撕

撕 U+6495, 撕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6495 ← 撔 [U+6494] CJK Unified Ideographs 撖 → [U+6496]

Translingual

Han character

撕 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手廿金中 (QTCL), four-corner 5202₁, composition ⿰扌斯)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 454, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12705
• Dae Jaweon: page 803, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1953, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6495

Chinese

simp. and trad.		撕

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
嘶	*seː
撕	*seː, *se
斯	*se
廝	*se
蟴	*se
燍	*se
鐁	*se
凘	*se
澌	*ses

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

Etymology

First usage replaced 斯 (sī, “to tear”). Cognate with 廝／厮 (sī, “to split; woodcutter”), also spelled 㒋 (sī).

Pronunciation 1

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撕
Reading #	2/2
No.	11996
Phonetic component	斯
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	斯
Old Chinese	/*se/
Notes	同斯，後分化字

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sī (si¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si / su

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• 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–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si¹
    • Yale: sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si
    • Tâi-lô: si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su
    • Tâi-lô: su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*se/

Definitions

撕

1. to shred; to tear; to rip
2. (neologism) to fight; to attack; to assault

Synonyms

• (to tear):

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		撕, 扯
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	撕
	Harbin	撕巴
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	撕
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	撕
Cantonese	Guangzhou	搣, 撕
	Hong Kong	搣, 撕
	Dongguan	搣
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	撕, 搣
Gan	Pingxiang	撕
Huizhou	Jixi	撕
Jin	Xinzhou	撕掐
Northern Min	Jian'ou	撕
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	撕
Southern Min	Xiamen	拆, 剺
	Quanzhou	拆, 剺
	Zhangzhou	拆, 剺
	Taipei	拆, 裂
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	剺
	Kaohsiung	拆, 剺, 裂
	Yilan	拆, 裂, 剺
	Changhua (Lukang)	拆, 剺
	Taichung	剺
	Tainan	拆, 裂, 剺
	Hsinchu	裂
	Kinmen	拆, 剺
	Penghu (Magong)	拆, 剺
	Manila (Hokkien)	拆
	Chaozhou	剺
	Shantou	剺
	Haifeng	剺
	Leizhou	𠠏, 撕
Wu	Shanghai	扯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	扯
	Suzhou	㧸
	Wuxi	㧸

Dialectal synonyms of 撕 (“to tear”) [map]

Compounds

• 互撕 (hùsī)
• 撕屄 (sībī)
• 撕打
• 撕擄／撕掳
• 撕毀／撕毁 (sīhuǐ)
• 撕爛／撕烂
• 撕破 (sīpò)
• 撕破臉／撕破脸 (sīpòliǎn)
• 撕票 (sīpiào)
• 撕裂 (sīliè)
• 撕開／撕开

 

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character	撕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	先稽切
Baxter	sej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sei/
Pan Wuyun	/sei/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛj/
Li Rong	/sei/
Wang Li	/siei/
Bernard Karlgren	/siei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai1

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撕
Reading #	1/2
No.	11994
Phonetic component	斯
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	西
Old Chinese	/*seː/
Notes	見詩鄭箋

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sai¹
    • Yale: sāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sej

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*seː/

Definitions

撕

1. Only used in 提撕.

References

• “撕”, 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

撕

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: さい (sai)、し (shi)
• Kan-on: せい (sei)、し (shi)
• Kun: さく (saku, 撕く)

Korean

Hanja

撕 (eum 서 (seo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

撕: Hán Nôm readings: tê, ti

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References

• Nom Foundation