司sī

司

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Simplified form (簡體). 司 (sī, "to manage; official") remains unchanged from traditional to simplified — its ancient form depicted a mouth with a hand extending from it, suggesting someone giving orders. As a component it appears in 詞 (words), 飼 (to feed), and 祠 (ancestral hall), among others.

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Shuowen

司. The oracle bone shows a hand reaching toward an open mouth, a gesture of offering food or drink, symbolizing the act of serving or attending to someone. This image originally conveyed the idea of 'to serve' or 'to manage', and because the one who serves was often an official, the character later came to denote 'official' or 'department'.

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sī· HSK 1

司sī

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