漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes
辞: resign, word
Also: term, expression
舌 and 辛 carry the meaning
Two readings, and the words that use each
ジji · on'yomi · in compounds
- 辞典じてんdictionary
- 辞書じしょdictionary, lexicon
- 辞表じひょうletter of resignation
- 祝辞しゅくじcongratulatory address
- お世辞おせじflattery, compliment
- お辞儀おじぎbow [n.]
- 辞退するじたいするrefuse, decline
やめるyameru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 辞めるやめるresign, retire
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 辞職するじしょくresign
Also read いなむ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
In oracle bone and Western Zhou bronze inscriptions, the left component 𤔔 depicts hands drawing out silk threads with a 壬/工-shaped element at the centre (perhaps a reeling tool or a midpoint marker), representing the act of ordering and sorting silk.
Source: Wiktionary, 辭 (rev. 92754833), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Pain/needle (辛) + speech/tangled (舌). Originally referred to "solving" a "tangled" and "spicy" (difficult) legal case through the use of clear, decisive "words."”
Connections
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by sideIn ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 辭 · cí
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 辞. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 辭.
- Simplified
- 辞 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 辭 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin cí most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.