# 兕

| 兕 | U+5155, &#20821; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5155 |
| ← 兔 [U+5154] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 兖 → [U+5156] |

## Translingual
### Han character

兕 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸尸山山 (SSUU) or 尸山竹山 (SUHU), four-corner 7721$_7$, composition ⿱凹儿)

#### Derived characters

* 𧣶

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 125, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1369
* Dae Jaweon: page 265, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 270, character 3
* Unihan data for U+5155

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 兕
* Oracle bone scriptj21990j21991j21992j21993j21994j21995j21996j21997j21998j21999j22000j22001j22002j22003j22004j22005j22006j22007j22008j22009j22010j22011j22012j22013j22014j22015j22016j22017j22018j22019j22020j22021j22022j22023j22024j22025j22026j22027j22028j22029j22030j22031j22032j22033j22034j22035j22036j22037j22038Small seal scripts06952s06953Transcribed ancient scriptsL13805L13806L13807L13808L13809L13810L13811L13812
* 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).
Pictogram (象形) .

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sì (si$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sì
*** Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sìh
*** Wade–Giles: ssŭ$^4$
*** Yale: sz̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh
*** Palladius: сы (sy)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^6$
*** Yale: jih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː²²/
* Middle Chinese: zijX
Rime :
| Character | 兕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 徐姊切 |
| Baxter | zijX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /zˠiɪ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /zᵚi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ziɪ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /zji$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /zji$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /zi$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /zi$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | sì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s.ɢ]ijʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ljiʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 兕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | sì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zij$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[s.ɢ]ijʔ/ |
| English | rhinoceros (or water buffalo?) |
| 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 | 兕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12057 |
| Phonetic component | 兕 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 兕 |
| Old Chinese | /*ljiʔ/ |

### Definitions

兕
* a kind of bovine-like animal; traditionally often thought of as a female rhinoceros (Bencao Gangmu), modern research suggests it probably originally referred to wild water buffalo (Schuessler 2007).
    From: Oracle bone from the reign of Wu Ding, thirteenth century B.C.E., quoted and translated in Working for His Majesty: Research Notes on Labor Mobilization in Late Shang China (ca. 1200–1045 B.C.) by David N. Keightley
    Bǐngzǐ bǔ: wáng huò. Yǔn huò sì yī. [Pinyin]
    Crack-making on bingzi [day]: "His Majesty will catch [game]." [Verification:] He really did catch wild buffalo, one.
    From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Hǔ sì chū yú xiá, guī yù huǐ yú dúzhōng, shì shéi zhī guò yǔ? [Pinyin]
    When a tiger or rhinoceros escapes from his cage; when a tortoise or piece of jade is injured in its repository - whose is the fault?
    From: Guoyu, circa 4th century BCE
    Bùrán, Bā Pǔ zhī xī, máo/lí, sì, xiàng, qí kě jìn hū, qí yòu yǐ guī wéi tiàn yě? [Pinyin]
    Otherwise, it is because rhinoceros, yaks, wild bovids and elephants in Ba and Pu have become extinct, and for this reason you use my recommendations as earplugs (which are made from the bones of these exotic animals)?

#### Compounds

* 兕中
* 兕觥
* 虎兕出柙
* 隨兕／随兕

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): し (shi)、じ (ji)

## Korean
### Hanja

兕 (eum 시 (si))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

兕: Hán Nôm readings: tỉ
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