinese |
/*hljɯds/ |
| Notes | 說文右從隸聲，漢碑隸變爲此 |
Definitions
肆
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Compounds
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References
Korean
Hanja
肆 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa, Yale sa)
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Vietnamese
Han character
肆 (tứ)
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