to set up; to arrange; to establish to set up; to arrange; to establish; to found; to display | to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad.(設使) | 設 | 使 | |
| simp.(设使) | 设 | 使 | |
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 設 | 使 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 薛 (81) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 識列切 | 踈士切 |
| Baxter | syet | sriX |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕiᴇt̚/ | /ʃɨX/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕiɛt̚/ | /ʃɨX/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕjæt̚/ | /ʃieX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕiat̚/ | /ʂɨX/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiɛt̚/ | /ʃiəX/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭɛt̚/ | /ʃĭəX/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕi̯ɛt̚/ | /ʂiX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | she | shǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sit3 | si2 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 設 | 使 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shè | shǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ syet › | ‹ sriX › |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋ̊et/ | /*s-rəʔ/ |
| English | set up | send; cause |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 設 | 使 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 11231 | 11488 |
| Phonetic component | 設 | 史 |
| Rime group | 月 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 設 | 史 |
| Old Chinese | /*hljed/ | /*srɯʔ/ |
設使
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 設 | 使 |