しく

See also: じく

Japanese

Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of しく – see the following entries.
【市区】
[noun] municipal district
【四苦】
[noun] (Buddhism) the four kinds of suffering: birth, old age, disease and death
(This term, しく, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as しく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しく.)

Etymology 2
Alternative spellings
敷く
布く
施く (rare)

Pronunciation
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "敷く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)		 敷く しく [shìkú]
Imperative (命令形) 敷け しけ [shìké]
Key constructions
Passive 敷かれる しかれる [shìkárérú]
Causative 敷かせる しかせる [shìkásérú]
Potential 敷ける しける [shìkérú]
Volitional 敷こう しこ​ー [shìkóꜜò]
Negative 敷かない しかない [shìkánáí]
Negative perfective 敷かなかった しかな​かった [shìkánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 敷きます しきま​す [shìkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 敷いた しいた [shìítá]
Conjunctive 敷いて しいて [shìíté]
Hypothetical conditional 敷けば しけ​ば [shìkéꜜbà]

Verb

しく • (shiku) ←しく (siku)?godan (stem しき (shiki), past しいた (shiita))

  1. to spread, to lay
  2. to install
    定年制(ていねんせい)を敷(し)く
    teinensei o shiku
    to implement mandatory retirement
Conjugation
Conjugation of "しく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") しか shika
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") しき shiki
Shūshikei ("terminal") しく shiku
Rentaikei ("attributive") しく shiku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") しけ shike
Meireikei ("imperative") しけ shike
Key constructions
Passive しかれる shikareru
Causative しかせる
しかす		 shikaseru
shikasu
Potential しける shikeru
Volitional しこう shikō
Negative しかない shikanai
Negative continuative しかず shikazu
Formal しきます shikimasu
Perfective しいた shiita
Conjunctive しいて shiite
Hypothetical conditional しけば shikeba
Derived terms

Etymology 3
Alternative spellings
如く
若く
及く

Pronunciation

Verb

しく • (shiku) ←しく (siku)?godan (stem しき (shiki), past しいた (shiita))

  1. to equal; to match; to be comparable with; to rival
Conjugation
Conjugation of "しく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") しか shika
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") しき shiki
Shūshikei ("terminal") しく shiku
Rentaikei ("attributive") しく shiku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") しけ shike
Meireikei ("imperative") しけ shike
Key constructions
Passive しかれる shikareru
Causative しかせる
しかす		 shikaseru
shikasu
Potential しける shikeru
Volitional しこう shikō
Negative しかない shikanai
Negative continuative しかず shikazu
Formal しきます shikimasu
Perfective しいた shiita
Conjunctive しいて shiite
Hypothetical conditional しけば shikeba
Derived terms
Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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