Character: 思
Modern (Beijing) reading: sī
Preclassic Old Chinese: sǝ
Classic Old Chinese: sǝ
Western Han Chinese: sǝ
Eastern Han Chinese: sjǝ
Early Postclassic Chinese: sjɨ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: sjɨ
Late Postclassic Chinese: sjɨ
Middle Chinese: sjɨ
English meaning : to think, think of, long for, ponder, brood
Russian meaning[s]: 1) думать, мыслить; размышлять; мысль, идея; мышление; ум; 2) вспоминать о..., тосковать по (ком-л.); думы; 3) скорбеть, оплакивать; 4) древн. его (конечная частица, аналогичная 之); [sī sì] 1) замысел; 2) колорит (напр. произведения); [sāi] бородатый, усатый
Shuowen gloss: 睿也.從心從ク凡思之屬皆從思.
Comments: Also read *sǝ-s, MC sjɨ̀ (FQ 相吏) id. (in modern Chinese the 去聲 reading is lost). Another frequent use of the character is for a homonymous particle *sǝ - a pre-syllable word extender or prosodic particle; line filler at end of line.
Radical: 61
Four-angle index: 8387
Karlgren code: 0973 a
Shijing occurrences: 1.2, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 26.4, 26.5, 27.3, 27.4, 28.4, 30.2_, 33.3_, 38.4, 39.1_, 39.4, 44.1, 44.2, 48.1, 48.2, 48.3, 54.2, 54.4_
