梯

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梯 U+68AF, 梯
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Translingual

Han character

梯 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木金弓竹 (DCNH), four-corner 48927, composition ⿰木弟)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 531, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14881
  • Dae Jaweon: page 919, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1220, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+68AF

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 梯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (弟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
梯 *tʰiːl
睇 *tʰiːl, *diːls
涕 *tʰiːlʔ, *tʰiːls
挮 *tʰiːlʔ
鬀 *tʰiːls, *diːls
剃 *tʰiːls
綈 *diːl
蕛 *diːl
稊 *diːl
苐 *diːl
鵜 *diːl
銻 *diːl
鮷 *diːl
罤 *diːl
弟 *diːlʔ, *diːls
娣 *diːlʔ, *diːls
悌 *diːlʔ, *diːls
第 *diːls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰiːl) : semantic 木 (“wood, tree”) + phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls) – a wooden ladder.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • thui - vernacular;
  • the - literary.
Rime
Character 梯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 土雞切
Baxter thej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tʰei/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tʰei/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tʰɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tʰɛj/
Li
Rong 		/tʰei/
Wang
Li 		/tʰiei/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/tʰiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		tai1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 梯
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ thej ›
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ˁj/
English stairs

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 梯
Reading # 1/1
No. 2279
Phonetic
component 		弟
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		梯
Old
Chinese 		/*tʰiːl/

Definitions

梯

  1. ladder; steps; stairs (Classifier: 條／条 c; 堂 c)
    擔堂梯／担堂梯 [Cantonese]  ―  daam1 tong4 tai1   ―  to carry a ladder
  2. ladder-shaped object
  3. to climb
  4. to lean against
  5. (Hong Kong, in compounds) escalator
    梯旁 [Cantonese]  ―  tai1 pong4   ―  along the Central–Mid-Levels escalator

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 梯子 (“ladder”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 梯子
Mandarin Beijing 梯子
Taiwan 梯子
Harbin 梯子
Yantai (Muping) 梯子
Jinan 梯子
Luoyang 梯子
Wanrong 梯子
Xi'an 梯子
Yinchuan 梯子
Lanzhou 梯架
Xining 梯子
Ürümqi 梯架
Wuhan 梯子, 樓梯
Chengdu 梯子
Guiyang 樓梯
Liuzhou 梯子
Xuzhou 梯子
Yangzhou 梯子
Nanjing 梯子
Hefei 梯子
Nantong 扶梯
Malaysia 樓梯
Singapore 樓梯
Cantonese Guangzhou 梯, 梯橫
Hong Kong 梯
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 梯
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 梯
Macau 梯
Guangzhou (Panyu) 梯橫
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 梯
Guangzhou (Conghua) 梯
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 梯
Foshan 梯橫
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 梯
Foshan (Shunde) 梯
Foshan (Sanshui) 梯
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 梯
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 梯橫
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 梯
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 梯
Zhuhai (Doumen) 梯
Jiangmen (Baisha) 梯
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 梯
Taishan 憑企
Kaiping (Chikan) 憑企
Enping (Niujiang) 憑企
Heshan (Yayao) 梯
Dongguan 梯
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 梯
Yangjiang 梯
Wuzhou 梯
Hepu (Lianzhou) 梯
Hepu (Shatian) 梯
Qinzhou 梯
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) 梯
Beihai 梯
Beihai (Nankang) 梯
Beihai (Yingpan) 梯
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 梯
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 梯
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 爬梯
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 梯
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 梯
Móng Cái 腳梯
Gan Nanchang 樓梯
Lichuan 樓批
Pingxiang 樓梯
Hakka Meixian 梯
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 梯
Dongguan (Qingxi) 梯
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 梯
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 梯
Conghua (Lütian) 梯
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 梯仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 梯仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 梯仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 梯
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 梯仔, 梯
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 梯
Hong Kong 陡梯
Senai (Huiyang) 梯
Kuching (Hepo) 樓梯
Huizhou Jixi 梯
Jin Taiyuan 梯子
Xinzhou 梯子
Northern Min Jian'ou 樓階
Eastern Min Fuzhou 梯, 樓梯
Southern Min Xiamen 梯, 樓梯
Manila (Hokkien) 樓梯, 梯
Chaozhou 梯
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 梯
Haikou 梯
Puxian Min Putian 樓梯
Putian (Jiangkou) 樓梯
Putian (Nanri) 樓梯
Xianyou 樓梯
Xianyou (Fengting) 樓梯
Xianyou (Youyang) 樓梯
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 樓梯
Wu Shanghai 胡梯
Shanghai (Chongming) 梯
Suzhou 梯
Wuxi 梯子, 竹梯
Danyang 梯, 梯子
Hangzhou 梯子
Ningbo 路梯
Wenzhou 樓梯
Jinhua 梯兒
Xiang Changsha 樓梯, 梯子
Shuangfeng 樓梯
Dialectal synonyms of 自動扶梯 (“escalator”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 自動扶梯, 電動扶梯, 電扶梯
Mandarin Taiwan 自動扶梯, 電動扶梯, 電扶梯, 手扶梯
Malaysia 電梯
Singapore 電動扶梯, 電梯
Cantonese Hong Kong 扶手電梯, 行人電梯, 自動電梯, 電梯, 自動梯, 扶梯
Macau 電梯
Hakka Kuching (Hepo) 電梯
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 扶手電梯, 電梯, 扶梯

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

梯

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Compounds

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Hanja

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Wikisource

梯 • (je) (hangeul 제)

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Vietnamese

Han character

梯: Hán Nôm readings: thê

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