玳

玳

玳 U+73B3, 玳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73B3 ← 玲 [U+73B2] CJK Unified Ideographs 玴 → [U+73B4]

Translingual

Han character

玳 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一土人戈心 (MGOIP), four-corner 1314₀, composition ⿰𤣩代)

References

• KangXi: page 728, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20889
• Dae Jaweon: page 1140, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1107, character 4
• Unihan data for U+73B3

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		玳
alternative forms		瑇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
戴	*ʔl'ɯːɡs
襶	*tɯːɡs
貸	*l̥ʰɯːɡs
代	*l'ɯːɡs
袋	*l'ɯːɡs
岱	*l'ɯːɡs
黛	*l'ɯːɡs
玳	*l'ɯːɡs
帒	*l'ɯːɡs
甙	*l'ɯːɡs
酨	*l'ɯːs, *zlɯːs
試	*hljɯɡs
弒	*hljɯɡs
忒	*l̥ʰɯːɡ
貣	*l̥ʰɯːɡ, *l'ɯːɡ
鴏	*l'ɯːɡ
栻	*l̥ʰɯɡ, *hljɯɡ
侙	*l̥ʰɯɡ
恜	*l̥ʰɯɡ
式	*hljɯɡ
軾	*hljɯɡ
拭	*hljɯɡ
鉽	*hljɯɡ
烒	*hljɯɡ
弋	*lɯɡ
芅	*lɯɡ
黓	*lɯɡ
隿	*lɯɡ
杙	*lɯɡ
釴	*lɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'ɯːɡs) : semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 代 (OC *l'ɯːɡs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dài (dai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): doi⁶
• Min Dong (BUC): dâi
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tāi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dai³

• Wu (Wiktionary): de (T3)

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• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: doi⁶
    • Yale: doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːi̯²²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑi²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi
    • Tâi-lô: tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: de (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥e̞²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /dʌi^H/, /duok̚/

Rime
Character	玳	玳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	冬 (6)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	徒耐切	徒沃切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dʌiH/	/duok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dəiH/	/duok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɒiH/	/dok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəjH/	/dawk̚/
Li Rong	/dᴀiH/	/dok̚/
Wang Li	/dɒiH/	/duok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑ̆iH/	/dʱuok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	dú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	doi6	duk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	玳
Reading #	1/1
No.	14967
Phonetic component	弋
Rime group	代
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	代
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯːɡs/
Notes	瑇字注或體見淮南子

Definitions

玳

1. Only used in 玳瑁 (dàimào); also used as its short form.

Compounds

玳瑁 (dàimào) 玳瑁筵

玳梁

玳瑁梁

References

• “玳”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

玳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: だい (dai); どく (doku)
• Kan-on: たい (tai); とく (toku)

Compounds

• 玳(たい)皮盞(ひさん), 玳(たい)玻盞(ひさん) (Taihisan)
• 玳瑁(タイマイ) (taimai)

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Korean

Hanja

玳 • (dae) (hangeul 대, revised dae, McCune–Reischauer tae, Yale tay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

玳: Hán Việt readings: đại (度(độ)耐(nại)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4]
玳: Nôm readings: đồi[1][2][3][5][4][6], đại[7]

1. chữ Hán form of đại (“only used in 玳瑁 (đại mội)”).
2. Nôm form of đồi (“tortoise shell”).

Compounds

• 玳瑁 (đại mội)
• 玳瑁 (đồi mồi)

References

1. Nguyễn (2014).
2. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
3. Trần (2004).
4. Génibrel (1898).
5. Bonet (1899).
6. Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
7. Hồ (1976).