撕

Translingual

Han character

撕 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手廿金中 (QTCL), four-corner 5202₁, composition ⿰扌斯)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 454, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12705
Dae Jaweon: page 803, character 29
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1953, character 6
Unihan data for U+6495

Chinese

simp. and trad.		撕

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

Etymology

First usage replaced 斯 (sī, “to tear”). Cognate with 廝／厮 (sī, “to split; woodcutter”), also spelled 㒋 (sī).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sī (si¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si / su

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sih
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹
  - Yale: sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sy
  - Palladius: сы (sy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: si¹
  - Yale: sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si
  - Tâi-lô: si
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sy
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /si³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su
  - Tâi-lô: su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sw
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*se/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撕
Reading #	2/2
No.	11996
Phonetic component	斯
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	斯
Old Chinese	/*se/
Notes	同斯，後分化字

Definitions

撕

to shred; to tear; to rip
(neologism) to fight; to attack; to assault

Synonyms

(to tear):

Dialectal synonyms of 撕 (“to tear”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		撕, 扯
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	撕
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	撕巴
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	撕
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	撕
Cantonese	Guangzhou	搣, 撕
	Hong Kong	搣, 撕
	Dongguan	搣
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	撕, 搣
Gan	Pingxiang	撕
Huizhou	Jixi	撕
Jin	Xinzhou	撕掐
Northern Min	Jian'ou	撕
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	撕
Southern Min	Xiamen	拆, 剺
	Quanzhou	拆, 剺
	Zhangzhou	拆, 剺
	Taipei	拆, 裂
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	剺
	Kaohsiung	拆, 剺, 裂
	Yilan	拆, 裂, 剺
	Changhua (Lukang)	拆, 剺
	Taichung	剺
	Tainan	拆, 裂, 剺
	Hsinchu	裂
	Kinmen	拆, 剺
	Penghu (Magong)	拆, 剺
	Manila (Hokkien)	拆
	Chaozhou	剺
	Shantou	剺
	Haifeng	剺
	Leizhou	𠠏, 撕
Wu	Shanghai	扯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	扯
	Suzhou	㧸
	Wuxi	㧸

Compounds

互撕 (hùsī)
撕屄 (sībī)
撕打
撕擄／撕掳
撕毀／撕毁 (sīhuǐ)
撕爛／撕烂
撕破 (sīpò)
撕破臉／撕破脸 (sīpòliǎn)
撕票 (sīpiào)
撕裂 (sīliè)
撕開／撕开

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xī
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: si
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹
  - Yale: syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
  - Palladius: си (si)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sai¹
  - Yale: sāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: sej

Rime
Character	撕
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/siei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*seː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撕
Reading #	1/2
No.	11994
Phonetic component	斯
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	西
Old Chinese	/*seː/
Notes	見詩鄭箋

Definitions

撕

Only used in 提撕.

References

“撕”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

撕

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: さい (sai)、し (shi)
Kan-on: せい (sei)、し (shi)
Kun: さく (saku, 撕く)

Korean

Hanja

撕 (eum 서 (seo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

撕: Hán Nôm readings: tê, ti

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References

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