弒

弒 (Kangxi radical 56, 弋+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 大金戈心一 (KCIPM) or 大木戈心一 (KDIPM) or 難大木戈心 (XKDIP), four-corner 4394₀, composition ⿰𣏂式)

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 355, character 14
• Dae Jaweon: page 671, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 559, character 19
• Unihan data for U+5F12

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hljɯɡs): abbreviated semantic 殺 (“to ***”) + phonetic 式 (OC *hljɯɡ).

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弒

1. to assassinate; to *** a superior

   • 世衰道微，邪說暴行有作，臣弒其君者有之，子弒其父者有之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     世衰道微，邪说暴行有作，臣弑其君者有之，子弑其父者有之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Shìshuāidàowēi, xiéshuō bàoxìng yǒu zuò, chén shì qí jūn zhě yǒu zhī, zǐ shì qí fù zhě yǒu zhī. [Pinyin]

     Again the world fell into decay, and principles faded away. Perverse speakings and oppressive deeds waxed rife again. There were instances of ministers who murdered their sovereigns, and of sons who murdered their fathers.

   • 因為律法不是為義人設立的，乃是為不法和不服的，不虔誠和犯罪的，不聖潔和戀世俗的，弒父母和殺人的 [MSC, trad.]
     因为律法不是为义人设立的，乃是为不法和不服的，不虔诚和犯罪的，不圣洁和恋世俗的，弑父母和杀人的 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 提摩太前書 (1 Timothy) 1:9

     yīnwèi lǜfǎ bùshì wèi yìrén shèlì de, nǎishì wèi bùfǎ hé bùfú de, bù qiánchéng hé fànzuì de, bù shèngjié hé liàn shìsú de, shì fùmǔ hé shārén de [Pinyin]

     Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for ***ers of fathers and ***ers of mothers, for manslayers

• “弒”, 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–
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “弒”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[2] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “弑”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 212.

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kan’yō-on: しい (shii)
• Kun: ころす (korosu, 弒す)

弒 (eum 시 (si))

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弒: Hán Nôm readings: thí

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