Translingual
Han character
嗣 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口月尸一口 (RBSMR), four-corner 67220, composition ⿰⿱口𠕁司)
- to connect, inherit
- descendants, heirs
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 203, character 30
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4109
- Dae Jaweon: page 426, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 667, character 11
- Unihan data for U+55E3
Chinese
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (
司)
(Zhengzhang, 2003)
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Old Chinese
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| 司
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*slɯ
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| 伺
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*slɯ, *slɯs
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| 覗
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*slɯ, *slɯs
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| 笥
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*slɯ, *slɯs
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| 詞
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*ljɯ
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| 祠
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*ljɯ
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| 柌
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*ljɯ
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| 嗣
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*ljɯs
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| 孠
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*ljɯs
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| 飼
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*ljɯs
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| 呞
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*hljɯ
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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嗣
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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sì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ziH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*sə.lə-s/
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| English
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succeed, inherit
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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嗣
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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11961
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Phonetic
component
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司
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Rime
group
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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寺
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Old
Chinese
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/*ljɯs/
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Definitions
嗣
- (literary) to inherit; to continue
子產而死，誰其嗣之？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
子产而死，谁其嗣之？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Zǐchǎn ér sǐ, shéi qí sì zhī? [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
青青子衿，悠悠我心。縱我不往，子寧不嗣音。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
青青子衿，悠悠我心。纵我不往，子宁不嗣音。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Qīngqīng zǐ jīn, yōuyōu wǒ xīn. Zòng wǒ bù wǎng, zǐ nìng bú sìyīn. [Pinyin]
- Blue-green are your collars. Anxious is my heart. Though I do not go, would you not continue your letters?
- (literary) descendants
- (literary) heir; successor
- (literary) soon after
Compounds
- 世嗣宦族
- 令嗣
- 冢嗣
- 哲嗣
- 嗣主
- 嗣位 (sìwèi)
- 嗣君
- 嗣子 (sìzǐ)
- 嗣後 / 嗣后 (sìhòu)
- 嗣徽
- 嗣息
- 嗣承
- 嗣服
- 嗣業 / 嗣业
- 嗣歲 / 嗣岁
- 嗣父母
- 嗣產 / 嗣产
- 嗣續 / 嗣续
- 嗣適 / 嗣适
- 嗣音
- 嗣響 / 嗣响
- 嫡嗣
- 子嗣 (zǐsì)
- 孤嗣
- 廣嗣 / 广嗣
- 延壽添嗣 / 延寿添嗣
- 後嗣 / 后嗣 (hòusì)
- 承嗣
- 斬宗絕嗣 / 斩宗绝嗣
- 根嗣
- 求嗣
- 立嗣 (lìsì)
- 絕嗣 / 绝嗣 (juésì)
- 繼嗣 / 继嗣 (jìsì)
- 胤嗣 (yìnsì)
- 血嗣
- 覆宗絕嗣 / 覆宗绝嗣
Japanese
Kanji
嗣
(Jōyō kanji)
- to inherit, to succeed, to take over a position
Readings
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term
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| 嗣
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つ(いで)
Grade: S
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| kun'yomi
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| For pronunciation and definitions of 嗣 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 嗣, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term
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| 嗣
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つ(ぎ)
Grade: S
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| kun'yomi
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| For pronunciation and definitions of 嗣 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 嗣, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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See also
Korean
Hanja
嗣 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa)
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Vietnamese
Han character
嗣: Hán Nôm readings: tự
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