誓

誓	U+8A93, 誓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A93

← 誒
[U+8A92]

CJK Unified Ideographs

誔 →
[U+8A94]

Translingual

Han character

誓 (radical 149, 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手中卜一口 (QLYMR), four-corner 5260₁, composition ⿱折言)

swear, pledge
oath

References

KangXi: page 1162, character 1

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35514

Dae Jaweon: page 1627, character 1

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3973, character 5

Unihan data for U+8A93

Chinese

simp. and trad.		誓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 誓
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu Slip and silk script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (折) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
晢	ʔljeds, ʔljed
狾	*ʔljeds
誓	*ɦljeds
逝	*ɦljeds
銴	ɢljeds, ɢʷleds
折	l'eːl, ʔljed, *ɦljed
娎	hleːws, qʰred
哳	*ʔr'eːd
踅	*sɢʷled
哲	*ʔl'ed
蜇	*ʔl'ed
悊	*ʔl'ed
嚞	*ted
喆	*ted
硩	l̥ʰed, l̥ʰeːɡ
浙	*ʔljed
晣	*ʔljed
焎	*hred

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɦljeds) : phonetic 折 (OC *l'eːl, *ʔljed, *ɦljed) + semantic 言 (“speech”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ
Min Nan (POJ): sē / sī / sè / chōa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai⁶
  - Yale: saih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sē
  - Tâi-lô: sē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: se
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī
  - Tâi-lô: sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: si
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè
  - Tâi-lô: sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sex
  - IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /se²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chōa
  - Tâi-lô: tsuā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoa
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sua⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sua²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sua³³/

Note:

sē/sī - literary;
chōa - vernacular;
sè - vernacular (俗).

Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑiᴇi^H/▼

Rime
Character	誓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	時制切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjæi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiaj^H/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛi^H/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d][a]t-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*ɦljeds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	誓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyej^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[d][a]t-s/
English	swear
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	誓
Reading #	1/1
No.	16934
Phonetic component	折
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	逝
Old Chinese	/*ɦljeds/

Definitions

誓

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Compounds

信誓 (xìnshì)
信誓旦旦 (xìnshìdàndàn)
刑馬作誓／刑马作誓
四弘誓願／四弘誓愿 (sìhóngshìyuàn)
宣誓 (xuānshì)
對天發誓／对天发誓
山盟海誓 (shānménghǎishì)
折箭為誓／折箭为誓 (zhéjiànwéishì)
指天為誓／指天为誓 (zhǐ tiān wéi shì)
指天誓心
指天誓日
撫臆誓肌／抚臆誓肌
旦旦信誓 (dàndànxìnshì)
明誓
柏舟之誓
歃血為誓／歃血为誓
泰誓

洪誓
海誓山盟 (hǎishìshānméng)
瀝血以誓／沥血以誓
發誓／发誓 (fāshì)
盟誓 (méngshì)
秦誓
立誓 (lìshì)
罰誓／罚誓
要誓
言誓
誓不兩立／誓不两立
誓不甘休
誓劍／誓剑
誓同生死
誓墓
誓山盟海
誓師／誓师 (shìshī)

誓彼襟靈／誓彼襟灵
誓死 (shìsǐ)
誓死不二 (shìsǐ bù'èr)
誓死不屈 (shìsǐbùqū)
誓泉之譏／誓泉之讥
誓海盟山
誓無二心／誓无二心
誓無二志／誓无二志
誓約／誓约 (shìyuē)
誓言 (shìyán)
誓詞／誓词 (shìcí)
誓願／誓愿 (shìyuàn)
賭誓／赌誓 (dǔshì)
賭身發誓／赌身发誓
賭身立誓／赌身立誓 (dǔshēnlìshì)
起誓 (qǐshì)

Japanese

Kanji

誓

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

vow
swear
pledge

Readings

Go-on: ぜ (ze)
Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
Kan’yō-on: ぜい (zei)
Kun: いましめる (imashimeru, 誓める); ちかい (chikai, 誓い)^{←ちかひ (tikafi, historical)}; ちかう (chikau, 誓う, Jōyō)^{←ちかふ (tikafu, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

誓 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)

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Vietnamese

Han character

誓 (thệ, thề)

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