笫

笫

See also: 第 and 笰

笫 U+7B2B, 笫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B2B ← 笪 [U+7B2A] CJK Unified Ideographs 第 → [U+7B2C]

Translingual

Han character

笫 (radical 118, 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹中X竹 (HLXH), four-corner 8822₇, composition ⿱𥫗𠂔)

References

• KangXi: page 881, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25942
• Dae Jaweon: page 1308, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2951, character 9
• Unihan data for U+7B2B

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		笫

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (秭) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
姊	*ʔsiʔ
秭	*ʔsiʔ
趀	*sʰi
笫	*ʔsriʔ, *ʔsrɯʔ
胏	*ʔsrɯʔ
柹	*zrɯʔ
柿	*zrɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsriʔ, *ʔsrɯʔ) : semantic 𥫗 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 𠂔.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐ (zi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ
    • Wade–Giles: tzu³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ʃɨ^X/▼

Rime
Character	笫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	阻史切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂɨX/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃiəX/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǐ

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsriʔ/, /*ʔsrɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	笫	笫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17873	17874
Phonetic component	秭	秭
Rime group	脂	之
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime		滓
Old Chinese	/*ʔsriʔ/	/*ʔsrɯʔ/
Notes	阻史切注又切

Definitions

笫

1. (literary) mat made of thin bamboo strips

Compounds

床笫 (chuángzǐ)

床笫之私 (chuángzǐzhīsī)

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Japanese

Kanji

笫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi), しつ (shitsu), しち (shichi)
• Kun: ゆか (yuka)