嗜

嗜 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口十心日 (RJPA), four-corner 6406₁, composition ⿰口耆)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 203, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4089
• Dae Jaweon: page 425, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 664, character 16
• Unihan data for U+55DC

嗜

1. to be addicted to; to indulge in; to have weakness for

   • 不嗜殺人者能一之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不嗜杀人者能一之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Bù shì shā rén zhě néng yī zhī. [Pinyin]

     He who has no pleasure in killing men can so unite it.

   • 石室詩士施氏，嗜獅，誓食十獅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     石室诗士施氏，嗜狮，誓食十狮。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Yuen Ren Chao, Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den, 1930

     Shíshì shīshì Shī shì, shì shī, shì shí shí shī. [Pinyin]

     A poet named Shi lived in a stone room, who was fond of eating lions, so he swore that he would eat ten lions.

2. ^† to covet

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. like
2. prefer

• Go-on: じ (ji)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: たしなむ (tashinamu, 嗜む)

嗜 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki)

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嗜: Hán Nôm readings: thị

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