仕

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仕 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人土 (OG), four-corner 2421₀, composition ⿰亻士)

• 茌

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 92, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 368
• Dae Jaweon: page 195, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 112, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4ED5

Historical forms of the character 仕
Bronze inscriptions   b12243 Small seal script   s05662 Transcribed ancient scripts   L34132   L34133
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zrɯʔ) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic ⺅ (“person”) + phonetic 士 (OC *zrɯʔ, “a person engaged in an official position”). It is mainly used as a verb meaning "to serve."^[1]

See 士 "servant, retainer, officer, scholar, gentleman"

仕

1. scholar; official; guardian

   • 有仕於此，而子悅之，不告於王而私與之吾子之祿爵；夫仕也，亦無王命而私受之於子，則可乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有仕于此，而子悦之，不告于王而私与之吾子之禄爵；夫仕也，亦无王命而私受之于子，则可乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yǒu shì yú cǐ, ér zǐ yuè zhī, bùgào yú wáng ér sī yǔ zhī wúzǐ zhī lùjué; fú shì yě, yì wú wángmìng ér sī shòu zhī yú zǐ, zé kě hū? [Pinyin]

     Suppose there were an officer here, with whom you, Sir, were pleased, and that, without informing the king, you were privately to give to him your salary and rank; and suppose that this officer, also without the king's orders, were privately to receive them from you - would such a transaction be allowable?

2. to serve in the government

   • 士之仕也，猶農夫之耕也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     士之仕也，犹农夫之耕也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shì zhī shì yě, yóu nóngfū zhī gēng yě. [Pinyin]

     An officer's being in office is like the ploughing of a husbandman.

3. (xiangqi) adviser; guard; minister: 🩡 (on the red side)
4. a surname

• (Chinese chess pieces) 帥／帅 (shuài) / 將／将, 仕 (shì) / 士 (shì), 相 / 象 (xiàng), 俥／伡 / 車／车, 傌 / 㐷 / 馬／马 (mǎ), 炮 / 砲／炮, 兵 (bīng) / 卒

From 亻 (denoting one octave lower in Cantonese opera) + 士 (si⁶).

仕

1. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note an octave below low la (6̣̣).

   Synonym: 𪛘 (sì) (Kunqu)

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: じ (ji, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kun: つかえる (tsukaeru, 仕える, Jōyō)^{←つかへる (tukaferu, 仕へる, historical)}、つかまつる (tsukamatsuru, 仕る)、つこうまつる (tsukōmatsuru, 仕る)
• Nanori: つこう (tsukō)

From Middle Chinese 仕 (MC dzriX).

• (Tokyo) し [shíꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕi]

仕(し) • (shi) ^{←し (si)?}

1. official, civil service

   仕(し)を致(いた)す

   shi o itasu

   to resign from public office

• IPA^(key): [ɕi]

仕(し) • (shi) ^{←し (si)?}

1. Alternative spelling of し (shi, continuative of する (suru))

• Used primarily as the first element in verb-verb and verb-noun compounds.

仕 (eumhun 섬길 사 (seomgil sa))

1. hanja form^? of 사 (“serve; official”)

仕: Hán Nôm readings: sĩ, sải, sảy, sãi, sẻ, sễ, sẽ, sì, sẩy, sè, sõi, sỡi, xảy

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