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Modern (Beijing) reading: shī
Preclassic Old Chinese: srij
Classic Old Chinese: srij
Western Han Chinese: ṣjǝj
Eastern Han Chinese: ṣǝj
Early Postclassic Chinese: ṣɨj
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṣɨj
Late Postclassic Chinese: ṣɨj
Middle Chinese: ṣi
English meaning : multitude, army; (person in charge of it:) master
Russian meaning[s]: 1) дивизия; дивизионный; войско; 2) наставник, учитель; мастер; учить; 3) подражать, учиться у...; пример, образец; 4) Ши (фамилия)
Shuowen gloss: 二千五百人為師.從�.從#.#四�眾意也.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 50
Four-angle index: 3916
Karlgren code: 0559 a-e
Vietnamese reading: su'
Shijing occurrences: 2.3
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rī̆j
Meaning: many
Chinese: *srij multitude, army; 皆 *krīj all.
Tibetan: khri 10000.
Burmese: ? hrajh 'to push through a crowd'; rajh 'police'
Kachin: ri2 1000000.
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Number: 921
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 止開三平脂生
ZIHUI: 1597 0484
Beijing: ṣî_ 11
Jinan: ṣî_ 11
Xi'an: si_ 11
Taiyuan: si_ 1
Hankou: si_ 11
Chengdu: si_ 11
Yangzhou: si_ 11
Suzhou: sü 11
Wenzhou: si_ 11
Changsha: si_ 11
Shuangfeng: si_ 11
Nanchang: si_ 11
Meixian: si_ 11
Guangzhou: ši 11
Xiamen: su 11 (lit.); sai 11
Chaozhou: si_ 11
Fuzhou: sy 11 (lit.); sai 11
Shanghai: si_ 1
Zhongyuan yinyun: ši_ 1
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