Radical
Strokes
8
Residual strokes
5
Mandarin
shǐ
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
5 strokes
Strokes
8 strokes
Mandarin
shǐ

Definitions by reading

si2
Mandarin equivalent shǐ
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng si2 Chaoyang si2 Chenghai si2 Jieyang si2 Raoping si2 Shantou si2
①起头。最初:开始|原始
②才:戏演至夜一点始毕
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
書母 三等 開口 之韵 上声 詩止切
Reconstruction:
Original

初也,詩止切一。