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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
堤 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土日一人 (GAMO), four-corner 46181, composition ⿰土是)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 233, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5259
- Dae Jaweon: page 470, character 36
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 463, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5824
Bailang
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Chinese 大 (OC *daːds, *daːds), or else related to Burmese တယ် (tai, “very”), Tibetan ཆེ (che, “big”).
Adjective
堤 (*de)
- big
References
- Hill, Nathan W. (2017) “Songs of the Bailang: A New Transcription with Etymological Commentary”, in Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient, volume 103, pages 386—429
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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鞮
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*teː
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隄
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*teː, *deː
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堤
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*teː, *teːʔ, *dje
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鍉
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*teː
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蝭
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*teːs, *deː
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醍
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*tʰeːʔ, *deː
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緹
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*tʰeːʔ, *deː
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提
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*deː, *dje
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瑅
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*deː
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題
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*deː, *deːs
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媞
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*deː, *deːʔ, *djeʔ
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褆
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*deː, *deʔ, *djeʔ
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禔
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*deː, *tje, *dje
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騠
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*deː
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趧
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*deː
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鯷
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*deː, *deːs, *djes
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踶
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*deːs, *deʔ
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徥
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*deʔ, *djeʔ
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匙
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*dje
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是
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*djeʔ
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諟
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*djeʔ
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翨
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*hljes, *kles
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睼
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*tʰeːns
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寔
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*djɯɡ
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湜
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*dɯɡ
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遈
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*djɯɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *teː, *teːʔ, *dje) : semantic 土 (“soil”) + phonetic 是 (OC *djeʔ).
Pronunciation 1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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堤
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Reading #
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1/3
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No.
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11614
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Phonetic component
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是
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Rime group
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支
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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低
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Old Chinese
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/*teː/
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Definitions
堤
- dyke; embankment
- † base of bottles
Usage notes
Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation tí.
Synonyms
- 堤堰 (dīyàn)
- 堤壩 / 堤坝 (dībà)
- 堤岸 (dī'àn)
- 堤防 (dīfáng)
- 塘 (táng)
- 大壩 / 大坝 (dàbà)
- 水壩 / 水坝 (shuǐbà)
- 防 (fáng) (literary, or in compounds)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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堤
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Reading #
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2/3
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No.
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11616
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Phonetic component
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是
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Rime group
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支
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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邸
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Old Chinese
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/*teːʔ/
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Notes
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與坻通
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Definitions
堤
- † Alternative form of 坁 (“to stop”)
Pronunciation 3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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堤
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Reading #
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3/3
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No.
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11643
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Phonetic component
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是
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Rime group
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支
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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提
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Old Chinese
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/*dje/
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Definitions
堤
- † Only used in 堤封 (shífēng, “in total; approximately”).
Pronunciation 4
Definitions
堤
- ‡ Used in place names.
Japanese
Kanji
堤
(Jōyō kanji)
Readings
Etymology
For pronunciation and definitions of 堤 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 堤, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 堤 (MC tej). Recorded as Middle Korean 뎨 (tyey) (Yale: tyey) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
堤 (eumhun 둑 제 (duk je))
- hanja form? of 제 (“dyke; embankment”)
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
堤: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ, đê
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