齒

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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Radical 211 齒

齒 (Kangxi radical 211, 齒+0, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜一山人人 (YMUOO), four-corner 2177₂, composition ⿱止𠚕)

1. Kangxi radical #211, ⿒.
2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №38

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/齒
• 嚙, 𪤭, 𡾐, 𫹁, 𢸡, 𤁧, 𤪷, 𦢠, 𥗊, 𮉕, 𦉟, 𮝱, 鑡, 𩪲
• 𠠚, 𢎕, 𧢟, 𩖁, 𨰒, 𧀤, 𤼻, 𤻽

Descendants

• 歯 齿

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1532, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48583
• Dae Jaweon: page 2070, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4788, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9F52

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Pictogram (象形) – a mouth full of teeth. 之 (zhī) or 止 (zhǐ) was later added on top as a phonetic component.

Etymology

Unclear. Not related to Tibetan མཆེ་བ (mche ba, “fang, tusk”), which is cognate with 齻／𱌺 (diān, “eyetooth”), but may be the same word as Proto-Min *kʰiᴮ (“tooth”). Another possibility is a derivation from an Austroasiatic etymon; Schuessler, 2007 (p.188) suggests a possible relationship to Khmer ខ្នាយ (khnaay, “tusk, spur”), as Austroasiatic medial /n/ is often deleted in loans.

Pronunciation

Definitions

齒

1. (anatomy) tooth

   牙齒／牙齿  ―  yáchǐ  ―  tooth

2. (figurative) tooth- or zigzag-like thing, such as a sawtooth, cogwheel, or fern
3. (figurative) age (of a person or animal)
4. to juxtapose; to put side by side
5. to utter; to mention
6. ^† to employ; to take in
7. (dialectal) to touch; to be in contact with
8. (Xiang) pay attention, to be concerned with

   你莫齒他就是的。 [Xiang, trad.]
   你莫齿他就是的。 [Xiang, simp.]

   nyi³ mo⁶ chr³ ta¹ ziou⁵ shr⁵ di [Wiktionary]

   It would be better to not pay attention to him.

   我才懶齒得。 [Xiang, trad.]
   我才懒齿得。 [Xiang, simp.]

   ngo³ zai² lan³ chr³ de [Wiktionary]

   I'd rather not concern myself.

Synonyms

Compounds

References

• “齒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 歯)

1. tooth

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: は (ha, 齒)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 齒 (MC tsyhiX). Recorded as Middle Korean 치〯 (chǐ) (Yale: chi) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

齒

Wikisource

齒 (eumhun 이 치 (i chi))

1. Hanja form^? of 치 (“tooth”).

Compounds

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

齒: Hán Việt readings: xỉ (昌(xương)止(chỉ)切(thiết))
齒: Nôm readings: xỉ, xỉa, xẻ

1. chữ Hán form of xỉ (“teeth”).

References