些

些 U+4E9B, 些
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E9B
← 亚
[U+4E9A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 亜 →
[U+4E9C]

Translingual
Stroke order

Han character

些 (Kangxi radical 7, 二+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜心一一 (YPMM), four-corner 21101, composition ⿱此二)

Derived characters
  • 㾚 𠉃 𣒄 𢧲 𨧥 𭈐

References
  • KangXi: page 87, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 268
  • Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1441, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+4E9B

Chinese
trad. 些
simp. # 些
alternative forms 㱔

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 些
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script

s01200

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (此) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
些 *saːls, *sjaːl, *seːs
跐 *ʔsreːʔ, *ʔseʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ʔsreʔ
柴 *zreː
祡 *zreː
茈 *zreː, *ʔseʔ, *ze
眦 *zreːs
砦 *zraːds
寨 *zraːds, *slɯːɡ
啙 *ʔseː, *zeːʔ, *ʔseʔ
泚 *sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ
玼 *sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ze
皉 *sʰeːʔ
鮆 *zeːʔ, *ʔse
眥 *zeːs, *zes
貲 *ʔse
髭 *ʔse
頾 *ʔse
訾 *ʔse, *ʔseʔ
鴜 *ʔse, *ze
鈭 *ʔse, *sʰe
姕 *ʔse, *sʰe, *ze
觜 *ʔse, *ʔse, *ʔseʔ
紫 *ʔseʔ
訿 *ʔseʔ
呰 *ʔseʔ
嘴 *ʔseʔ
雌 *sʰe
此 *sʰeʔ
佌 *sʰeʔ, *seʔ
庛 *sʰes
疵 *ze
骴 *ze, *zes
胔 *ze, *zes
飺 *ze
齜 *ʔsre

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Note:
  • sia - literary;
  • se - vernacular.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: sia1 / sie1
      • Sinological IPA (key) (old-style): /sia̠³³/, /sie̞³³/
      • Sinological IPA (key) (new-style): /ɕia̠³³/, /ɕie̞³³/
Note:
  • xia1 - vernacular;
  • xie - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 些
Mandarin Beijing /ɕiɛ⁵⁵/
Harbin /ɕiɛ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /ɕie²¹/
Jinan /ɕiə²¹³/
Qingdao /siə²¹³/
Zhengzhou /siɛ⁵³/
Xi'an /ɕiɛ²¹/
Xining /ɕi⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕie⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ɕiə³¹/
Ürümqi /ɕiɤ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /ɕie⁵⁵/
Chengdu /ɕi⁵⁵/
Guiyang /ɕie⁵⁵/
Kunming /ɕiɛ³¹/
Nanjing /sie²¹²/
Hefei /sz̩²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕie¹¹/
Pingyao /ɕie̞¹³/
Hohhot /ɕie³¹/ 一～
/ɕiəʔ⁴³/ 這～
Wu Shanghai /ɕi⁵³/
Suzhou /si⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ɕi³³/
Wenzhou /sei³³/
Hui Shexian /se³¹/
Tunxi /se¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /sie³³/
/sia³³/
Xiangtan /siɒ³³/
Gan Nanchang /ɕiɛʔ⁵/ 訓讀
Hakka Meixian /sia⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /siɑ¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /sɛ⁵³/
Nanning /ɬɛ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /sɛ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /sia⁵⁵/
/se⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /sie⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /siɛ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /sẽ³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /nai³⁵/
Rime
Character 些
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 麻 (100)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 寫邪切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /sia/
Pan
Wuyun		 /sia/
Shao
Rongfen		 /sia/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /sia/
Li
Rong		 /sia/
Wang
Li		 /sĭa/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /si̯a/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiē
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 se1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 些
Reading # 2/3
No. 1686
Phonetic
component		 此
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 些
Old
Chinese		 /*sjaːl/

Definitions

些

  1. some; a few; a little; a bit (an indefinite amount)
    吃些肉  ―  chī xiē ròu  ―  to eat some meat
    一些都沒有／一些都没有  ―  yī xiē dōu méiyǒu  ―  not even a bit
  2. (used after adjectives and certain verbs) a bit; a bit more
    走快些  ―  zǒu kuài xiē  ―  to walk a little faster
  3. rather; somewhat
  4. (archaic) A modal particle.

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 些 (“some, a few”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 些
Mandarin Taiwan 些
Singapore 些
Cantonese Guangzhou 啲
Hong Kong 啲
Taishan 尼
Singapore (Guangfu) 啲
Hakka Meixian 兜
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 兜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 兜
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 兜
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 兜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 兜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 兜
Min Nan Xiamen 寡
Zhangzhou 寡
Tainan 寡
Singapore (Hokkien) 寡
Manila (Hokkien) 寡
Shantou 撮
Jieyang 撮
Singapore (Teochew) 撮
Wu Wenzhou 厘兒

Compounds

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 些 些
Reading # 3/3 2/3
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 歌 (94) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I IV
Fanqie 蘇箇切 蘇計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /sɑH/ /seiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /sɑH/ /seiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /sɑH/ /sɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /saH/ /sɛjH/
Li
Rong		 /sɑH/ /seiH/
Wang
Li		 /sɑH/ /sieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /sɑH/ /sieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 suò xì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 so3 sai3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 些 些
Reading # 1/3 3/3
No. 1685 1701
Phonetic
component		 此 此
Rime
group		 歌 支
Rime
subdivision		 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 些 細
Old
Chinese		 /*saːls/ /*seːs/
Notes 見招魂

Definitions

些

  1. † A modal particle.
  2. † (figurative) fu (poetry)
  3. ‡ can; be able to
  4. ‡ what
  5. ‡ this

Compounds
  • 楚些
  • 麼些／么些

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to etymology 1?”)

Pronunciation

Definitions

些

  1. ‡ to decrease

References

Japanese

Kanji
些

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. a few, a little; some
  2. sometimes

Readings

Korean

Hanja

些 (eum 사 (sa))

  1. little

Vietnamese

Han character

些: Hán Nôm readings: ta, tá

  1. chữ Hán form of ta (“I; me; we; us”).

References
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