勢

勢 U+52E2, 勢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52E2 ← 勡 [U+52E1] CJK Unified Ideographs 勣 → [U+52E3]

勢 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土戈大尸 (GIKS), four-corner 4542₇, composition ⿱埶力)

• 𫸾, 𫉥

• 势 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 149, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2422
• Dae Jaweon: page 336, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 377, character 3
• Unihan data for U+52E2

trad.		勢
simp.		势
alternative forms		埶 㔟 𫝑／势

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hŋjeds) : phonetic 埶 (OC *ŋeds) + semantic 力 (“power”).

Nominalisation of 設 (OC *ŋ̊et, “to set up”), i.e. “that which is set up” (Schuessler, 2007; Baxter and Sagart, 2014). Compare the following quote from Han Feizi:

吾所為言勢者，言人之所設也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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吾所为言势者，言人之所设也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE

Wú suǒ wéi yán shì zhě, yán rén zhī suǒ shè yě. [Pinyin]

The setup (*ŋ̊et-s) of which I am speaking refers to what is set up (*ŋ̊et) by men.

勢

1. power; force; momentum; influence; authority
2. outward appearance of something
3. posture; position; pose; bearing
4. situation; circumstances; conditions
5. tendency; trend
6. male genitals

   去勢／去势  ―  qùshì  ―  to castrate

7. (set theory, of a set) cardinality
8. (physics, mathematics) potential
9. (Eastern Min, Southern Min) Suffix for locality noun.
10. (Cantonese) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

    勢估唔到／势估唔到 [Cantonese]  ―  sai³ gu² m⁴ dou³ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. forces
2. energy
3. military strength

• Go-on: せ (se)
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: ぜい (zei)
• Kun: いきおい (ikioi, 勢い, Jōyō)^{←いきほひ (ikifofi, 勢ひ, historical)}、はずみ (hazumi, 勢み)^{←はづみ (fadumi, 勢み, historical)}
• Nanori: きおい (kioi)、ちから (chikara)、ひろむ (hiromu)

Kanji in this term
勢
せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Derived from Middle Chinese 勢 (MC syejH).

• (Tokyo) せー [séꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [se̞ː]

勢(せい) • (sei) ^{←せい (sei)?}

1. force

勢(せい) • (-sei) ^{←せい (-sei)?}

1. group of people with a common trait

   海(かい)外(がい)勢(ぜい) ― kaigai-zei ― overseas fanbase

   C(シー)D(ディー)勢(ぜい) ― shīdī-zei ― the type of person who prefers to purchase CDs

   音(おと)ゲーガチ勢(ぜい) ― otogē gachizei ― hardcore rhythm gamer

勢 (eumhun 형세 세 (hyeongse se))

1. hanja form^? of 세 (“force”)

勢: Hán Nôm readings: thế, thể

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.