Zi:什

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[shén] (pron.) 什​ shénme what (F​) 什​/​/​ [shí] (​) ​ ten; various/assorted/mixed (​什​); (HDZ:) …

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The character 什 is an old character, reused for the interrogative pronoun 什 shén ‘what’ (什​) ‘what’; formerly 什 shí ‘ten’, an elaborate (​) wr. of ​ shí ‘ten’.
    Note: 什​ shénme ‘what’, (​) 什​ shéme, in full-form texts sometimes wr. ​ shén (​/什​ shénme), but in simple-form texts only wr. 什 shén ‘what’, vs. ​ shèn ‘very’.
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 什 shí ‘unit/group of ten men/people’ (mutual guarantors) combines ​(​ rén) ‘person’, and ​ shí ‘ten’ (phonosemantic).
    Note: For the SW gloss ​什​, cf. 什/​: ​ (​); cf. ​ chén (DYC); ​.
    Compare: ​ shí ‘ten’ (​), formerly also wr. 什.
    HDZ: 什 : shí : (​) ​: ((​) (​) ​; (​) (​) ​; (​) (​) (​) ​); ​: ((​) ​; ​; ​, ​); ​, ​ (​什, 什​); ​; (​) • shén : (​) 什​ (cf. ​ shèn)
    HDC: 什​ : ​ (cf. (​) ​: ​); ​
►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
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►Cantonese: sahp- sahm- jaahp-
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