啥

啥 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口人一口 (ROMR) or X口人一口 (XROMR), four-corner 6806₄, composition ⿰口舍)

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 196, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3881
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 643, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5565

Probably a fusion of 什麼／什么 (shénme) (Lü, 1985).

啥

1. (dialectal Mandarin, Min Nan, Wu) what

   這是啥物件？／这是啥物件？ [Hokkien]  ―  Che sī siáⁿ mi̍h-kiāⁿ? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  What is this (thing)?

   儂辣做啥？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   侬辣做啥？ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   [nʊŋ²³ la̱ʔ¹² t͡sv̩ʷ⁴⁴  sa̱³⁴] [IPA]

   What are you doing?

   吃啥飯？ [Suzhounese, trad.]
   吃啥饭？ [Suzhounese, simp.]

   Eating what food?

   你說啥來著？／你说啥来着？ [dialectal Mandarin]  ―  Nǐ shuō shà láizhe? [Pinyin]  ―  What did you just say?

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. what (variant of 舍)

• Go-on: しゃ (sha)^{←しや (sya, historical)}
• Kan-on: しゃ (sha)^{←しや (sya, historical)}
• Kun: なに (nani, 啥); なんぞ (nanzo, 啥ぞ)

This kanji may be found in classical sources, but is not used in modern Japanese.

• 何(なに) (nani)
• 何(なん)ぞ (nanzo)

• 諸橋轍次 (Morohashi Tetsuji), chief ed. 大漢和辞典 (Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, “Comprehensive Chinese–Japanese Dictionary”). 13 vols. 1955–1960. Revised and enlarged ed. 1984–1986. Tokyo: Taishukan.

啥: Hán Nôm readings: sá

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