弟

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Noun 3.1.2 See also 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Noun 3.2.1.1 Usage notes 3.2.2 Kanji 3.2.2.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

弟 (radical 57 弓+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 金弓中竹 (CNLH), four-corner 8022₇)

1. young brother
2. junior
3. I, me

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 357, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9737
• Dae Jaweon: page 673, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 244, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5F1F

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

弟 (Yale dai6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology 1

Cognate with the verb otor- (“‘to be lesser, inferior’”).

[edit] Noun

弟 (hiragana おと, romaji oto)

1. a younger sibling

[edit] See also

• 劣る (otoru)

[edit] Etymology 2

otopito > otoɸito > otowito > *otowuto > otouto > otoːto. Compound of 弟 (oto), “‘younger sibling’”) and 人 (pito), “‘person’”).

[edit] Noun

弟 (hiragana おとうと, romaji otōto)

1. one’s own younger brother
2. a younger male

[edit] Usage notes

Used when referring to one’s own younger brother; to refer to another’s younger brother, one uses 弟さん (otōtosan), while when addressing one’s own younger brother, one uses their given name, such as 太郎 (Tarō). Contrast with addressing one’s own older brother, when one uses the honorific お兄さん (oniisan).

[edit] Kanji

弟 (grade 2 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: てい (tei), だい (dai)
• Kun: おとうと (otouto)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

弟
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 제 (revised: je, McCune-Reischauer: che, Yale: cey)

• Name (hangeul): 아우 (revised: au, McCune-Reischauer: au, Yale: awu)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

弟 (pinyin dì (di4), Wade-Giles ti⁴)

[edit] Compounds

• 弟弟 (dìdì -> dìdi)
• 襟弟

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

弟 (đệ, dễ)