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Translingual
Stroke order
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
Old Chinese
鞮
*teː
隄
*teː, *deː
堤
*teː, *teːʔ, *dje
鍉
*teː
蝭
*teːs, *deː
醍
*tʰeːʔ, *deː
緹
*tʰeːʔ, *deː
提
*deː, *dje
瑅
*deː
題
*deː, *deːs
媞
*deː, *deːʔ, *djeʔ
褆
*deː, *deʔ, *djeʔ
禔
*deː, *tje, *dje
騠
*deː
趧
*deː
鯷
*deː, *deːs, *djes
踶
*deːs, *deʔ
徥
*deʔ, *djeʔ
匙
*dje
是
*djeʔ
諟
*djeʔ
翨
*hljes, *kles
睼
*tʰeːns
寔
*djɯɡ
湜
*dɯɡ
遈
*djɯɡ
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *teː, *teːʔ, *dje ): semantic 土 ( “ soil ” ) + phonetic 是 ( OC *djeʔ ) .
Pronunciation 1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
堤
Reading #
1/3
No.
11614
Phonetic component
是
Rime group
支
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
低
Old Chinese
/*teː/
Definitions
堤
dyke ; embankment
( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) 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)
Character
堤
Reading #
2/3
No.
11616
Phonetic component
是
Rime group
支
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
邸
Old Chinese
/*teːʔ/
Notes
與 坻 通
Definitions
堤
( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) alternative form of 坁 ( “ to stop ” )
Pronunciation 3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
堤
Reading #
3/3
No.
11643
Phonetic component
是
Rime group
支
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
提
Old Chinese
/*dje/
Definitions
堤
( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) only used in 堤封 (shífēng , “in total ; approximately ”)
Pronunciation 4
Definitions
堤
( historical dictionaries only ) Used in place names.
Japanese
Kanji
堤
(Jōyō kanji )
Readings
Etymology
For pronunciation and definitions of 堤 – see the following entry.
(This term, 堤 , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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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