Zi:什

什 [shén] 什​么 shénme what (F​甚) (pron.) 什​么/​麽/​麼 [shí] (​大​写) ​十 ten; various/assorted/mixed (​素什​锦); (HDZ:) …

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The character 什 shén ‘what’ (什​么) is an old character, reused for the interrogative pronoun; formerly it was 什 shí ‘ten’, an enlarged wr. of ​十 shí ‘ten’.
    Note: 什​么 shénme ‘what’, (​口​语) 什​么 shéme.
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 什 shí ‘unit/group of ten men/people’ (mutual guarantors) combines ​亻(​人 rén) ‘person’, and ​十 shí ‘ten’ (phonosemantic).
    Note: For the SW gloss ​相什​保, cf. 什/​任​保: ​担​保 (​人​保); cf. ​諶 chén (DYC); ​伍.
    Among full-form characters sometimes wr. ​甚 shén (​甚/什​麽 shénme), but among simple form characters ​甚 shèn ‘very’.
    Compare: ​拾 shí ‘ten’ (​大​写), formerly also wr. 什.
    HDZ: 什 : shí : (​单​位) ​以​十​个​为​单​位: ((​古) (​户​籍) ​十​家; (​古) (​军​队) ​十​人; (​诗) (​雅) (​颂) ​十​篇); ​十: ((​数​词) ​九​加​一​的​和; ​十​倍; ​十​等​分, ​十​成); ​品​杂, ​数​多 (​家什, 什​锦); ​拾; (​姓) • shén : (​代​词) 什​麽 (cf. ​甚 shèn)
    HDC: 什​物 : ​各​种​物​品​器​具 (cf. (​古) ​任​器: ​器​具); ​日​常​生​活​用​品
►references: Guǎngyùn:531.17; Karlgren:AD876,GSR686e; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.108.2; Mathews:5808; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:91.06; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:008.0.05; EDOC:0
►components: ​亻​十​
►Cantonese: sahp- sahm- jaahp-
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