悌

悌

悌 U+608C, 悌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-608C ← 悋 [U+608B] CJK Unified Ideographs 悍 → [U+608D]

Translingual

Han character

悌 (radical 61, 心+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 心金弓竹 (PCNH), four-corner 9802₇, composition ⿰忄弟)

1. brotherly, respectful

References

• KangXi: page 386, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10642
• Dae Jaweon: page 719, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2306, character 16
• Unihan data for U+608C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		悌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (弟) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *diːlʔ, *diːls) : semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tì (ti⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai⁶, tai⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): thiak / thek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ
    • Wade–Giles: t'ih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tih
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai⁶, tai⁵
    • Yale: daih, táih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai⁶, tai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei⁶, tei⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯²²/, /tʰɐi̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiak
    • Tâi-lô: thiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thek
    • Tâi-lô: thik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: teg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: /dei^X/, /dei^H/▼

Rime
Character	悌	悌
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	徒禮切	特計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deiX/	/deiH/
Pan Wuyun	/deiX/	/deiH/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛiX/	/dɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛjX/	/dɛjH/
Li Rong	/deiX/	/deiH/
Wang Li	/dieiX/	/dieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱieiX/	/dʱieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dì	dì

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*diːlʔ/, /*diːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	悌	悌
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2296	2301
Phonetic component	弟	弟
Rime group	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	弟	第
Old Chinese	/*diːlʔ/	/*diːls/

Definitions

悌

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Japanese

Kanji

悌

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): てい (tei)
• Kun: すなお (sunao); やすらか (yasuraka); ひらく (hiraku)

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Korean

Hanja

悌 (eum 제 (je))

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Vietnamese

Han character

悌: Hán Nôm readings: đễ

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