待

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待 U+5F85, 待
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F85
← 径
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 徆 →

Translingual

Han character

待 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹人土木戈 (HOGDI), four-corner 24241, composition ⿰彳寺)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 366, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10085
  • Dae Jaweon: page 686, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 818, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5F85

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (寺) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
等 *tɯːʔ, *tɯːŋʔ
待 *dɯːʔ
寺 *ljɯs
持 *l'ɯ
峙 *dɯʔ
痔 *dɯʔ
跱 *dɯʔ
歭 *dɯʔ
洔 *dɯʔ, *tjɯʔ
畤 *dɯʔ, *tjɯʔ, *djɯʔ
秲 *dɯʔ, *djɯs
庤 *dɯʔ
時 *djɯ
鰣 *djɯ
塒 *djɯ
蒔 *djɯ, *djɯs
榯 *djɯ
恃 *djɯʔ
侍 *djɯs
詩 *hljɯ
邿 *hljɯ
特 *dɯːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *dɯːʔ) : semantic 彳 + phonetic 寺 (OC *ljɯs).

Etymology 1

trad. 待
simp. # 待

Probably related to 等 (MC tongX, “to wait”) (Wang, 1982).

Karlgren (1956) relates this word to 侍 (OC *djɯs, “to serve; to wait upon”).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • duòi - vernacular;
  • dài - literary.
Note:
  • tāi/tǎi - vernacular;
  • thāi/thǎi - literary.
Rime
Character 待
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒亥切
Baxter dojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/dʌiX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/dəiX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dɒiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dəjX/
Li
Rong 		/dᴀiX/
Wang
Li 		/dɒiX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱɑ̆iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		doi6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 待
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		dài
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dojX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁəʔ/
English wait on; depend on

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 待
Reading # 1/1
No. 12029
Phonetic
component 		寺
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		駘
Old
Chinese 		/*dɯːʔ/

Definitions

待

  1. to wait for; to await; to expect
  2. to need; to depend on
  3. to be about to; to intend to
  4. to treat; to entertain; to receive; to handle
  5. to prepare for
  6. a surname

Compounds

Descendants

  • → Vietnamese: đợi (“to wait for”)

Etymology 2

trad. 待
simp. # 待
alternative forms 呆

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

Pronunciation

Definitions

待

  1. to stay

References

Japanese

Kanji

待

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. wait

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

待 (eumhun 기다릴 대 (gidaril dae))

  1. Hanja form? of 대 (“wait”).

Vietnamese

Han character

待: Hán Nôm readings: đãi, đảy, đậy, đẩy, đẫy, đợi, rãi, dợi, đất, được

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