徙

Han character edit

徙 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹人卜中人 (HOYLO), four-corner 2128₁, composition ⿰彳歨)

Derived characters edit

• 嘥 𢟎 𢳜 漇 𣘊 褷 縰 蹝 屣 㿅 蓰 簁

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 368, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10142
• Dae Jaweon: page 692, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 827, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5F99

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 徙
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

The erroneous variant form 𢓊 (left) and ancient form 𡲴 (right) in small seal script, as depicted within the Shuowen Jiezi.

During the Zhou dynasty, 徙 was represented with the phonetic borrowing 屎 (OC *hliʔ, *hri, “excrement”), with the components 辵 and 止 later being added to differentiate the character used to represent "migration". During the Warring States period, the earlier forms of 屎 consisting of 小 or 少 components (as seen in and ) had these portions transform into 米, however 徙 continued to retain the 少 form. The Chu script form of 屎 corrupted into a form with the 尸 ("body") component becoming 尾 ("tail"),^[1] while the Qin script form of 徙 omitted the 尸 component of 屎 and left only 少 remaining.^[1] Li Shoukui (2015) however argues that the Chu script ⿸尾少 may not actually be cognate to ⿸尸少 (and ergo 屎).^[1] The clerical script form inherited the Qin script form, however had the 少 component mutate into another 止,^[1] which coincidentally resulted in the clerical form matching the same character structure as 歨 (the Shang dynasty form of 步) with an additional 彳 component.

Shuowen Jiezi erroneously takes this mutated clerical script form of 徙 with two 止 components, and claims that it is a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *selʔ) : semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 止 (OC *kjɯʔ). It also omits one of the 止 components to create an alternative form 𢓊, however no such character exists in ancient writing (although coincidentally it has a similar shape to the Shang and Zhou 延). Hu Houxuan (1981) states that the "ancient script" form of 徙 in Shuowen, 𡲴, comes from a corruption of the variant form featuring 尾 in place of 尸, but with the tail portion misrepresented as 火.^[1] For this reason, the "ancient script" forms of 徙 provided in Shuowen are extremely corrupted.

Li Jiahao (2010) notes that the ancient form of 屎, namely ⿸尸少, may potentially suggest that 徙 is a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *selʔ) : semantic 辵 (“walk”) + abbreviated phonetic 沙 (OC *sraːl, *sraːls).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

徙

1. to move one's abode; to shift; to migrate; to relocate
2. to substitute; to transplant; to swap
3. (Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew) to move (an object)

Synonyms edit

Compounds edit

References edit

• “徙”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01292

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: うつす (utsusu, 徙す); うつる (utsuru, 徙る)

Hanja edit

徙 • (sa) (hangeul 사)

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Han character edit

徙: Hán Nôm readings: si, tỉ

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References edit

• Nom Foundation