柢

柢

柢 U+67E2, 柢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67E2 ← 柡 [U+67E1] CJK Unified Ideographs 柣 → [U+67E3]

Translingual

Han character

柢 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木竹心一 (DHPM) or 木竹女戈 (DHVI), four-corner 4294₀, composition ⿰木氐)

1. root
2. base
3. bottom of object

References

• KangXi: page 520, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14640
• Dae Jaweon: page 908, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1186, character 8
• Unihan data for U+67E2

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Chinese

trad.		柢
simp. #		柢

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
低	*tiːl
氐	*tiːl, *til
袛	*tiːl
羝	*tiːl
眡	*tiːl, *djilʔ
岻	*tiːl, *dil
奃	*tiːl
趆	*tiːl, *tiːls
柢	*tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls
邸	*tiːlʔ
底	*tiːlʔ
詆	*tiːlʔ, *diːl
坻	*tiːlʔ, *tjelʔ, *dil
抵	*tiːlʔ
牴	*tiːlʔ
觝	*tiːlʔ
弤	*tiːlʔ
軧	*tiːlʔ
骶	*tiːls
砥	*tjelʔ, *tjil, *tjilʔ, *tjils
胝	*til
疷	*til
秪	*til
泜	*dil
蚳	*dil
彽	*dil
阺	*dil
貾	*dil
祗	*tjil
厎	*tjilʔ, *tjɯʔ
茋	*tjilʔ
鴟	*tʰjil
汦	*kjeʔ, *tjil

Etymology

Cognate with 低 (OC *tiːl, “to lower; lower”), 底 (OC *tiːlʔ, “bottom”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǐ (di³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ti³
    • Yale: dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dii
    • Palladius: ди (di)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai²
    • Yale: dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /tei/, /tei^X/, /tei^H/

Rime
Character	柢	柢	柢
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	端 (5)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	齊 (39)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV	IV
Fanqie	都奚切	都禮切	都計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tei/	/teiX/	/teiH/
Pan Wuyun	/tei/	/teiX/	/teiH/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛi/	/tɛiX/	/tɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛj/	/tɛjX/	/tɛjH/
Li Rong	/tei/	/teiX/	/teiH/
Wang Li	/tiei/	/tieiX/	/tieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tiei/	/tieiX/	/tieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dī	dǐ	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dai1	dai2	dai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tiːl/, /*tiːlʔ/, /*tiːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	柢	柢	柢
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	2242	2250	2253
Phonetic component	氐	氐	氐
Rime group	脂	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	低	邸	帝
Old Chinese	/*tiːl/	/*tiːlʔ/	/*tiːls/

Definitions

柢

1. root (of a tree)
2. origin; foundation

Compounds

根柢 根深柢固

深根固柢 追根究柢

歸根究柢／归根究柢 (guīgēnjiūdǐ) 歸根結柢／归根结柢

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Japanese

Kanji

柢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. root
2. founded on

Readings

• On (unclassified): てい (tei)
• Kun: ね (ne)

Compounds

• 根柢(こんてい) (kontei)

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Korean

Hanja

柢 • (jeo) (hangeul 저, revised jeo, McCune–Reischauer chŏ, Yale ce)

1. root
2. bottom, base

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Vietnamese

Han character

柢: Hán Nôm readings: đề, đế, để

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