梯

梯	U+68AF, 梯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68AF

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[U+68AE]

CJK Unified Ideographs

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Translingual

Han character

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

References

KangXi: 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.		梯

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 *tʰiːl) : semantic 木 (“wood, tree”) + phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls) – a wooden ladder.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): tī (ti¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧ
(Chengdu, SP): ti¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): tai¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thôi
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): thui / the
(Teochew, Peng'im): tui¹
Wu (Wiktionary): thi (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tī
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ti
  - Wade–Giles: tʻi¹
  - Yale: tī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ti
  - Palladius: ти (ti)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ti¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ti
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tai¹
  - Yale: tāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thôi
  - Hakka Romanization System: toi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: toi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thui / the
  - Tâi-lô: thui / the
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tuy, tef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰui⁴⁴/, /tʰe⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰui³³/, /tʰe³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰui⁴⁴/, /tʰe⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰui⁴⁴/, /tʰe⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰui⁴⁴/, /tʰe⁴⁴/

Note:

thui - vernacular;
the - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tui¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰui³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: thi (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /tʰei/

Rime
Character	梯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	土雞切
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	tī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tai¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤ[ə]j/
(Zhengzhang): /*tʰiːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	梯
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tī
Middle Chinese	‹ thej ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁ[ə]j/
English	stairs
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] 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	梯
Reading #	1/1
No.	2279
Phonetic component	弟
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	梯
Old Chinese	/*tʰiːl/

Definitions

梯

ladder; steps; stairs (Classifier: 條／条 c; 堂 c)
擔堂梯／担堂梯 [Cantonese] ― daam¹ tong⁴ tai¹ [Jyutping] ― to carry a ladder
ladder-shaped object
to climb
to lean against

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 梯子 (“ladder”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		梯子
Mandarin	Beijing	梯子
	Taiwan	梯子
	Harbin	梯子
	Yantai (Muping)	梯子
	Jinan	梯子
	Luoyang	梯子
	Wanrong	梯子
	Xi'an	梯子
	Yinchuan	梯子
	Lanzhou	梯架
	Xining	梯子
	Ürümqi	梯架
	Wuhan	梯子, 樓梯
	Chengdu	梯子
	Guiyang	樓梯
	Liuzhou	梯子
	Xuzhou	梯子
	Yangzhou	梯子
	Nanjing	梯子
	Hefei	梯子
	Nantong	扶梯
	Malaysia	樓梯
	Singapore	樓梯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	梯, 梯橫
	Hong Kong	梯
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	梯
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	梯
	Macau	梯
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	梯橫
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	梯
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	梯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	梯
	Foshan	梯橫
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	梯
	Foshan (Shunde)	梯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	梯
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	梯
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	梯橫
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	梯
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	梯
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	梯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	梯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	梯
	Taishan	憑企
	Kaiping (Chikan)	憑企
	Enping (Niujiang)	憑企
	Heshan (Yayao)	梯
	Dongguan	梯
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	梯
	Yangjiang	梯
	Wuzhou	梯
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	梯
	Hepu (Shatian)	梯
	Qinzhou	梯
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	梯
	Beihai	梯
	Beihai (Nankang)	梯
	Beihai (Yingpan)	梯
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	梯
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	梯
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	爬梯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	梯
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	梯
	Móng Cái	腳梯
Gan	Nanchang	樓梯
	Lichuan	樓批
	Pingxiang	樓梯
Hakka	Meixian	梯
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	梯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	梯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	梯
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	梯
	Conghua (Lütian)	梯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	梯仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	梯仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	梯仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	梯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	梯仔, 梯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	梯
	Hong Kong	陡梯
	Senai (Huiyang)	梯
	Kuching (Hepo)	樓梯
Huizhou	Jixi	梯
Jin	Taiyuan	梯子
Jin	Xinzhou	梯子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	樓階
Min Dong	Fuzhou	梯, 樓梯
Min Nan	Xiamen	梯, 樓梯
	Manila (Hokkien)	樓梯, 梯
	Chaozhou	梯
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	梯
	Haikou	梯
Puxian Min	Putian	樓梯
	Putian (Jiangkou)	樓梯
	Putian (Nanri)	樓梯
	Xianyou	樓梯
	Xianyou (Fengting)	樓梯
	Xianyou (Youyang)	樓梯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	樓梯
Wu	Shanghai	胡梯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	梯
	Suzhou	梯
	Wuxi	梯子, 竹梯
	Danyang	梯, 梯子
	Hangzhou	梯子
	Ningbo	路梯
	Wenzhou	樓梯
	Jinhua	梯兒
Xiang	Changsha	樓梯, 梯子
Xiang	Shuangfeng	樓梯

Compounds

人梯
去梯言
回旋梯
天梯 (tiāntī)
太平梯 (tàipíngtī)
安全梯
扶梯 (fútī)
抽梯子
拔短梯
搭梯子
木拐梯子
梯凳
梯媒
梯子 (tīzi)
梯山
梯山航海
梯己
梯形 (tīxíng)
梯恩梯 (tī'ēntī)

梯桄
梯次 (tīcì)
梯河
梯田 (tītián)
梯航
滑梯 (huátī)
滑稽突梯
登梯
突梯
突梯滑稽
等腰梯形 (děngyāo tīxíng)
緪梯
翻梯子
胡梯 (hútī)
航海梯山
舷梯 (xiántī)
摺梯／折梯
梯橋／梯桥
梯氣／梯气

梯級／梯级 (tījí)
梯衝／梯冲
梯隊／梯队 (tīduì)
樓梯／楼梯 (lóutī)
氣壓梯度／气压梯度
登雲梯／登云梯
盤梯／盘梯
禍梯／祸梯
第三梯隊／第三梯队
繩梯／绳梯
軟梯／软梯
鉤梯／钩梯
階梯／阶梯 (jiētī)
雲梯／云梯 (yúntī)
雲梯車／云梯车
電扶梯／电扶梯 (diànfútī)
電梯／电梯 (diàntī)
飛梯／飞梯
魚梯／鱼梯

References

“梯”, 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

梯

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

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

Compounds

雲梯(うんてい) (untei)
階梯(かいてい) (kaitei)
魚梯(ぎょてい) (gyotei)
雲(くも)の梯(かけはし) (kumo no kakehashi)
舷梯(げんてい) (gentei)
古言梯(こげんてい) (kogentei)
索梯(さくてい) (sakutei)
桟梯(さんてい) (santei)
梯形(ていけい) (teikei)
梯梧(でいご) (deigo), 梯姑(でいご) (deigo): Indian coral tree
梯尺(ていしゃく) (teishaku)
梯状(ていじょう) (teijō)
梯陣(ていじん) (teijin)
梯隊(ていたい) (teitai)
梯団(ていだん) (teidan)
梯子(はしご) (hashigo), 梯子(ていし) (teishi): ladder
梯立(はした)て (hashitate)
梯(はし)の子(こ) (hashi no ko)
磐梯山(ばんだいさん) (Bandaisan)

Korean

Hanja

梯 • (je) (hangeul 제)

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Vietnamese

Han character

梯: Hán Nôm readings: thê

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