十字
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[edit]ten | letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word | ||
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simp. and trad. (十字) |
十 | 字 |
Etymology
[edit]From a cross's graphical resemblance to the character 十 (shí, “ten”). Already used by the Liang dynasty for the "cross-shaped" sense.
- Christian cross
- Attested as early as 781 CE on the Xi'an Stele.
- 判十字以㝎四方,皷元風而生二氣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 大秦景教流行中國碑頌
- Pàn shízì yǐ 㝎 sìfāng, 皷 yuán fēng ér shēng èr qì. [Pinyin]
- He appointed the cross as the means for determining the four cardinal points, he moved the original spirit, and produced the two principles of nature.
判十字以㝎四方,皷元风而生二气。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄗˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shíhzìh
- Wade–Giles: shih2-tzŭ4
- Yale: shŕ-dz̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrtzyh
- Palladius: шицзы (šiczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
- Homophones:
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識字/识字
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sap6 zi6
- Yale: sahp jih
- Cantonese Pinyin: sap9 dzi6
- Guangdong Romanization: seb6 ji6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐp̚² t͡siː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍p-lī
- Tâi-lô: si̍p-lī
- Phofsit Daibuun: sibli
- IPA (Taipei): /sip̚⁴⁻³² li³³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sip̚²⁴⁻² li⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /sip̚⁴⁻³² li²²/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍p-jī
- Tâi-lô: si̍p-jī
- Phofsit Daibuun: sibji
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sip̚⁴⁻³² zi³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zi²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
Noun
[edit]十字
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
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Derived terms
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[edit]Japanese
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十 | 字 |
じゅう Grade: 1 |
じ Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Chinese compound 十字 (MC dzyip dziH)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- ten characters
- cross (shape)
- Synonym: 十文字 (jūmonji)
- 1903, 泉鏡花, 二世の契[1], 青空文庫:
- 唯、彼のこはれ/″\の停車場のあとへ来た時、雨露に曝された十字の里程標が、枯草の中に、横になつて居るのを見て、何となく荒野の中の磔柱ででもあるやうに思つた。
- Tada, ano kowaregoware no sutēshon no ato e kita toki, ametsuyu ni sarasareta jūji no riteihyō ga, karekusa no naka ni, yoko ni natte iru no o mite, nan to naku areno no naka no haritsukebashira de de mo aru yō ni omotta.
- But when I came to the ruins of that dilapidated station, I saw a weather-beaten, cross-shaped milepost lying on its side on withered grass, and somehow it seemed like a crucifixion cross in the wilderness.
- 唯、彼のこはれ/″\の停車場のあとへ来た時、雨露に曝された十字の里程標が、枯草の中に、横になつて居るのを見て、何となく荒野の中の磔柱ででもあるやうに思つた。
- (Christianity) sign of the cross
- 十字を切る
- jūji o kiru
- to cross oneself
- 十字を切る
- Short for 十字架 (jūjika).
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
- 十字架 (jūjika)
- 十字花 (jūjika)
- 十字街 (jūjigai)
- 十字花冠 (jūji kakan)
- 十字轡 (jūjigutsuwa)
- 十字軍 (jūjigun)
- 十字懸垂 (jūji kensui)
- 十字座 (jūjiza)
- 十字石 (jūjiseki)
- 十字の名号 (jūji no myōgō)
- 十字砲火 (jūji hōka)
- 十字路 (jūjiro)
- 十字を切る (jūji o kiru)
- 鉤十字 (kagijūji)
- 紅十字 (kōjūji)
- 赤十字 (sekijūji)
- 複十字 (fukujūji)
- 緑十字 (midorijūji)
- 緑十字 (midorijūji)
- 南十字座 (minami jūjiza)
- 南十字星 (minami jūjisei)
- 緑十字 (ryokujūji)
Korean
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十 | 字 |
Noun
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十 | 字 |
Noun
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