施

施	U+65BD, 施 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65BD

← 於
[U+65BC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

斾 →
[U+65BE]

Translingual

Han character

施 (Kangxi radical 70, 方+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人心木 (YSOPD), four-corner 0821₂, composition ⿸𭤨也)

References

KangXi: page 482, character 1

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13629

Dae Jaweon: page 843, character 10

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2176, character 6

Unihan data for U+65BD

Chinese

trad.		施
simp. ^#		施

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
他	*l̥ʰaːl
拖	l̥ʰaːl, l̥ʰaːls
駞	*l'aːl
池	l'aːl, l'al
灺	*ljalʔ
鍦	ɦljaːl, hljal, *hljals
虵	ɦljal, laːlʔ, *lal
也	*laːlʔ
忚	*hleːl
髢	*l'eːls
杝	l̥ʰalʔ, l'alʔ, *lal
肔	l̥ʰalʔ, lalʔ
馳	*l'al
阤	l'alʔ, hljalʔ
施	hljal, hljals
絁	*hljal
葹	*hljal
弛	*hljalʔ
箷	*lal
衪	lel, lalʔ
暆	*lel
迆	lal, lalʔ
酏	lal, lalʔ
匜	lal, lalʔ
迤	*lalʔ
扡	*lalʔ
崺	*lalʔ
貤	lals, ɦljels, *lels
地	*l'els

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljal, *hljals) : semantic 㫃 + phonetic 也 (OC *laːlʔ).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shī (shi¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄕ
(Chengdu, SP): si¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹
Gan (Wiktionary): si¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂
(Meixian, Guangdong): si¹
Jin (Wiktionary): sr¹
Min Bei (KCR): sí
Min Dong (BUC): siĕ
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): si / soa
(Teochew, Peng'im): si¹
Wu (Wiktionary): sr (T1)
Xiang (Wiktionary): shr¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shī
  - Zhuyin: ㄕ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shih
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹
  - Yale: shr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
  - Palladius: ши (ši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: si¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: s
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹
  - Yale: sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: si¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: si¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: sr¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /sz̩¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siĕ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sie⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si
  - Tâi-lô: si
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soa
  - Tâi-lô: sua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soaf
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sua⁴⁴/

Note:

si - literary (incl. surname);
soa - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: si¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: si
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: sr (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: shr¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʂʐ̩³³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /sz̩³³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 施
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ʂʐ̩⁴⁴/ 设～ /ʂʐ̩²⁴/ ～工
	Tianjin	/sz̩²¹/
	Jinan	/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂʐ̩²⁴/
	Xi'an	/sz̩²¹/
	Xining	/sz̩⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʂʐ̩¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ʂʐ̩³¹/
	Ürümqi	/sz̩⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/sz̩⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/sz̩⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/sz̩⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ʂʐ̩⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/ʂʐ̩³¹/
	Hefei	/ʂʐ̩²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/sz̩¹¹/
	Pingyao	/sz̩¹³/
	Hohhot	/sz̩³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/sz̩⁵³/
	Suzhou	/sz̩ʷ⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/sz̩³³/
	Wenzhou	/sz̩³³/
Hui	Shexian	/sz̩³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/sz̩¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʂʐ̩³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ʂʐ̩³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/sz̩⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/sz̩⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/sï²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/si⁵³/
	Nanning	/si⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/si⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/si⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/sie⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/si⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/si³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ti²³/

Middle Chinese: /ɕiᴇ/

Rime
Character	施
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	式支切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiə̆/
Li Rong	/ɕie/
Wang Li	/ɕǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥aj/
(Zhengzhang): /*hljal/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	施
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shī
Middle Chinese	‹ sye ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥aj/
English	give, bestow
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	施
Reading #	1/2
No.	14783
Phonetic component	也
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	䌳
Old Chinese	/*hljal/

Definitions

施

^† (ideophonic) flag fluttering; flag waving
^† flag ornament
to spread (something)
to set up; to put in place; to establish
to use; to utilise
to put into force; to implement
to apply; to add
to teach; to instruct
to convict; to judge
to display a corpse
^† to reproduce
^† Meaningless particle.
a surname
施耐庵 ― Shī Nài'ān ― Shi Nai'an (author of Water Margin)

Descendants

(Hokkien) Tagalog: Sy, See, Sze, Siy

Compounds

Derived terms from 施 (Also includes Pronunciation 2)

不施脂粉
便宜施行
倒行逆施 (dàoxíngnìshī)
傅粉施朱
先施
唐突西施
因材施教 (yīncáishījiào)
好施小惠
威德兼施
富而好施
布德施仁
布德施惠
布施 (bùshī)
床上施床 (chuángshàngshīchuáng)
恩施 (ēnshī)
恩施土家族苗族自治州 (Ēnshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu)
惠施
戚施 (qīshī)
抹粉施脂
措施 (cuòshī)
撒施
故技重施 (gùjìchóngshī)
散施 (sànshī)
敷施
施丹傅粉
施主 (shīzhǔ)
施予
施仁布德
施仁布恩
施令
施公案
施加 (shījiā)
施助
施威
施展 (shīzhǎn)
施工 (shīgōng)
施恩 (shī'ēn)
施恩布德
施惠 (shīhuì)
施放 (shīfàng)
施政 (shīzhèng)
施教 (shījiào)
施暴 (shībào)
施朱傅粉

