嘶

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

• 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

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

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]

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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]

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• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00685
• “嘶”, 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–

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to neigh, to whinny

• 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)

• 悲嘶(ひせい) (hisei)

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

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嘶: Hán Nôm readings: tê

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