忒

Translingual

Han character

忒 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈心心 (IPP) or 難難戈心心 (XXIPP), four-corner 4330₀, composition ⿹弋心)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 376, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10319
• Dae Jaweon: page 702, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2269, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5FD2

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰɯːɡ) : phonetic 弋 (OC *lɯɡ) + semantic 心.

Etymology 1

Cognate with 代 (OC *l'ɯːɡs, “to substitute”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Definitions

忒

1. to change
2. to err

   alt. forms: 𢘋, 貸／贷, 貣／𰷞 (tè)

3. Used in transcription of ancient Greek names.

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

Definitions

忒

1. (dialectal) to an excessive degree; too

   蛋糕忒大，食唔撇。 [Meixian Hakka, trad. and simp.]

   tan⁴ gau¹ tiêd⁵ tai⁴, sed⁶ m² pêd⁵. [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]

   The cake is too big to eat up.

   我物事買忒多了，鈔票嘸沒了。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   我物事买忒多了，钞票呒没了。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶ngu ⁸meq-zy ⁶ma ⁷theq-tu ⁰leq ⁵tshau-phiau ⁶m-meq-leq [Wugniu]

   I bought too much stuff, I have no cash now.

   • 你也忒胡鬧了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     你也忒胡闹了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Nǐ yě tuī húnào le.

     You're too wild-acting.

Usage notes

In Shanghainese, *勿忒 does not exist. For "not too", use 勿大.

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): とく (toku)
• Kun: かわる (kawaru)

Korean

Hanja

忒 (eum 특 (teuk))

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Vietnamese

Han character

忒: Hán Nôm readings: thắc

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