Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word . In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word , but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word you have here. The definition of the word will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
U+68AF, 梯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68AF

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

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

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.

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation


Note:
  • thui - vernacular;
  • the - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (6)
Final () (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tai1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 2279
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰiːl/

Definitions

  1. ladder; steps; stairs (Classifier: c;  c)
    [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
    [Cantonese]  ―  tai1 pong4   ―  along the Central–Mid-Levels escalator

Synonyms

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

  • Go-on: たい (tai)
  • Kan-on: てい (tei)
  • Kun: はしご (hashigo, )

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(je) (hangeul )

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: thê

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.