し U+3057, し HIRAGANA LETTER SI ざ [U+3056] Hiragana じ -> [U+3058]

Japanese

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?i]

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Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'y?gana kanji ? in the cursive s?sho style.

Syllable

? (romaji shi)

1. The hiragana syllable ? (shi). Its equivalent in katakana is ? (shi). It is the twelfth syllable in the goj?on order; its position is ???? (sa-gy? i-dan, "row sa, section i").

Derived terms

• (sha), (shu), (sho)
• ? (ji)

See also

• (Hiragana) ; ??, ??, ???, ??, ??, ???, ??, ??, ???, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ???, ??, ??, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ??, ??, ??, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ??, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?

Etymology 2

Particle

? o (shi) 

1. Conjunctive particle. Follows items in a list of reasons.
   • 1937, ?() (Yumeno Ky?saku) [Yumeno Ky?saku], ?()() (Osoroshii T?ky?)‎^[1]:

     ?(?)?()??()??()?(?)?()()??()?(?)??(?)??()?(?)?()?()?()?()??()?(?)?()?(?)?()?(?)??()?

     Miwatasu kagiri hyakkaten mitai de, doko de kippu o utteiru no ka wakaranai shi, purattof?mu rashii mono mo nai no de, machigatta no ka na to omotte mata ishidan o nobottemiruto, marukiri shiranai hanka na machi de aru.

     What I could see looked like a department store, I had no idea where tickets were being sold, and there wasn't anything like a platform. Wondering if I haven't come to the wrong place I once again walked up the stone stairs and a bustling street I wasn't familiar with filled my vision.

   • ?!

     ?()?()?()?()?(?)????()?(?)?()?...?

     "Demo demo, watashi und? onchi da shi, bunkakei no kurabu mo yoku wakaranai shi..."

     "But—but I'm terrible at sports and I don't really know anything about the cultural clubs..."

Etymology 3

Cognate with demonstrative pronoun ? (so).

Pronoun

? o (shi) 

1. third person personal pronoun; he, she, it
   • c. 759, Man'y?sh? (book 5, poem 904)

     ? ? ?

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   • c. 759, Man'y?sh? (book 19, poem 4191)

     ?? ? ?

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   • c. 759, Man'y?sh? (book 19, poem 4254)

     ? ??

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2. reflexive pronoun; one, oneself
   • c. 759, Man'y?sh? (book 18, poem 4094)

     ? ? ?

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   • c. 935: Tosa Nikki (day 24)

     ???

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   • c. late 10th century: Ochikubo Monogatari (Volume 1)

     ?

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Etymology 4

Reading of various Chinese words.

Noun

? o (shi) 

1. ?: four
2. ?: poem, verse
3. ?: death
4. ?: teacher, Reverend
5. ?: civil service

Suffix

? o (-shi) 

1. ?: city

Etymology 5

Suffix

? o (-shi) 

1. (Classical Japanese) The adnominal form of ? (ki, past tense auxiliary).
   • 1994, (lyrics), (music), "", performed by :

     ?()?(?)?? ?()??()? ???()

     mabuta tojireba soko ni ai o kureshi kimi no natsukashiki koe ga suru

     When I close my eyelids, I hear by my side the voice of beloved you who gave me love

References

• Fujii, Sadakazu; Keiji Inaga (1989) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 18: Ochikubo Monogatari, Sumiyoshi Monogatari (in Japanese), T?ky?: Iwanami Shoten, ->ISBN
• Hasegawa, Masaharu; Y?ichir? Imanishi, Hiroshi It?, Hiroshi Yoshioka (1989) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 24: Tosa Nikki, Kager? Nikki, Murasaki Shikibu Nikki, Sarashina Nikki (in Japanese), T?ky?: Iwanami Shoten, ->ISBN
• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kud?; Masao ?tani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man'y?sh? 1 (in Japanese), T?ky?: Iwanami Shoten, published 1999, ->ISBN.
• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kud?; Masao ?tani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 4: Man'y?sh? 4 (in Japanese), T?ky?: Iwanami Shoten, published 2003, ->ISBN.