剃

剃 U+5243, 剃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5243 ← 剂 [U+5242] CJK Unified Ideographs 剄 → [U+5244]

Translingual

Han character

剃 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 金竹中弓 (CHLN), four-corner 8220₀, composition ⿰弟刂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 139, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1989
• Dae Jaweon: page 317, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 342, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5243

Chinese

simp. and trad.		剃
alternative forms		鬀 鬄 𩮜 薙

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (弟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
梯	*tʰiːl
睇	*tʰiːl, *diːls
涕	*tʰiːlʔ, *tʰiːls
挮	*tʰiːlʔ
鬀	*tʰiːls, *diːls
剃	*tʰiːls
綈	*diːl
蕛	*diːl
稊	*diːl
苐	*diːl
鵜	*diːl
銻	*diːl
鮷	*diːl
罤	*diːl
弟	*diːlʔ, *diːls
娣	*diːlʔ, *diːls
悌	*diːlʔ, *diːls
第	*diːls

Etymology

Possibly a post-Han variant of 剔 (OC *l̥ʰeːɡ) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tì (ti⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ти (ti, III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi
• Eastern Min (BUC): tié
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thè / thì / thih

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ti³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵thi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴
    • Yale: tì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tih
    • Palladius: ти (ti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ти (ti, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tai³
    • Yale: tai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ti
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tié
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiɛ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè
    • Tâi-lô: thè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tex
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thì
    • Tâi-lô: thì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /tʰi²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thih
    • Tâi-lô: thih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiʔ⁵/

Note:

• thè - literary;
• thì/thih - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ti³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thì
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵thi
    • MiniDict: thi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²thi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: thejH

Rime
Character	剃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	他計切
Baxter	thejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰeiH/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰeiH/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛjH/
Li Rong	/tʰeiH/
Wang Li	/tʰieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰiːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	剃
Reading #	1/1
No.	2284
Phonetic component	弟
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	替
Old Chinese	/*tʰiːls/
Notes	同鬀

Definitions

剃

1. to shave (hair)

   剃鬚／剃须 [Cantonese]  ―  tai³ sou¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to shave off facial hair

Compounds

• 剃光頭／剃光头 (tìguāngtóu)
• 剃刀 (tìdāo)
• 剃刀邊緣／剃刀边缘
• 剃削
• 剃剪
• 剃工
• 剃度 (tìdù)
• 剃胎頭／剃胎头
• 剃落
• 剃面
• 剃頭／剃头 (tìtóu)
• 剃頭刀／剃头刀 (tìtóudāo)
• 剃頭匠／剃头匠 (tìtóujiàng)
• 剃頭店／剃头店 (tìtóudiàn)
• 剃頭挑子／剃头挑子
• 剃頭挑子一頭熱／剃头挑子一头热
• 剃頭擔子／剃头担子 (tìtóu dànzi)
• 剃髮／剃发
• 剃髮令／剃发令
• 剃髮鋪／剃发铺
• 剃鬚／剃须 (tìxū)
• 剃鬚刀／剃须刀 (tìxūdāo)
• 披剃
• 梳剃
• 簪剃
• 鬼剃頭／鬼剃头 (guǐtìtóu)

 

Japanese

Kanji

剃

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to shave

Readings

• Go-on: たい (tai)
• Kan-on: てい (tei)
• Kun: そる (soru, 剃る)

Compounds

• 剃刀(かみそり) (kamisori)
• 剃度(ていど) (teido)
• 剃髪(ていはつ) (teihatsu)
• 剃毛(ていもう) (teimō)

Korean

Hanja

剃 • (che) (hangeul 체)

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