娣
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Translingual
Han character
娣 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女金弓竹 (VCNH), four-corner 48427, composition ⿰女弟)
References
- KangXi: page 263, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6329
- Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 25
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1053, character 14
- Unihan data for U+5A23
Chinese
trad. | 娣 | |
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simp. # | 娣 |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (弟) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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梯 | *tʰiːl |
睇 | *tʰiːl, *diːls |
涕 | *tʰiːlʔ, *tʰiːls |
挮 | *tʰiːlʔ |
鬀 | *tʰiːls, *diːls |
剃 | *tʰiːls |
綈 | *diːl |
蕛 | *diːl |
稊 | *diːl |
苐 | *diːl |
鵜 | *diːl |
銻 | *diːl |
鮷 | *diːl |
罤 | *diːl |
弟 | *diːlʔ, *diːls |
娣 | *diːlʔ, *diːls |
悌 | *diːlʔ, *diːls |
第 | *diːls |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *diːlʔ, *diːls) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls, “young family member”).
Etymology
Same word as 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls, “younger brother”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
娣
- † younger of two women married to a man; (in general) concubine of a man
- † younger sister
- † wife of husband's younger brother
- † mother's younger sister
- a surname
- Used in the given name of a girl to symbolize the hope that she will have a younger brother.
- 招娣 ― Zhāodì ― (please add an English translation of this example)
- 引娣 ― Yǐndì ― (please add an English translation of this example)
Compounds
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References
- “娣”, 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
娣
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- younger sister
- sister-in-law
Readings
- On (unclassified): てい (tei), だい (dai)
- Kun: いもうと (imouto), おば (oba)
Korean
Hanja
娣 • (je) (hangeul 제, revised je, McCune–Reischauer che)
- younger sister
- sister-in-law
Vietnamese
Han character
娣: Hán Nôm readings: đệ
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References
- Nom Foundation