Character: 士
Modern (Beijing) reading: shì
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ́(h)rǝʔ
Classic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)rǝ́
Western Han Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ǝ́
Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ǝ́
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ɨ́
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ɨ́
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ɨ́
Middle Chinese: ʒ̣ɨ́
English meaning : a male person, man; retainer, servant
Russian meaning[s]: 1) ученый; образованный человек; 2) унтер-офицер; сержант; рядовой состав, солдаты; 3) ист. служилое сословие; чиновник; 4) мужчина, муж; молодой [человек]
Comments: Standard Sino-Viet. is sĩ. See also 仕 and 事.
Radical: 33
Four-angle index: 138
Karlgren code: 0970 a-c
Vietnamese reading: sãi
Shijing occurrences: 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 23.1, 34.3, 57.4, 58.3, 58.4
