# 撕

| 撕 | U+6495, &#25749; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6495 |
| ← 撔 [U+6494] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 撖 → [U+6496] |

## Translingual
### Han character

撕 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手廿金中 (QTCL), four-corner 5202$_1$, composition ⿰扌斯)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 454, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12705
* Dae Jaweon: page 803, character 29
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1953, character 6
* Unihan data for U+6495

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 嘶 | *seː |
| 撕 | *seː, *se |
| 斯 | *se |
| 廝 | *se |
| 蟴 | *se |
| 燍 | *se |
| 鐁 | *se |
| 凘 | *se |
| 澌 | *ses |

### Etymology

First usage replaced 斯 (sī, “to tear”). Cognate with 廝／厮 (sī, “to split; woodcutter”), also spelled 㒋 (sī).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sī (si$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄙ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): si$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si / su
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sī
*** Zhuyin: ㄙ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sih
*** Wade–Giles: ssŭ$^1$
*** Yale: sz̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sy
*** Palladius: сы (sy)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^1$
*** Yale: sī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si
*** Tâi-lô: si
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sy
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /si³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su
*** Tâi-lô: su
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sw
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*se/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 撕 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 11996 |
| Phonetic component | 斯 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 斯 |
| Old Chinese | /*se/ |
| Notes | 同斯，後分化字 |

#### Definitions

撕
* to shred; to tear; to rip
* (neologism) to fight; to attack; to assault

##### Synonyms

* (to tear):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 撕, 扯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 撕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 撕巴 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 撕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 撕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 搣, 撕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 搣, 撕 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 搣 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 撕, 搣 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 撕 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 撕 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 撕掐 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 撕 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 撕 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 拆, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 拆, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 拆, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 拆, 裂 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 剺 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 拆, 剺, 裂 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 拆, 裂, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 拆, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 剺 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 拆, 裂, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 裂 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 拆, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 拆, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 拆 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 剺 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 剺 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 剺 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 𠠏, 撕 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 扯 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 扯 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 㧸 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 㧸 |

#### Compounds

* 互撕 (hùsī)
* 撕屄 (sībī)
* 撕打
* 撕擄／撕掳
* 撕毀／撕毁 (sīhuǐ)
* 撕爛／撕烂
* 撕破 (sīpò)
* 撕破臉／撕破脸 (sīpòliǎn)
* 撕票 (sīpiào)
* 撕裂 (sīliè)
* 撕開／撕开

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xī (xi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sai$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xī
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: si
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^1$
*** Yale: syī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
*** Palladius: си (si)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sai$^1$
*** Yale: sāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: sej
Rime :
| Character | 撕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 先稽切 |
| Baxter | sej |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /sei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /sei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /sei/ |
| Wang Li | /siei/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /siei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sai$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*seː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 撕 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 11994 |
| Phonetic component | 斯 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 西 |
| Old Chinese | /*seː/ |
| Notes | 見詩鄭箋 |

#### Definitions

撕
* Only used in 提撕.

### References

* “撕”, 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–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: さい (sai)、し (shi)
* Kan-on: せい (sei)、し (shi)
* Kun: さく (saku, 撕く)

## Korean
### Hanja

撕 (eum 서 (seo))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

撕: Hán Nôm readings: tê, ti
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#### References

* Nom Foundation