head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems |
distribute (alms); to do; to execute distribute (alms); to do; to execute; to carry out | ||
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| simp. and trad. (首施) |
首 | 施 | |
Cognate with 首鼠 (shǒushǔ, “to hesitate”).
| Rime | ||||
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| Character | 首 | 首 | 施 | 施 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 書 (26) | 書 (26) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 尤 (136) | 支 (11) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | III | III |
| Fanqie | 書九切 | 舒救切 | 式支切 | 施智切 |
| Reconstructions | ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɕɨuX/ | /ɕɨuH/ | /ɕiᴇ/ | /ɕiᴇH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɕiuX/ | /ɕiuH/ | /ɕiɛ/ | /ɕiɛH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɕiəuX/ | /ɕiəuH/ | /ɕjɛ/ | /ɕjɛH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɕuwX/ | /ɕuwH/ | /ɕiə̆/ | /ɕiə̆H/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɕiuX/ | /ɕiuH/ | /ɕie/ | /ɕieH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɕĭəuX/ | /ɕĭəuH/ | /ɕǐe/ | /ɕǐeH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɕi̯ə̯uX/ | /ɕi̯ə̯uH/ | /ɕie̯/ | /ɕie̯H/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
shǒu | shòu | shī | shì |