嗇
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See also: 啬
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Han character
嗇 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土人田口 (GOWR), four-corner 40601, composition ⿱⿻土从回)
Derived characters
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 202, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4053
- Dae Jaweon: page 424, character 32
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 665, character 11
- Unihan data for U+55C7
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 嗇 | |||
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sè
- Wade–Giles: sê4
- Yale: sè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: seh
- Palladius: сэ (sɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sik1
- Yale: sīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: sik7
- Guangdong Romanization: xig1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɪk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: srik
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.rək/
- (Zhengzhang): /*srɯɡ/
Definitions
嗇
Compounds
- 人嗇夫／人啬夫
- 先嗇／先啬
- 力嗇／力啬
- 司嗇／司啬
- 嗇事／啬事
- 嗇人／啬人
- 嗇夫／啬夫
- 嗇年／啬年
- 嗇民／啬民
- 嗇黍／啬黍
- 田嗇夫／田啬夫
- 稼嗇／稼啬
- 鄉嗇夫／乡啬夫
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): se2
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): set6
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): sah4 / seh4
- Northern Min (KCR): să̤
- Eastern Min (BUC): sáik
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7seq
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): se6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sè
- Wade–Giles: sê4
- Yale: sè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: seh
- Palladius: сэ (sɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɤ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: se2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: se
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛ²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sik1
- Yale: sīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: sik7
- Guangdong Romanization: xig1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɪk̚⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lhet2 / set2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬet̚⁵⁵/, /set̚⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: set6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛt̚⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: set
- Hakka Romanization System: sedˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sed5
- Sinological IPA: /set̚²/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: sah4 / seh4
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /saʔ²/, /səʔ²/
- (Taiyuan)+
Note:
- sah4 - vernacular;
- seh4 - literary.
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: să̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛ²⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sáik
- Sinological IPA (key): /saiʔ²⁴/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek
- Tâi-lô: sik
- Phofsit Daibuun: seg
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak
- Tâi-lô: siak
- Phofsit Daibuun: siag
- IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siah
- Tâi-lô: siah
- Phofsit Daibuun: siaq
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Taiwan:
- sek - literary;
- siah - vernacular.
Note:
- Middle Chinese: srik
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*srɯɡ/
Definitions
嗇
- (obsolete) to cherish
- (obsolete) to save; to conserve; to not waste
- miserly; thrifty; stingy
- (obsolete) to covet
- (obsolete) to lack; to be insufficient
- (rare) to have a poor harvest
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) silent and not speaking; not disclosing anything
- 佯嗇嗇／佯啬啬 [Hokkien] ― tèⁿ sek sek [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to pretend not to know
- a surname
Synonyms
- (silent and not speaking): (Hokkien) 隰 (sip)
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sè
- Wade–Giles: sê4
- Yale: sè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: seh
- Palladius: сэ (sɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sik1
- Yale: sīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: sik7
- Guangdong Romanization: xig1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɪk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: srik
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*srɯɡ/
Definitions
嗇
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Kanji
嗇
- lowly
- the country
- the countryside
- be countrified
Readings
Hanja
嗇 • (akkil saek/geodul saek) (hangeul 아낄 색/거둘 색, revised saek, McCune–Reischauer saek)
Han character
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Compounds
- 彼嗇斯豐 (bỉ sắc tư phong)
References
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