舌

See also: 吉, 告, and 吿
舌 U+820C, 舌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-820C
← 舋
[U+820B]
CJK Unified Ideographs 舍 →
[U+820D]
⾆ U+2F86, ⾆
KANGXI RADICAL TONGUE
← ⾅
[U+2F85]
Kangxi Radicals ⾇ →
[U+2F87]

Translingual

Stroke order
6 strokes
Stroke order

Alternative forms

Han character

舌 (Kangxi radical 135, 舌+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹十口 (HJR), four-corner 20604, composition ⿱千口(GJKV) or ⿱干口(HT))

  1. Kangxi radical #135, ⾆.
  2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №46

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 1006, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30277
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1463, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2941, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+820C

Chinese

trad. 舌
simp. # 舌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 舌
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – a forked tongue emerging upwards from a mouth (口).

Etymology 1

From 舐 (OC *ɦljeʔ, “to lick”) + *-t (“nominal suffix for natural objects”), literally “licker” (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • chi̍h - vernacular;
  • sia̍t - literary.

Rime
Character 舌
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 船 (27)
Final (韻) 仙 (81)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 食列切
Baxter zyiet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʑiᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʑiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʑjæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʑiat̚/
Li
Rong
/d͡ʑiɛt̚/
Wang
Li
/d͡ʑĭɛt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡ʑʰi̯ɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shé
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sit6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 舌
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shé
Middle
Chinese
‹ zyet ›
Old
Chinese
/*mə.lat/
English tongue

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 舌
Reading # 2/2
No. 11220
Phonetic
component
舌
Rime
group
月
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
舌
Old
Chinese
/*ɦbljed/

Definitions

舌

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. tongue-shaped object
  3. clapper of a bell
  4. a surname
Synonyms

Compounds

Glyph origin

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 舌 – see 𠯑 (“to block the mouth”).
(This character, 舌, is a variant form of 𠯑.)

Japanese

Kanji

舌

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. tongue
  2. reed of a woodwind (musical instrument)
  3. clapper of a bell

Readings

  • Go-on: ぜち (zechi); ぜつ (zetsu, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: せつ (setsu)
  • Kun: した (shita, 舌, Jōyō)

Compounds

Kanji in this term
舌
した
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *sita.

Pronunciation

Noun

舌(した) • (shita) 

  1. tongue
    Synonym: べろ (bero)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 舌 (MC ʑiᴇt̚).

Recorded as Middle Korean 쎠ᇙ〮 (Yale: ssyelq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Recorded as Middle Korean 설 (sel) (Yale: sel) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource 舌 (eumhun 혀 설 (hyeo seol))

  1. Hanja form? of 설 (“tongue”).

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Kunigami

Kanji

舌

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕit͡ɕaː/

Noun

舌 (hiragana しちゃー, romaji shichā)

  1. tongue

Miyako

Kanji

舌

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ss̩da/

Noun

舌 (hiragana すだ, romaji suda)

  1. tongue

Okinawan

Kanji

舌

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕit͡ɕa/

Noun

舌 (hiragana しちゃ, romaji shicha)

  1. tongue

Vietnamese

Han character

舌: Hán Nôm readings: thiệt, thịt, thĩa, thễ, sễ

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Yaeyama

Kanji

舌

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɨta/

Noun

舌 (hiragana しぃたー, romaji sïtā)

  1. tongue

Yonaguni

Kanji

舌

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˀa/

Noun

舌 (hiragana った, romaji tta)

  1. tongue
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