弟

Translingual

Han character

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

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

Derived characters

• 梯

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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Chinese

		-
simp. and trad.		弟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dì (di⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai⁶, tai⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): tī / tē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: tih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih
    • IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai⁶, tai⁵
    • Yale: daih, táih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai⁶, tai⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯²²/, /tʰɐi̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī / tē
    • Tâi-lô: tī / tē
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti³³/, /te³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti²²/, /te²²/
  • Note: tī - vernacular, tē - literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (弟, reconstructed)
Character (弟), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 定 (7) Final: 齊 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 徒禮切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/deiX/	/dʱieiX/	/deiX/	/deiX/	/dɛjX/	/dieiX/	/dɛiX/
Character (弟), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 定 (7) Final: 齊 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 特計切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/deiH/	/dʱieiH/	/deiH/	/deiH/	/dɛjH/	/dieiH/	/dɛiH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (弟, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
弟								dì								‹ dejX ›								/*lˤəjʔ/								younger brother
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
弟					2294					弟					脂					1					弟					/*diːlʔ/					甲金文象繩束弋（朱芳圃說），繞弋繩須次第不亂方利於射，爲第初文
弟					2297					弟					脂					1					第					/*diːls/

Compounds

• 弟弟 (dìdì -> dìdi)
• 襟弟

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

弟

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: だい (dai)
• Kan’on: てい (tei)
• Kan’yōon: で (de)
• Kun: おとうと (otouto)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

弟 (hiragana おと, romaji oto)

1. a younger sibling

See also

• 劣 (おと)る (otoru)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

弟 (hiragana おとうと, romaji otōto)

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

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).

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Korean

Hanja

弟 (je)
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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Vietnamese

Han character

弟 (đệ, dễ)

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