辭

辭 (Kangxi radical 160, 辛+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 月月卜廿十 (BBYTJ), four-corner 2024₁, composition ⿰𤔔辛)

• 𫍗, 𮓑

• 辞 (in simplified Chinese and Japanese shinjitai)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1252, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38671
• Dae Jaweon: page 1732, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4043, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8FAD

Historical forms of the character 辭
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 𤔔 (“govern”) + 辛 (“punishment”) – litigation.

辭

1. diction; phraseology; speech; words

   See also: 詞

   修辭／修辞  ―  xiūcí  ―  rhetoric ("refinement of speech")

   辭書／辞书  ―  císhū  ―  dictionary; wordbook

2. Ci (a form of classical poetry)

   《楚辭》／《楚辞》  ―  “Chǔcí”  ―  Verses of Chu

3. (obsolete) legal statement; deposition; testimony; confession
5. to depart; to take one's leave

   告辭／告辞  ―  gàocí  ―  goodbye ("allow me to take leave")

6. to dismiss; to discharge; to fire

   辭退／辞退  ―  cítuì  ―  to discharge

   • 威哥，點解公司忽然間會辭你呢？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     威哥，点解公司忽然间会辞你呢？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1953, 張瑛 [Cheung Ying] (actor), in 危樓春曉 [In the Face of Demolition], excerpted from the Corpus of Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Cantonese

     wai¹ go¹, dim² gaai² gung¹ si¹ fat¹ jin⁴ gaan¹ wui⁵ ci⁴ nei⁵ ne¹? [Jyutping]

     Brother Wai, why would your company suddenly fire you?

7. to resign; to hand in

   辭職／辞职  ―  cízhí  ―  to resign one's office; to tender one's resignation

8. to shirk; to decline

   不辭勞苦／不辞劳苦  ―  bùcíláokǔ  ―  to spare no effort

9. to apologize (to accept fault and invite the pardon of the offended)

   • 宣子辭焉，使即事於會，成愷悌也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     宣子辞焉，使即事于会，成恺悌也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Xuānzǐ cí yān, shǐ jíshì yú huì, chéng kǎitì yě. [Pinyin]

     Xuanzi (of Fan) apologized to him (Juzhi) and invited him to participate in the convention, so that his reputation as a "graceful and courteous lord" could be preserved.

10. to excuse; to make up excuses (to provide explanation to lessen someone's fault)

    • 求！君子疾夫舍曰欲之，而必為之辭。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      求！君子疾夫舍曰欲之，而必为之辞。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

      Qiú! Jūnzǐ jí fú shě yuē yùzhī, ér bì wèizhī cí. [Pinyin]

      Qiu, the superior man hates those declining to say 'I want such and such a thing,' and framing explanations for their conduct.

    • 今之君子，豈徒順之，又從為之辭。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      今之君子，岂徒顺之，又从为之辞。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

      Jīn zhī jūnzǐ, qǐ tú shùnzhī, yòu cóng wèizhī cí. [Pinyin]

      But do the superior men of the present day only persist in their errors? They go on to apologize for them likewise.

• “辭”, 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, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 辞)

1. words
2. speech
3. expression
4. phrase

• Go-on: じ (ji)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: やめる (yameru, 辭める)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [사]

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辭

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辭 (eumhun 말씀 사 (malsseum sa))

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辭: Hán Nôm readings: từ

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