戴

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 異 + phonetic 𢦔

Han character

戴 (radical 62 戈+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 十戈田廿金 (JIWTC), four-corner 4385₀, composition ⿹𢦏異)

1. wear on top
2. support
3. a Chinese surname

References

• KangXi: page 414, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11685
• Dae Jaweon: page 758, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1413, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6234

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Cantonese

Hanzi

戴 (Yale daai3)

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Japanese

Kanji

戴 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: たい (tai)
• Kun: いただく (itadaku)

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Korean

Hanja

戴 (hangeul 대, revised dae, McCune-Reischauer tae, Yale tay)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

戴 (pinyin dài (dai4), Wade-Giles tai⁴)

Verb

1. To wear (a hat, jewelery, wristwatch or other object that is "penetrated")

Usage notes

A different verb, 穿 (chuān), is used for articles of clothing including shirts, jackets, trousers/pants, and shoes.

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Min Nan

Hanzi

戴 (traditional, POJ tì) (vernacular, 白)

戴 (traditional, POJ tè) (vernacular, 白)

戴 (traditional, POJ tài) (literary, 文)

Descendants

• (Hokkien dialect) Tagalog: Ty

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Vietnamese

Han character

戴 (đái, dải, trải)