些

些	U+4E9B, 些 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E9B

← 亚
[U+4E9A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

亜 →
[U+4E9C]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

些 (radical 7 二+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜心一一 (YPMM), four-corner 2110₁, composition ⿱此二)

References

KangXi: page 87, character 10

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 268

Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 16

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1441, character 8

Unihan data for U+4E9B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		些

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 些

Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)

Small seal script

**Small seal script**
s01200

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (此) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
些	saːls, sjaːl, *seːs
跐	ʔsreːʔ, ʔseʔ, sʰeʔ, ʔsreʔ
柴	*zreː
祡	*zreː
茈	zreː, ʔseʔ, *ze
眦	*zreːs
砦	*zraːds
寨	zraːds, slɯːɡ
啙	ʔseː, zeːʔ, *ʔseʔ
泚	sʰeːʔ, sʰeʔ
玼	sʰeːʔ, sʰeʔ, *ze
皉	*sʰeːʔ
鮆	zeːʔ, ʔse
眥	zeːs, zes
貲	*ʔse
髭	*ʔse
頾	*ʔse
訾	ʔse, ʔseʔ
鴜	ʔse, ze
鈭	ʔse, sʰe
姕	ʔse, sʰe, *ze
觜	ʔse, ʔse, *ʔseʔ
紫	*ʔseʔ
訿	*ʔseʔ
呰	*ʔseʔ
嘴	*ʔseʔ
雌	*sʰe
此	*sʰeʔ
佌	sʰeʔ, seʔ
庛	*sʰes
疵	*ze
骴	ze, zes
胔	ze, zes
飺	*ze
齜	*ʔsre

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xiē (xie¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝ

(Chengdu, SP): xi¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): se¹
Min Nan (POJ): sia / se

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiē
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝ
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shie
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: xi¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xi
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: se¹
  - Yale: sē
  - Cantonese Pinyin: se¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sé¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɛː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sia
  - Tâi-lô: sia
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕia⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕia³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se
  - Tâi-lô: se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sef
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴/

Note:

sia - literary;
se - vernacular.

Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 些
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɕiɛ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ɕiɛ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/ɕie²¹/
	Jinan	/ɕiə²¹³/
	Qingdao	/siə²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/siɛ⁵³/
	Xi'an	/ɕiɛ²¹/
	Xining	/ɕi⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ɕie⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/ɕiə³¹/
	Ürümqi	/ɕiɤ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/ɕie⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/ɕi⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/ɕie⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ɕiɛ³¹/
	Nanjing	/sie²¹²/
	Hefei	/sz̩²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɕie¹¹/
	Pingyao	/ɕie̞¹³/
	Hohhot	/ɕie³¹/ 一～ /ɕiəʔ⁴³/ 這～
Wu	Shanghai	/ɕi⁵³/
	Suzhou	/si⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ɕi³³/
	Wenzhou	/sei³³/
Hui	Shexian	/se³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/se¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/sie³³/ /sia³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/siɒ³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/ɕiɛʔ⁵/ 訓讀
Hakka	Meixian	/sia⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/siɑ¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sɛ⁵³/
	Nanning	/ɬɛ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/sɛ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/sia⁵⁵/ /se⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/sie⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/siɛ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/sẽ³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/nai³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /sia/▼

Rime
Character	些
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	寫邪切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sia/
Pan Wuyun	/sia/
Shao Rongfen	/sia/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sia/
Li Rong	/sia/
Wang Li	/sĭa/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯a/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiē

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*sjaːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	些
Reading #	2/3
No.	1686
Phonetic component	此
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	些
Old Chinese	/*sjaːl/

Definitions

些

little, few
rather, somewhat

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 些 (“some, a few”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		些
Mandarin	Beijing	些
Cantonese	Guangzhou	啲
	Hong Kong	啲
	Taishan	尼
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	兜
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	兜
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	兜
	Dongshi (Dabu)	兜
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	兜
Wu	Wenzhou	厘兒

Compounds

一些 (yīxiē)
些些
些個／些个 (xiēge)
些兒／些儿
些小 (xiēxiǎo)
些微 (xiēwēi)

些許／些许 (xiēxǔ)
些須／些须 (xiēxū)
好些 (hǎoxiē)
有些 (yǒuxiē)
某些 (mǒuxiē)
楚些

爭些／争些
的些
這些／这些 (zhèxiē)
那些 (nàxiē)
險些／险些 (xiǎnxiē)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suò (suo⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: suò
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˋ
  - Wade–Giles: suo⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoh
  - IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: /sɑ^H/, /sei^H/▼

Rime
Character	些	些
Reading #	3/3	2/3
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	蘇箇切	蘇計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑ^H/	/sei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑ^H/	/sei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑ^H/	/sɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sa^H/	/sɛj^H/
Li Rong	/sɑ^H/	/sei^H/
Wang Li	/sɑ^H/	/siei^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑ^H/	/siei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suò	xì

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*saːls/, /*seːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	些	些
Reading #	1/3	3/3
No.	1685	1701
Phonetic component	此	此
Rime group	歌	支
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	些	細
Old Chinese	/*saːls/	/*seːs/
Notes	見招魂

Definitions

些

An exclamatory particle.
can; be able to
what
this
fu (poetry)
Alternative form of 呰 (zǐ).

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suō (suo¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: suō
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛ
  - Wade–Giles: suo¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suo
  - IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Definitions

些

sound of a dirge

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)
諸橋轍次 (Morohashi Tetsuji), chief ed. 大漢和辞典 (Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, “Comprehensive Chinese–Japanese Dictionary”). 13 vols. 1955–1960. Revised and enlarged ed. 1984–1986. Tokyo: Taishukan.

Japanese

Kanji

些

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

a few, a little; some
sometimes

Readings

Goon: さ (sa)
Kan’on: しゃ (sha)
Kun: いささか (isasaka, 些か)

Korean

Hanja

些 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa)

little

Vietnamese

Han character

些 (ta, tá)

Hán tự form of ta, “I; me; we; us”

References

Nom Foundation

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