垤

垤	U+57A4, 垤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57A4

Translingual

Han character

垤 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+6, 9 strokes, Cangjie input 土一戈土 (GMIG), four-corner 4111₄, composition ⿰土至)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 228, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5061
Dae Jaweon: page 464, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 438, character 9
Unihan data for U+57A4

Chinese

simp. and trad.		垤

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
致	*tiɡs
輊	*tiɡs
駤	*tiɡs
跮	tʰiɡs, tʰiɡ
荎	di, diːɡ
緻	*diɡs
至	*tjiɡs
鵄	*tʰji
胵	*tʰji
痓	*tʰjiɡs
咥	hriɡs, tiːɡ, diːɡ, tʰiɡ
窒	tiːɡ, tiɡ
蛭	tiːɡ, tiɡ, *tjiɡ
垤	*diːɡ
耋	*diːɡ
姪	diːɡ, diɡ
絰	*diːɡ
恎	*diːɡ
挃	*tiɡ
庢	*tiɡ
銍	tiɡ, tjiɡ
秷	*tiɡ
螲	*tiɡ
侄	diɡ, tjiɡ
桎	*tjiɡ
郅	*tjiɡ
晊	*tjiɡ
室	*hliɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dié (die²)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dit⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): te

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dié
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dié
  - Wade–Giles: tieh²
  - Yale: dyé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye
  - Palladius: де (de)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: dit⁶
  - Yale: diht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dit⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: did⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːt̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: te
  - Hakka Romanization System: de
  - Hagfa Pinyim: de⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /te⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: det

Rime
Character	垤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒結切
Baxter	det
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/det̚/
Pan Wuyun	/det̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛt̚/
Li Rong	/det̚/
Wang Li	/diet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dit⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ˤi[t]/

(Zhengzhang): /*diːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	垤
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dié
Middle Chinese	‹ det ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]ˁi[t]/
English	anthill
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	垤
Reading #	1/1
No.	17350
Phonetic component	至
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	姪
Old Chinese	/*diːɡ/

Definitions

垤

(literary) mound; small hill
- 岈然窪然，若垤若穴，尺寸千里，攢蹙累積，莫得遯隱。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  岈然洼然，若垤若穴，尺寸千里，攒蹙累积，莫得遁隐。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 809, 柳宗元,《始得西山宴遊記》(On First Making an Excursion to the Western Hill), translation based on A. R. Davis's version
  Xiārán wārán, ruò dié ruò xué, chǐcùn qiānlǐ, cuáncù lěijī, mò dé dùnyǐn. [Pinyin]
  The undulating aspect had deep folds and hollows, appearing but mounds and holes; a thousand li within feet and inches, contracted and piled up, nothing could be hidden.
(literary) anthill

Compounds

蝸居蟻垤 / 蜗居蚁垤
蟻垤 / 蚁垤 (yǐdié)

Japanese

Kanji

垤

(Hyōgai kanji)

anthill
small hill, mound

Readings

Go-on: でち (dechi)
Kan-on: てつ (tetsu)
Kun: ありづか (arizuka, 垤)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
垤
ありづか Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 垤 – see the following entry.

【蟻塚ありづか】

[noun] anthill (home of ants and termites)

Alternative spelling
アリ塚

(This term, 垤, is an alternative spelling (uncommon) of the above term.)

References

“^▲垤”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

垤 • (jil) (hangeul 질, revised jil, McCune–Reischauer chil)

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Vietnamese

Han character

垤: Hán Nôm readings: điệt

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References

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