氐

Translingual

Etymology

Pictogram (象形): 氏 (“(bowing figure)”) + 一 – as with 氏, but a line underneath: a bowing figure standing on the ground.

Han character

氐 (radical 83 氏+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹心一 (HPM), 竹女心戈 (HVPI), four-corner 7274₀, composition ⿱氏丶, ⿱氏一)

1. Di nationality in ancient China

Usage notes

As a component of complex characters, may have sense of “down, low” from the bowing, stooping figure, as in 低 and 底; compare more abstract 下.

Derived characters

• 低 厎 底 抵 邸 骶

References

• KangXi: page 597, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17027
• Dae Jaweon: page 988, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2130, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6C10

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		氐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dī, dǐ, zhī (di¹, di³, zhi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧ, ㄉㄧˇ, ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai¹, dai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ
    • Wade-Giles: tih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: di
    • IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˇ
    • Wade-Giles: tih³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dii
    • IPA ^(key): /ti²¹⁴/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ
    • Wade-Giles: chih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai¹, dai²
    • Yale: dāi, dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai¹, dai²
    • IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯⁵⁵/, /tɐi̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (氐, reconstructed)
Character (氐), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 知 (9) Final: 脂 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 丁尼切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʈiɪ/	/ȶi/	/ȶi/	/ʈi/	/ʈi/	/ȶi/	/ȶjɪ/
Character (氐), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 端 (5) Final: 齊 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 都奚切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/tei/	/tiei/	/tei/	/tei/	/tɛj/	/tiei/	/tɛi/

Old Chinese pronunciation (氐, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
氐								dī								‹ tej ›								/*tˤij/								Western tribes
氐								dǐ								‹ tejX ›								/*tˤijʔ/								bottom
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
氐					2235					氐					脂					1					低					/*tiːl/
氐					2262					氐					脂					1					胝					/*til/

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Japanese

Kanji

氐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. name of an ancient tribe

Readings

• On: てい (tei), たい (tai), し (shi), ち (chi)
• Kun: ふもと (fumoto)

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Korean

Hanja

氐 (jeo) (hangeul 저, revised jeo, McCune-Reischauer chŏ, Yale ce)

1. the foundation, the basis, the origin