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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic  (man, person) + phonetic  – a person lowering themselves, bowing. Note that 氐 is a person bowing or stooping, hence connotation of “down, low, bow”.

Han character [edit]

(radical 9 +5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人竹心一 (OHPM), 人竹女戈 (OHVI), four-corner 22240, composition)

  1. low
  2. to lower, hang, bend, bow

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 98, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 504
  • Dae Jaweon: page 207, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 137, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+4F4E

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale dai1)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised jeo, McCune-Reischauer chŏ)


Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin (di1), Wade-Giles ti1)

Compounds [edit]


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(đây, đay, đê)

References [edit]

*Nom Foundation