棣

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

棣	U+68E3, 棣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68E3

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

棣 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木中水 (DLE), four-corner 4593₂, composition ⿰木隶)

Further reading

Kangxi Dictionary: page 533, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14957
Dae Jaweon: page 921, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1240, character 3
Unihan data for U+68E3

Chinese

trad.		棣
simp. ^#		棣

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (隶) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
曃	*l̥ʰɯːds
埭	*l'ɯːds
逮	l'ɯːds, l'ɯːds
靆	*l'ɯːds
齂	hmrɯːds, hmrɯds, *mrɯːd
棣	*l'ɯːds
隸	*rɯːds
肆	*hljɯds
蕼	*hljɯds
肂	*hljɯds
殔	*lɯds
隶	*lɯds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'ɯːds) : semantic 木 (“wood; tree”) + phonetic 隶 (OC *lɯds)

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dì (di⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dì
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴
  - Yale: dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih
  - Palladius: ди (di)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: dai⁶
  - Yale: daih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯²²/

Middle Chinese: dejH

Rime
Character	棣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	特計切
Baxter	dejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/dei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛj^H/
Li Rong	/dei^H/
Wang Li	/diei^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱiei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dai⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*.rˤəp-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	棣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dì
Middle Chinese	‹ dej^H ›
Old Chinese	/*.rˁəp-s/
English	dang-dejH cherry tree
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	棣
Reading #	1/1
No.	7958
Phonetic component	隶
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	第
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯːds/

Definitions

棣

(botany) Kerria japonica
cherry tree
- 常棣之華，鄂不韡韡。凡今之人，莫如兄弟。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  常棣之华，鄂不𮧵𮧵。凡今之人，莫如兄弟。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Chángdì zhī huá, è bù wěiwěi. Fán jīn zhī rén, mò rú xiōngdì.
  The flowers of the cherry tree—
  Are they not gorgeously displayed?
  Of all the men in the world
  There are none equal to brothers.
^† younger brother
alt. forms: 弟 (dì)
a surname

Compounds

唐棣 (tángdì, “Prunus japonica, brothers”)
常棣 (chángdì, “Prunus japonica, brothers”)
棣棠 (dìtáng, “kerria, Kerria japonica”)
棠棣 (tángdì, “Prunus japonica, brothers”)
棣棠花 (“kerria, Kerria japonica”)
棣花 (Dìhuā)
棣華／棣华
棣鄂
無棣／无棣

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tì (ti⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tì
  - Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴
  - Yale: tì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tih
  - Palladius: ти (ti)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹/

Definitions

棣

^† to attain; to reach
- 正月，《乾》之九三，萬物棣通。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  正月，《乾》之九三，万物棣通。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE
  Zhèngyuè, “qián” zhī jiǔ sān, wànwù tìtōng.
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

棣通
棣達／棣达

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dài (dai⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dài
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dài
  - Wade–Giles: tai⁴
  - Yale: dài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: day
  - Palladius: дай (daj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

棣

Only used in 棣棣 (dàidài).
- 我心匪席，不可卷也。威儀棣棣，不可選也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  我心匪席，不可卷也。威仪棣棣，不可选也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Wǒ xīn fěi xí, bùkě juǎn yě. Wēi yí dàidài, bùkě xuǎn yě.
  My mind is not a mat;
  It cannot be rolled up.
  My deportment has been dignified and good,
  With nothing wrong which can be pointed out.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 棣

棣

(Hyōgai kanji)

Kerria japonica

Readings

Go-on: だい (dai)
Kan-on: てい (tei)
On: たい (tai)
Kun: にわざくら (niwazakura)、いくり (ikuri)、にわうめ (niwaume)
Nanori: とおる (tōru)

Compounds

棣棠(ヤマブキ) (yamabuki)

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 棣 (MC dejH).

Historical readings

Recorded as Middle Korean 똉〮 (Yale: ttyéy) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Recorded as Middle Korean 톄〯 (thyěy) (Yale: thyěy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
Phonetic hangul:

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

棣

棣 (eumhun 산앵두나무 체 (sanaengdunamu che))

hanja form^? of 체 (“Vaccinium koreanum”)
(literary) hanja form^? of 체 (“to attain; to reach”)

Compounds

Compounds

체당 (棣棠, chedang)
체통 (棣通, chetong)
체화 (棣華, chehwa)
체당화 (棣棠花, chedanghwa)
체악지정 (棣鄂之情, cheakjijeong)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 棣.

Historical readings

Recorded as Middle Korean ᄄᆡᆼ〮 (Yale: ttóy) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): ~
Phonetic hangul:

Hanja

棣 (eumhun 익숙할 태 (iksukhal tae))

(literary) hanja form^? of 태 (“courteous appearance”)

Compounds

Compounds

태태 (棣棣, taetae)

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

棣: Hán Việt readings: đệ (大(đại)計(kế)切(thiết))^[1], lệ^[1]

chữ Hán form of đệ (“brother; sibling”).
chữ Hán form of lệ (“Kerria japonica”).

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Trần (2004).

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia