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U+5E36, 帶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E36

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

(Kangxi radical 50, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大心月中月 (KPBLB), four-corner 44227, composition ⿳⿻廿(GJKV) or ⿳⿻廿丿(HT))

Derived characters

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 333, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8950
  • Dae Jaweon: page 639, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 742, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+5E36

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Pictogram (象形) .

Etymology 1

trad.
simp.
alternative forms

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-daːj (waist; belt; zone; flat expanse). Cognate with Tibetan སྡེ (sde, part; portion; district) and Proto-Lolo-Burmese *N-day³ (level expanse; plain). Also compare the phonologically similar Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-taj (naval; abdomen; center; self).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • daai3 - verb;
  • daai3-2 - noun.
Note:
  • ai1 - verb;
  • ai1-4 - noun (in compounds);
  • ai1-4* - noun.
Note: dua4 - vernacular, dai4 - literary.
Note: tòa - vernacular, tài - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (5)
Final () (25)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter tajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/tɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/tɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tajH/
Li
Rong
/tɑiH/
Wang
Li
/tɑiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
daai3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
dài
Middle
Chinese
‹ tajH ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.tˁa-s/
English girdle, strap

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 1958
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*taːds/

Definitions

  1. belt; ribbon; tape (Classifier: c)
      ―  xiédài  ―  shoelace
    輸送输送 [Cantonese]  ―  syu1 sung3 daai3-2   ―  conveyor belt
  2. tyre
      ―  chēdài  ―  tyre
  3. zone; area; belt
      ―  dài  ―  torrid zone; the tropics
  4. cassette (Classifier: c)
    錄影录影  ―  lùyǐngdài  ―  video cassette
    [Cantonese]  ―  teng1 daai3-2   ―  listen to a(n audio) cassette
    [Cantonese]  ―  tai2 daai3-2   ―  watch a (video) cassette
  5. leucorrhoea
  6. to take; to bring along; to carry
    下雨 [MSC, trad.]
    下雨 [MSC, simp.]
    Xiàyǔ le, nǐ dài sǎn le ma?
    It's raining. Did you bring an umbrella?
    [Cantonese]  ―  daai3 maai4 zeon1 zau2   ―  bring along a bottle of alcohol
    佢哋 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢哋 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 dei6 waa6 daai3 ge2.
    They said to bring it.
  7. to do something incidentally
  8. to lead; to head
      ―  dài  ―  to lead the way
    這裡这里  ―  dài wǒ dào zhèlǐ lái  ―  bring me here
  9. to bear; to have
    笑容笑容  ―  miàn dài xiàoróng  ―  with a smile on one’s face
  10. to have something attached
    羊肉羊肉  ―  dài pí yángròu  ―  mutton with skin
      ―  lián shuō dài xiào  ―  to talk and laugh
  11. to contain; to carry
      ―  kǔ zhōng dài tián  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    侮辱詞彙侮辱词汇  ―  dài wǔrǔ xìng de cíhuì  ―  insulting vocabulary
  12. to drive; to spur on
  13. to look after; to bring up
    老人孩子 [MSC, trad.]
    老人孩子 [MSC, simp.]
    Gāi bù gāi ràng lǎorén dài háizi?
    Should one let one's parents look after one's children?
  14. (Hokkien) to worry about; to care for
  15. (Hokkien) to involve in trouble; to implicate
  16. (neologism, Internet slang) Pronunciation spelling of .
      ―  dài Yīng  ―  (Internet slang, sarcastic) British empire

Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad.
simp.
alternative forms

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

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Hokkien, Hainanese) place
  2. (Hainanese) where
Synonyms

Etymology 3

trad.
simp.

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of  / (chah, to carry; to bring along)

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

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Readings

  • Go-on: たい (tai)
  • Kan-on: たい (tai)
  • Kun: おび (obi, )おびる (obiru, 帶びる)

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun (tti dae))

  1. hanja form? of (belt; ribbon; tape)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: đái, đới, đai

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