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Translingual
Han character
娣 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女金弓竹 (VCNH), four-corner 48427, composition ⿰女弟)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 263, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6329
- Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 25
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1053, character 14
- Unihan data for U+5A23
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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梯
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*tʰiːl
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睇
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*tʰiːl, *diːls
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涕
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*tʰiːlʔ, *tʰiːls
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挮
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*tʰiːlʔ
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鬀
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*tʰiːls, *diːls
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剃
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*tʰiːls
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綈
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*diːl
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蕛
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*diːl
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稊
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*diːl
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苐
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*diːl
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鵜
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*diːl
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銻
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*diːl
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鮷
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*diːl
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罤
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*diːl
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弟
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*diːlʔ, *diːls
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娣
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*diːlʔ, *diːls
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悌
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*diːlʔ, *diːls
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第
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*diːls
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Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *diːlʔ, *diːls) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls, “young family member”).
Etymology
Same word as 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls, “younger brother”).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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娣
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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dì
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Middle Chinese
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‹ dejX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*lˁəjʔ/
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English
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younger secondary wife
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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娣
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娣
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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2295
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2302
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Phonetic component
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弟
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弟
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Rime group
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脂
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脂
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Rime subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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弟
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第
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Old Chinese
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/*diːlʔ/
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/*diːls/
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Definitions
娣
- † younger of two women married to a man; (in general) concubine of a man
- † younger sister
- † wife of husband's younger brother
- † mother's younger sister
- a surname
- Used in the given name of a girl to symbolize the hope that she will have a younger brother.
- 招娣 ― Zhāodì ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 引娣 ― Yǐndì ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
娣
(Hyōgai kanji)
- younger sister
- sister-in-law
Readings
Korean
Hanja
娣 • (je) (hangeul 제, revised je, McCune–Reischauer che)
- younger sister
- sister-in-law
Vietnamese
Han character
娣: Hán Nôm readings: đệ
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