娣

Translingual

Han character

娣 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女金弓竹 (VCNH), four-corner 4842₇, composition ⿰女弟)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 263, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6329
• Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1053, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5A23

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Chinese

trad.		娣
simp. #		娣

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *diːlʔ, *diːls) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls, “young family member”).

Etymology

Same word as 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls, “younger brother”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dì (di⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai⁶ / tai⁵ / tai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dì
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴
    • Yale: dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih
    • Palladius: ди (di)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dai⁶ / tai⁵ / tai⁶
    • Yale: daih / táih / taih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai⁶ / tai⁵ / tai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei⁶ / tei⁵ / tei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯²²/, /tʰɐi̯¹³/, /tʰɐi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: dejX, dejH

Rime
Character	娣	娣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	徒禮切	特計切
Baxter	dejX	dejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deiX/	/deiH/
Pan Wuyun	/deiX/	/deiH/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛiX/	/dɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛjX/	/dɛjH/
Li Rong	/deiX/	/deiH/
Wang Li	/dieiX/	/dieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱieiX/	/dʱieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dì	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dai6	dai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤəjʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*diːlʔ/, /*diːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	娣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dì
Middle Chinese	‹ dejX ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁəjʔ/
English	younger secondary wife
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	娣	娣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2295	2302
Phonetic component	弟	弟
Rime group	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	弟	第
Old Chinese	/*diːlʔ/	/*diːls/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 娣

1. ^† younger of two women married to a man; (in general) concubine of a man
2. ^† younger sister
3. ^† wife of husband's younger brother
4. ^† mother's younger sister
5. a surname
6. Used in the given name of a girl to symbolize the hope that she will have a younger brother.

References

• “娣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

娣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. younger sister
2. sister-in-law

Readings

• On (unclassified): てい (tei), だい (dai)
• Kun: いもうと (imouto), おば (oba)

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Korean

Hanja

娣 • (je) (hangeul 제, revised je, McCune–Reischauer che)

1. younger sister
2. sister-in-law

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 娣 (đệ)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation