荻

荻

荻 U+837B, 荻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-837B ← 荺 [U+837A] CJK Unified Ideographs 荼 → [U+837C]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

荻 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 10 (Mainland China, Japan), 11 (Hong Kong) strokes, cangjie input 廿大竹火 (TKHF), four-corner 4428₉, composition ⿱艹狄)

References

• KangXi: page 1032, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31005
• Dae Jaweon: page 1492, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3223, character 12
• Unihan data for U+837B

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Chinese

trad.		荻
simp. #		荻

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
逖	*tʰeːɡ
悐	*tʰeːɡ
狄	*deːɡ
荻	*deːɡ
梑	*deːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dí (di²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dí
    • Wade–Giles: ti²
    • Yale: dí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyi
    • Palladius: ди (di)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dik⁶
    • Yale: dihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: /dek̚/

Rime
Character	荻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	青 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒歷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/dek̚/
Wang Li	/diek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*deːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	荻
Reading #	1/1
No.	2207
Phonetic component	狄
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	荻
Old Chinese	/*deːɡ/

Definitions

荻

1. Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
2. a surname

Compounds

修母畫荻／修母画荻 (xiū mǔ huàdí) 歐母畫荻／欧母画荻 (ōu mǔ huàdí)

畫荻／画荻 (huàdí) 畫荻教子／画荻教子 (huàdí jiào zǐ)

荻筆／荻笔 (díbǐ) 蘆荻／芦荻 (lúdí)

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Japanese

Kanji

荻

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. Amur silver-grass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
2. reed, cane

Readings

• Go-on: じゃく (jaku)^{←ぢやく (dyaku, historical)}
• Kan-on: てき (teki)
• Kun: おぎ (ogi, 荻)^{←をぎ (wogi, historical)}

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with 萩(はぎ) (hagi).

Compounds

Compounds

• 蘆(ろう)荻(てき) (rōteki)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
荻
おぎ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[1]

Ultimate derivation unknown. One theory suggests that it might be the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of classical verb 招く (ancient reading woku, modern rendering oku, “to invite, to beckon someone closer”, also found in some texts with the ancient reading wogu), from the way the grass waves in the wind.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) お​ぎ [óꜜgì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [o̞ɡʲi]

Noun

荻(おぎ) • (ogi) ^{←をぎ (wogi)?}

1. Amur silver-grass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)

References

1. c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3446), text here
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Further reading

• Etymology entry for 荻 at Japan Dictionary: http://www.nihonjiten.com/data/46206.html

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Korean

Hanja

荻 (eum 적 (jeok))

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Vietnamese

Han character

荻: Hán Nôm readings: địch

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