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詞
詞
See also: 词
Translingual
Han character
詞 (radical 149 言+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜口尸一口 (YRSMR), four-corner 07620, composition ⿰言司)
References
- KangXi: page 1156, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35394
- Dae Jaweon: page 1621, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3957, character 9
- Unihan data for U+8A5E
Chinese
| trad. | 詞 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 词 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (司) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 司 | *slɯ |
| 伺 | *slɯ, *slɯs |
| 覗 | *slɯ, *slɯs |
| 笥 | *slɯ, *slɯs |
| 詞 | *ljɯ |
| 祠 | *ljɯ |
| 柌 | *ljɯ |
| 嗣 | *ljɯs |
| 孠 | *ljɯs |
| 飼 | *ljɯs |
| 呞 | *hljɯ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ljɯ) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 司 (OC *slɯ) – spoken words.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ci4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀
- Min Dong (BUC): sṳ̀
- Min Nan (POJ): sû
- Wu (Wiktionary): zr (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
- Wade-Giles: tz'u2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyr
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ci4
- Yale: chìh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsi4
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰiː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀
- Hakka Romanization System: ciiˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ci2
- IPA: /t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̀
- IPA (key): /sy⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sû
- Tâi-lô: sû
- Phofsit Daibuun: suu
- IPA (Xiamen): /su²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /su²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /su¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /su²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: zr (T3)
- IPA (key): /z̻z̩²³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 詞 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /t͡sʰz̩⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /t͡sʰz̩⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /t͡sʰz̩⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡sʰz̩²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /t͡sʰz̩³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /t͡sʰz̩²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /t͡sʰz̩³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰz̩¹¹/ |
| Pingyao |
/t͡sʰz̩¹³/ /sz̩¹³/ |
|
| Hohhot | /t͡sʰz̩³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zz̩²³/ |
| Suzhou | /zz̩¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /d͡zz̩²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /zz̩³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sz̩¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /d͡zz̩¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰz̩¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /t͡sʰï¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰi²¹/ |
| Nanning | /t͡sʰz̩²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡sʰi²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /su³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /sy⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /t͡su²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /sɯ⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /si³¹/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 詞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 似兹切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/zɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/zɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/zie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/zɨ/ |
| Li Rong |
/ziə/ |
| Wang Li |
/zĭə/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/zi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
sí |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 詞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11958 |
| Phonetic component |
司 |
| Rime group |
之 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
詞 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ljɯ/ |
Definitions
詞
- word; term
- phrase; expression; speech; statement
- (literature) a kind of poetry originating in the Tang dynasty and flourishing during the Song dynasty
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Noun
詞 (hiragana ことば, romaji kotoba)
- Alternative spelling of 言葉
Korean
Hanja
詞 • (sa) (hangeul 사)
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詞 (từ)
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