斯

斯 (Kangxi radical 69, 斤+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿金竹一中 (TCHML), four-corner 4282₁, composition ⿰其斤)

• KangXi: page 480, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13563
• Dae Jaweon: page 839, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2025, character 6
• Unihan data for U+65AF

Cognate with 此 (OC *sʰeʔ, “this”) (Schuessler, 2007).

STEDT compares 此 (OC *sʰeʔ) and 斯 (OC *se) to Proto-Tani *si (“this”).

斯

1. (Classical Chinese) this; these; here

   生於斯，長於斯／生于斯，长于斯  ―  shēng yú sī, zhǎng yú sī  ―  to have been born and raised here

   • 亡之，命矣夫！斯人也而有斯疾也！斯人也而有斯疾也！ [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wáng zhī, mìng yǐ fū! Sī rén yě ér yǒu sī jí yě! Sī rén yě ér yǒu sī jí yě! [Pinyin]

     It is killing him. It is the appointment of Heaven, alas! That such a man should have such a sickness! That such a man should have such a sickness!

2. (Classical Chinese) then; thus
3. ^† emphatic particle (clarification of this definition is needed)
4. a surname
5. Used in transcription.
6. (Mainland China) Short for 斯大林 (Sīdàlín, “Stalin”).

• In modern Chinese, this character is almost entirely used for phonetic translations. The character mainly represents the phoneme /s/ or /θ/ in word-final and preconsonantal positions.

斯

1. ^† Original form of 撕 (sī, “to lop off”).

• “斯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Tō-on: す (su)
• Kun: か (ka, 斯); こう (kō, 斯う); この (kono, 斯); これ (kore, 斯); かく (kaku, 斯く); ここに (kokoni, 斯)

斯 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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斯: Hán Việt readings: tư[1][2][3][4][5]
斯: Nôm readings: tư[1][2]

1. chữ Hán form of Tư (“a surname”).
2. chữ Hán form of tư (“this (compounds), also a syllable used for the Sino-Vietnamese readings of foreign names (mainly the /s/ phoneme) transcripted into Chinese characters”).