嘶

嘶 U+5636, 嘶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5636
← 嘵
[U+5635] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嘷 →
[U+5637]

Translingual

Han character

嘶 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口廿金中 (RTCL), four-corner 62021, composition ⿰口斯)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 207, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4260
  • Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 681, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5636

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 嘶

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (斯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
嘶 *seː
撕 *seː, *se
斯 *se
廝 *se
蟴 *se
燍 *se
鐁 *se
凘 *se
澌 *ses

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *seː) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 斯 (OC *se).

Pronunciation

Note: si1 - variant.
Rime
Character 嘶
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		 sai1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 嘶
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 sī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ sej ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[s]ˁe/
English shriek

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嘶
Reading # 1/1
No. 11993
Phonetic
component		 斯
Rime
group		 支
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 西
Old
Chinese		 /*seː/

Definitions

嘶

  1. neighing of a horse
  2. husky throated; gravel voiced
    嘶啞／嘶哑  ―  sīyǎ  ―  hoarse; husky
  3. (of birds; insects) mournful murmur; whimpering
    天霜河白夜星稀，一雁聲嘶何處歸。 [MSC, trad.]
    天霜河白夜星稀，一雁声嘶何处归。 [MSC, simp.]
    From: Emperor Jianwen of Liang 梁簡文帝, 《夜望單飛雁》
    Tiān shuāng hé bái yè xīng xī, yī yàn shēng sī héchù guī. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. (onomatopoeia, of various sounds) eg. sound of paper being shredded; sobbing
    老翁夜行無子攜，眼昏失腳非有擠；明日尋者爾瘦妻，手提幼女哭嘶嘶。 [MSC, trad.]
    老翁夜行无子携，眼昏失脚非有挤；明日寻者尔瘦妻，手提幼女哭嘶嘶。 [MSC, simp.]
    From: Mei Yaochen 梅堯臣, 《淘渠》
    Lǎowēng yè xíng wú zǐ xié, yǎn hūn shī jiǎo fēi yǒu jǐ; míngrì xún zhě ěr shòu qī, shǒu tí yòunǚ kū sīsī. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 嘶 – see 𤺊 (“(Cantonese) to hiccup”).
(This character is a variant form of 𤺊).

References

Japanese

Kanji
嘶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. to neigh, to whinny

Readings
  • Go-on: さい (sai)
  • Kan-on: せい (sei)
  • Kan’yō-on: し (shi)
  • Kun: いななく (inanaku, 嘶く); いばえる (ibaeru, 嘶える)←いばへる (ibaferu, 嘶へる, historical); ころろく (kororoku, 嘶く)

Compounds
  • 悲嘶(ひせい) (hisei)

Korean

Hanja

嘶 • (si) (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune–Reischauer si)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嘶: Hán Nôm readings: tê

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References
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