舌

• In Traditional Chinese (Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao), this character is written with 干 as the upper component, which is also the historical form found in the Kangxi dictionary.
• In Simplified Chinese, (mainland China and Singapore), Japanese Kanji, Korean Hanja and Vietnamese Nom script, this character is written with 千 as the upper component.

舌 (Kangxi radical 135, 舌+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹十口 (HJR), four-corner 2060₄, composition ⿱千口(GJKV) or ⿱干口(HT))

1. Kangxi radical #135, ⾆.
2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №46

• Appendix:Chinese radical/舌
• 佸, 㓉, 咶, 姡, 𡯢, 恬, 括, 活, 狧, 𭥹, 栝, 𣭪, 𤈏, 䏦, 䄆, 𤫵, 甛, 䀨, 秳, 𥚇, 絬, 聒, 𬛥, 𦨯, 蛞, 話(话), 𧵳(䞌), 趏, 䟯, 𨈸, 𮝐, 䣶, 銛(铦), 𬺄, 𩈙, 颳, 餂, 𣽰, 䯏, 𬵏, 𪌩, 𧱳, 𪎾, 𪗽
• 刮, 㔚, 𢼤, 𣁳, 𣢯, 𤭇, 甜, 𬚸, 𫕛, 𫫞, 𮧺, 頢(𬱠), 𫬎, 鴰(鸹), 𭓯, 䒷, 筈, 髺, 䦚, 𡇜, 憩
• 适, 敌 (Simplified from the component 啇)
• 乱, 辞, 𦯠 (Simplified from the component 𤔔)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1006, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30277
• Dae Jaweon: page 1463, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2941, character 1
• Unihan data for U+820C

Historical forms of the character 舌
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – a forked tongue emerging upwards from a mouth (口).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/m-l(j)a-t (“tongue”); compare Western Magar मेलेट (melet, “tongue”), Jingpho shinglet (“tongue”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2009). The reconstruction of a complex initial *m(ə)-l- in Old Chinese is based on evidence from the softened initial in Proto-Min as well as Proto-Hmong-Mien *mblet (“tongue”) (Schuessler, 2007; Baxter and Sagart, 2014).

Alternatively, Schuessler (2007), reconstructing the Old Chinese minimally as *m-lat, derives it from 舐 (OC *m-leʔ, “to lick”) + *-t (“nominal suffix for natural objects”), literally “licker”.

舌

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. tongue-shaped object
3. clapper of a bell
4. (Hokkien, figurative) speech; speaking (used in certain expressions)
5. a surname

• → Proto-Hmong-Mien: *mblet

• “舌”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. tongue
2. reed of a woodwind (musical instrument)
3. clapper of a bell

• Go-on: ぜち (zechi); ぜつ (zetsu, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せつ (setsu)
• Kun: した (shita, 舌, Jōyō)

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *sita.

• (Tokyo) した​ [shìtáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕi̥ta̠]

舌(した) • (shita) 

1. tongue

   Synonym: べろ (bero)

From Middle Chinese 舌 (MC zyet).

Recorded as Middle Korean 쎠ᇙ〮 (Yale: ssyelq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Recorded as Middle Korean 설 (sel) (Yale: sel) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [설]

Wikisource 舌 (eumhun 혀 설 (hyeo seol))

1. Hanja form^? of 설 (“tongue”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Kun: しちゃー (shichā, 舌)

• IPA^(key): /ɕit͡ɕaː/

舌(しちゃー) (shichā) 

1. tongue

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Kun: すだ (suda, 舌)

• IPA^(key): /ss̩da/

舌(すだ) (suda) 

1. tongue

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Kun: しちゃ (shicha, 舌)

• IPA^(key): /ɕit͡ɕa/

舌(しちゃ) (shicha) 

1. tongue

舌: Hán Nôm readings: thiệt, thịt, thĩa, thễ, sễ

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(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Kun: しぃたー (sïtā, 舌)

• IPA^(key): /sɨta/

舌(しぃたー) (sïtā) 

1. tongue

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Kun: った (tta, 舌)

• IPA^(key): /tˀa/

舌(った) (tta) 

1. tongue