Stroke order

些 (Kangxi radical 7, 二+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜心一一 (YPMM), four-corner 2110₁, composition ⿱此二)

• 㾚, 𠉃, 𭈐, 𰓿, 𣒄, 𱺤, 𢧲, 𨧥, 𱸈

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 87, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 268
• Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1441, character 8
• Unihan data for U+4E9B

Historical forms of the character 些
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s01200
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

些

1. some; a few; a little; a bit (an indefinite amount)

   吃些肉  ―  chī xiē ròu  ―  to eat some meat

   一些都沒有／一些都没有  ―  yī xiē dōu méiyǒu  ―  not even a bit

2. (used after adjectives and certain verbs) a bit; a bit more

   走快些  ―  zǒu kuài xiē  ―  to walk a little faster

3. (Southwestern Mandarin) Used after a noun to indicate plural number.

   書些／书些 [Sichuanese]  ―  su¹ xi¹ [Sichuanese Pinyin]  ―  books

4. rather; somewhat
5. (archaic) A modal particle.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

些

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) A modal particle.

   • 南枝纔放兩三花，雪裏吟香弄粉些。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     南枝才放两三花，雪里吟香弄粉些。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. early 1200s, 白玉蟾,《早春》

     Nán zhī cái fàng liǎng-sān huā, xuě lǐ yín xiāng nòng fěn suò. [Pinyin]

     The southern twigs are just beginning to have a few flowers;
     In the snow, I enjoy their scent and appreciate their colors.

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, synecdochically) fu (poetry)
3. (historical dictionaries only) can; be able to
4. (historical dictionaries only) what
5. (historical dictionaries only) this

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to etymology 1?”)

些

1. (historical dictionaries only) to decrease

些

1. Only used in 麼些 / 么些 (Mósuō, “Mosuo”).

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00056
• 諸橋轍次 (Morohashi Tetsuji), chief ed. 大漢和辞典 (Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, “Comprehensive Chinese–Japanese Dictionary”). 13 vols. 1955–1960. Revised and enlarged ed. 1984–1986. Tokyo: Taishukan.

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. a few, a little; some
2. sometimes

• Go-on: さ (sa)
• Kan-on: しゃ (sha)
• Kun: いささか (isasaka, 些か)

些 (eum 사 (sa))

1. little

些: Hán Việt readings: ta^[1][2][3]
些: Nôm readings: ta^{[2][3][4][5][6]}, tá^[7]

1. chữ Hán form of ta (“I; me; we; us”).

   𠊚些吶 ― người ta nói ― it is said that

   羅𧵑衆些 ― là của chúng ta ― it's ours; it's our possession (something belonging to everybody involved)

   嬰些 ― anh ta ― our brother; our man

   𠄩些 ― hai ta ― two of us; both of us

   𠀧些 ― ba ta ― three of us

   • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], Liễu Văn Ðường edition, published 1866, line 1:

     𤾓(trăm)𢆥(năm)𥪞(trong)揆(cõi)𠊛(người)些(ta)

     A hundred years in the realm of humanity