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U+5FB7, 德
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FB7

[U+5FB6]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5FB8]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
15 strokes

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 60, +12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹人十田心 (HOJWP), four-corner 24236, composition 𢛳)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 371, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10243
  • Dae Jaweon: page 698, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 841, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+5FB7

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
2nd round simp. ⿱一心
alternative forms

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *tɯːɡ): semantic (road) + phonetic (OC *tɯːɡ, virtue). is corrupted into 𢛳.

Etymology[edit]

“virtue; morality; favour”
An allofam is probably (OC *dɯɡ, “straight; right”) (Schuessler, 2007). Also seen as phonetically related to (OC *tɯːɡ, “to obtain”) (Han Feizi[1]; Liu, 1988; Chen & Xu, 1989; Xu & Li 2000; apud Theobald, 2018[2])
“Germany”
Shortening of 德意志 (Déyìzhì), derived from German Deutsch.

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (5)
Final () (131)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter tok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tək̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/tək̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/tək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tək̚/
Li
Rong
/tək̚/
Wang
Li
/tək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
de
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dak1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ tok ›
Old
Chinese
/*tˁək/
English virtue

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 17266
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tɯːɡ/

Definitions[edit]

  1. virtue; morality; ethics
  2. favor; benevolence; kindness
  3. mind; faith; character
    一心一  ―  yīxīnyī  ―  of one heart and one mind
  4. Short for 德意志 (Déyìzhì, “Germany”).
      ―    ―  German language
    關係关系  ―  měi guānxì  ―  Germany-United States relations
    條約条约  ―  sū tiáoyuē  ―  Nazi–Soviet Pact

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji[edit]

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for nameskyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. Kyūjitai form of .

Readings[edit]

  • On (unclassified): とく (toku)
  • Kun: おしえ (oshie)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(eumhun (deok deok))

  1. Hanja form? of (benevolence; virtue).

Compounds[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: đức

Noun[edit]

  1. chữ Hán form of đức (virtue; righteousness).

Proper noun[edit]

  1. chữ Hán form of Đức (Germany).