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English definition a sword; potter's clay; to gather
Mandarin pronunciation(s), using the Hanyu Pinyin romanization system shi4
Cantonese pronunciation(s), using the Jyutping romanization system zik1
Cantonese pronunciation(s), using the Yale romanization system jik1
Japanese (Kana) ショク シキ シ
Sino-Japanese shoku shiki shi
Simplified variants
Traditional variants
Unicode radical / stroke count + 9
Unicode total stroke count 12
Cangjie YAI
Four corner code 0365.0
漢語大字典 <Hanyu Da Zidian> 'Great Chinese Character Dictionary' (in 8 Volumes). Hubei and Sichuan Dictionary Publishing Collectives, 1986-1990. ISBN: 7-5403-0030 2/H.16 volume 2, page 1409, character 4
KangXi dictionary, 7th edition published by Zhonghua Bookstore in Beijing, 1989 page 413, position 16
Dae Jaweon (Korean) dictionary, first edition, published in Seoul by Samseong Publishing Co., Ltd., 1988 page 756, position 10
Grammata Serica Recensa, Bernhard Karlgren, 1957 0920a
宋本廣韻 <Song Ben Guang Yun> Song Dynasty edition of the Guang Yun Rhyming Dictionary page 524, character 31
The Five Thousand Dictionary (Fenn's Chinese-English Pocket Dictionary) by Courtenay H. Fenn, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1979 93P
page 66, position 13
Ten Thousand Characters: An Analytic Dictionary by G. Hugh Casey, S.J. Hong Kong: Kelley and Walsh, 1980 164
Chinese-English Dictionary by Robert H. Mathews, Cambrige: Harvard University Press, 1975 988
Unicode code point (dec / hex): 25120 / 6220


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