偲

偲	U+5072, 偲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5072

← 偱
[U+5071]

CJK Unified Ideographs

偳 →
[U+5073]

Translingual

Han character

偲 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人田心 (OWP), four-corner 2623₀, composition ⿰亻思)

References

KangXi: page 111, character 32

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 895

Dae Jaweon: page 238, character 5

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 191, character 4

Unihan data for U+5072

Chinese

simp. and trad.		偲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 偲

**Small seal script**
s05721

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (囟) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
崽	ʔslɯːʔ, srɯː, *srɯː
偲	sn̥ʰɯː, snɯ
腮	*snɯː
鰓	*snɯː
揌	*snɯː
顋	*snɯː
愢	*snɯː
毢	*snɯː
諰	srɯː, snɯʔ
細	*snɯːls
思	snɯ, snɯs
緦	*snɯ
罳	*snɯ
禗	*snɯ
楒	*snɯ
葸	*snɯʔ
恖	*snɯ
颸	*sʰrɯ
囟	*snɯns
顖	*sniŋs
毸	*snɯː

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cāi (cai¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caai¹, soi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cai
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai¹
  - Yale: tsāi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsai
  - Palladius: цай (caj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: caai¹, soi¹
  - Yale: chāai, sōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai¹, soi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cai¹, soi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵/, /sɔːi̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰʌi/

Rime
Character	偲
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	倉才切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəi/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəj/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰᴀi/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cāi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coi¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sn̥ʰɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	偲
Reading #	1/2
No.	13824
Phonetic component	囟
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	猜
Old Chinese	/*sn̥ʰɯː/

Definitions

偲

^† able; talented

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sī (si¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sih
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹
  - Yale: sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sy
  - Palladius: сы (sy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹
  - Yale: sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /sɨ/

Rime
Character	偲
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息兹切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/sɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/sie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨ/
Li Rong	/siə/
Wang Li	/sĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*snɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	偲
Reading #	2/2
No.	13839
Phonetic component	囟
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	思
Old Chinese	/*snɯ/

Definitions

偲

Only used in 偲偲 (sīsī).

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǐ (si³)
(Zhuyin): ㄙˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǐh
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ³
  - Yale: sž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syy
  - Palladius: сы (sy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴/

Definitions

偲

^‡ Alternative form of 𤟧, defined as 不安 in Jiyun.

References

“偲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

偲

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Go-on: さい (sai); し (shi)

Kan-on: さい (sai); し (shi)

Kun: しのぶ (shinobu, 偲ぶ)

Korean

Hanja

偲 • (si) (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune–Reischauer si)

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