施用 (shīyòng)
施肥 (shīféi)
施舍 (shīshè)
施虐 (shīnüè)
施行 (shīxíng)
施逞
施釉
施食 (shīshí)
檀施 (tánshī)
毛施淑姿
法外施仁
法外施恩
法施 (fǎshī)
略施小技
病西施
穴施
籧篨戚施
蒲鞭不施
西施 (xīshī)
西施捧心
西施舌
豆腐西施
逆行倒施
遣施
雨施
首施 (shǒushī)
付諸實施／付诸实施
佈施／布施
公共設施／公共设施
剿撫兼施／剿抚兼施
勦撫兼施／剿抚兼施
博施濟眾／博施济众
噴施／喷施
因應措施／因应措施
報施／报施
好善樂施／好善乐施
好施樂善／好施乐善
守約施博／守约施博
實施／实施 (shíshī)
惠施五車／惠施五车
施不望報／施不望报
施仁布澤／施仁布泽
施勞／施劳

施壓／施压 (shīyā)
施家灣／施家湾 (Shījiāwān)
施捨／施舍 (shīshě)
施樓／施楼 (Shīlóu)
施為／施为
施禮／施礼 (shīlǐ)
施而不費／施而不费
施與／施与 (shīyǔ)
施行細則／施行细则 (shīxíng xìzé)
施衿結褵／施衿结褵
施診／施诊 (shīzhěn)
施謀用智／施谋用智
施謀用計／施谋用计
施謀設計／施谋设计
施醫／施医 (shīyī)
施齋／施斋
東施效顰／东施效颦 (dōngshīxiàopín)
條施／条施
樂善好施／乐善好施 (lèshànhàoshī)
樂施／乐施
無技可施／无技可施
無法可施／无法可施
無計可施／无计可施 (wújìkěshī)
環施／环施
略施小計／略施小计
略施薄懲／略施薄惩
發政施仁／发政施仁
發號施令／发号施令 (fāhàoshīlìng)
神施鬼設／神施鬼设
祭東施娘／祭东施娘
聊施小計／聊施小计
脣若施脂／唇若施脂
葉面施肥／叶面施肥
西施顰眉／西施颦眉
計無所施／计无所施
設施／设施 (shèshī)
軍事設施／军事设施
軟硬兼施／软硬兼施 (ruǎn-yìng jiānshī)
輕財好施／轻财好施
辟歷施鞭／辟历施鞭
難施面目／难施面目
雲行雨施／云行雨施
首施兩端／首施两端 (shǒushīliǎngduān)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sī (si¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si³
Min Dong (BUC): sié
Min Nan (POJ): sì

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: si³
  - Yale: si
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sié
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì
  - Tâi-lô: sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: six
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕi¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕi²¹/

Middle Chinese: /ɕiᴇ^H/

Rime
Character	施
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	施智切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjɛ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiə̆^H/
Li Rong	/ɕie^H/
Wang Li	/ɕǐe^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕie̯^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*hljals/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	施
Reading #	2/2
No.	14789
Phonetic component	也
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	翅
Old Chinese	/*hljals/

Definitions

施

kindness; favour
to disperse; to become spread
to grant; to bestow; to give

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶
Min Dong (BUC): ê

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yì
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴
  - Yale: yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
  - Palladius: и (i)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶
  - Yale: yih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛi²⁴²/

Definitions

施

^† to extend to; to reach
^† Alternative form of 移 (yí, “to change”).

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǐ (shi³)
(Zhuyin): ㄕˇ
Min Dong (BUC): chiē

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǐh
  - Wade–Giles: shih³
  - Yale: shř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyy
  - Palladius: ши (ši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chiē
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰie³³/

Definitions

施

^† Alternative form of 弛 (chí, “to cast away; to relieve”).
^† Alternative form of 侈 (chǐ, “to boast”).

Pronunciation 5

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yí (yi²)
(Zhuyin): ㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yí
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yí
  - Wade–Giles: i²
  - Yale: yí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
  - Palladius: и (i)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/

Definitions

施

^† Alternative form of 邪 (xié, “awry”).
^† Used in 施施 (“walking in a crooked way”).

Japanese

Kanji

施

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

give
bestow
perform
alms

Readings

Go-on: い (i); せ (se, Jōyō)
Kan-on: い (i); し (shi, Jōyō)
Kun: ほどこす (hodokosu, 施す, Jōyō); しく (shiku, 施く)

Korean

Hanja

施 (eumhun 베풀 시 (bepul si))

to give (to help, to benefit)
conduct

Hanja

施 (eumhun 옮길 이 (omgil i))

widespread; breed
reveal
boast; exaggerate

Vietnamese

Han character

施: Hán Nôm readings: thí

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