Zi:司

司 [sī] ​公司 gōngsī company; 司​令 sīlìng commander; (HDZ:) … [cí] ​辭 (​詞), ​訴​訟 [sì] ​伺; ​嗣

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►⁷sī ​司 {E} b.f. take charge of; attend to; manage ►¹sījī 司机 ►¹gōngsī 公司 ◆n. ①department (under a ministry) ②Surname

The Shuōwén Seal form of 司(​􁢨) sī ‘servant/minister’ (​臣司) is said to reverse ​后(​􁢦) hòu ‘monarch’ (司 flips/reflects ​后 horizontally): the servant is the reflection/counterpart of the monarch, reflecting/doing his will; later also wr. ​伺 (sì/cì), cf. ​伺.
    Compare: ​尸(​􁜗) shī ‘sitting/reclining person’, ​䙾(​􁞘​𧠡) shī ‘(hunchback) servant’ (​戚​施=​𧠪​䙾).
    Compare: ​伺 sì/cì ‘scout/spy; wait/serve’, formerly wr. 司(​􁢨); ​俟(​􁖂) sì ‘wait/await’, ​竢(​􁱪​􁱫​䇃) sì; ​侍(​􁗁) shì ‘wait upon, serve’.
    Older graphs associated with 司 are also thought to be related to ​嗣 and ​𤔲/​辭.
    “[司] The government, the administration, that is like the reverse of the prince” —Wieger.
    HDZ: 司 : sī : (​金) ​嗣, ​𤔲 (司​徒, 司​工, 司​马) ​象​理​丝​之​形; ​掌​管, ​主​持 (司​机, 司​炉, 司​仪); ​官​吏; ​所​掌​管​的​事; (​古) ​官​署; (​古​州​名); (​简​称) (​土司); ​師; (​姓) • cí : ​𤔲/​辭: ​诉​讼 • sì : ​伺: ​窥​察, ​监​视 (cf. ​睪: 司/​伺​视); ​嗣: ​继​承
    HDC: ​臣司: ​主​管​某​事​之​臣
►references: Guǎngyùn:059.30; Wieger:30c; Karlgren:AD810,GSR972a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.572.8; Mathews:5585; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:174.03; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:020.1.01; EDOC:1
►components: ​​口​​𠃌​𠮛​一​𠂋
►Cantonese: si\
Shuōwén: ​􁢨(司)
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