儕

See also: 侪 and 㑪

儕 U+5115, 儕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5115 ← 儔 [U+5114] CJK Unified Ideographs 儖 → [U+5116]

Translingual

Traditional	儕
Shinjitai (extended)	㑪
Simplified	侪

Han character

儕 (radical 9 人+14, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人卜X (OYX), four-corner 2022₃, composition ⿰亻齊)

References

• KangXi: page 119, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1227
• Dae Jaweon: page 253, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 231, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5115

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Chinese

trad.		儕
simp.		侪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儕
Bronze inscriptions b12298 b12299 Small seal script s05750
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (齊) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
儕	*zriːl
麡	*zriːl, *ʔsliːl, *zliːl
齋	*ʔsriːl
穧	*ʔsleds, *ʔsliːls, *zliːls
擠	*ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
躋	*ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
齏	*ʔsliːl
齎	*ʔsliːl, *ʔslil
櫅	*ʔsliːl
齌	*ʔsliːl, *sʰliːl, *zliːls
隮	*ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
賷	*ʔsliːl
虀	*ʔsliːl
濟	*ʔsliːlʔ, *ʔsliːls
癠	*ʔsliːlʔ, *zliːl, *zliːlʔ, *zliːls
霽	*ʔsliːls
齊	*zliːl, *zliːls
臍	*zliːl
蠐	*zliːl, *zlil
懠	*zliːl, *zliːls
薺	*zliːlʔ, *zlil
鱭	*zliːlʔ
嚌	*zliːls
劑	*zliːls, *ʔslel
齍	*ʔslil

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zriːl): semantic 人 + phonetic 齊 (OC *zliːl, *zliːls).

Etymology 1

From 齊 (OC *zliːl, *zliːls).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chái (chai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai⁴, cai⁴, zai³
• Wu (Wiktionary): ze (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chái
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ai²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chair
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: caai⁴, cai⁴, zai³
    • Yale: chàaih, chàih, jai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai⁴, tsai⁴, dzai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai⁴, cei⁴, zei³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑːi̯²¹/, /t͡sʰɐi̯²¹/, /t͡sɐi̯³³/

Note: zai3 - due to confusion with 濟.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ze (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻e̞²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ʒˠɛi/▼

Rime
Character	儕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	士皆切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠɛi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚæi/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒɐi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐəɨj/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒɛi/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒɐi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱăi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chái

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[dz]ˤ<r>əj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zriːl/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	儕
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chái
Middle Chinese	‹ dzrɛj ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ˤ<r>əj/
English	category, equals
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	儕
Reading #	1/1
No.	10029
Phonetic component	齊
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	豺
Old Chinese	/*zriːl/

Definitions

儕

1. ^† fellows; associates; company; companion
2. ^† to make (two people) become a pair; to make people marry
3. ^† together; with each other
4. (Wu) all; both; completely

Compounds

• 儕倫／侪伦
• 儕居／侪居
• 儕輩／侪辈

• 同儕／同侪 (tóngchái)
• 吾儕／吾侪
• 奴儕／奴侪

• 朋儕／朋侪
• 詩酒朋儕／诗酒朋侪

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sà

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sa²

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sà
    • Hakka Romanization System: saˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sa²
    • IPA: /sa¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sa²
    • IPA: /sa¹¹/

Definitions

儕 (Hakka)

1. person
2. Classifier for people.

   食个人，婦人家㧯細人仔以外，約有五千儕。 [Hakka, trad.]
   食个人，妇人家㧯细人仔以外，约有五千侪。 [Hakka, simp.]

   From: 現代臺灣客語譯本 (Today's Taiwan Hakka Version), 馬太福音 (Matthew) 14:21

   Sṳ̍t ke ngìn, fu-ngìn-kâ lâu se-ngìn-è yî-ngoi, yok yû ńg-chhiên sà. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

   And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

Compounds

• 儕儕／侪侪
• 別儕／别侪
• 各儕／各侪
• 哪儕／哪侪

• 單儕／单侪
• 坐儕毋知企儕苦／坐侪毋知企侪苦
• 打魚儕食魚屎／打鱼侪食鱼屎
• 每儕／每侪

• 逐儕／逐侪
• 釘礱無㓾雞，三儕人罅挨／钉砻无㓾鸡，三侪人罅挨
• 飯後一杯茶，餓死醫藥儕／饭后一杯茶，饿死医药侪
• 麼儕／么侪

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 儕 – see 濟 (“(Min) many”). (This character, 儕, is a variant form of 濟.)

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Japanese

Kanji

儕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 㑪)

1. fellow
2. together

Readings

• Goon: せい (sei)
• Kan’on: さい (sai)
• Kan’yōon: ぜ (ze)
• Kun: ともがら (tomogara)

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Korean

Hanja

儕 • (je) (hangeul 제, revised je, McCune-Reischauer che)

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