梯

Translingual

Han character

梯 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木金弓竹 (DCNH), four-corner 4892₇, composition ⿰木弟)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 531, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14881
• Dae Jaweon: page 919, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1220, character 2
• Unihan data for U+68AF

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		梯

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰiːl) : semantic 木 (“wood, tree”) + phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls) – a wooden ladder.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tī (ti¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thôi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thui / the

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tui¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹thi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ti
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi¹
    • Yale: tī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ti
    • Palladius: ти (ti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tai¹
    • Yale: tāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: toi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: toi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thui / the
    • Tâi-lô: thui / the
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tuy, tef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰui⁴⁴/, /tʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰui³³/, /tʰe³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰui⁴⁴/, /tʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰui⁴⁴/, /tʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰui⁴⁴/, /tʰe⁴⁴/

Note:

• thui - vernacular;
• the - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: tui¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thui
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰui³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹thi
    • MiniDict: thi^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: thej

Rime
Character	梯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	土雞切
Baxter	thej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰei/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰei/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛj/
Li Rong	/tʰei/
Wang Li	/tʰiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tai1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤ[ə]j/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰiːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	梯
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tī
Middle Chinese	‹ thej ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁ[ə]j/
English	stairs
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	梯
Reading #	1/1
No.	2279
Phonetic component	弟
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	梯
Old Chinese	/*tʰiːl/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 梯

1. ladder; steps; stairs (Classifier: 條／条 c; 堂 c)

   擔堂梯／担堂梯 [Cantonese]  ―  daam¹ tong⁴ tai¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to carry a ladder

2. ladder-shaped object
3. to climb
4. to lean against

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 梯子 (“ladder”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		梯子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	梯子
	Taiwan	梯子
	Harbin	梯子
	Malaysia	樓梯
	Singapore	樓梯
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	梯子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	梯子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	梯子
	Wanrong	梯子
	Xi'an	梯子
	Xining	梯子
	Xuzhou	梯子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	梯子
	Lanzhou	梯架
	Ürümqi	梯架
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	梯子
	Wuhan	梯子, 樓梯
	Guiyang	樓梯
	Liuzhou	梯子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	梯子
	Yangzhou	梯子
	Nantong	扶梯
	Hefei	梯子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	梯, 梯橫
	Hong Kong	梯
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	梯
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	梯
	Macau	梯
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	梯橫
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	梯
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	梯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	梯
	Foshan	梯橫
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	梯
	Foshan (Shunde)	梯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	梯
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	梯
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	梯橫
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	梯
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	梯
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	梯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	梯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	梯
	Taishan	憑企
	Kaiping (Chikan)	憑企
	Enping (Niujiang)	憑企
	Heshan (Yayao)	梯
	Dongguan	梯
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	梯
	Yangjiang	梯
	Wuzhou	梯
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	梯
	Hepu (Shatian)	梯
	Qinzhou	梯
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	梯
	Beihai	梯
	Beihai (Nankang)	梯
	Beihai (Yingpan)	梯
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	梯
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	梯
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	爬梯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	梯
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	梯
	Móng Cái	腳梯
Gan	Nanchang	樓梯
	Lichuan	樓批
	Pingxiang	樓梯
Hakka	Meixian	梯
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	梯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	梯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	梯
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	梯
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	梯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	梯仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	梯仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	梯仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	梯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	梯仔, 梯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	梯
	Hong Kong	陡梯
	Senai (Huiyang)	梯
	Kuching (Hepo)	樓梯
Huizhou	Jixi	梯
Jin	Taiyuan	梯子
	Xinzhou	梯子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	樓階
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	梯, 樓梯
Southern Min	Xiamen	梯, 樓梯
	Manila (Hokkien)	樓梯, 梯
	Chaozhou	梯
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	梯
	Haikou	梯
Puxian Min	Putian	樓梯
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	樓梯
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	樓梯
	Xianyou	樓梯
	Xianyou (Fengting)	樓梯
	Xianyou (Youyang)	樓梯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	樓梯
Wu	Shanghai	胡梯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	梯
	Suzhou	梯
	Wuxi	梯子, 竹梯
	Danyang	梯, 梯子
	Hangzhou	梯子
	Ningbo	路梯
	Wenzhou	樓梯
	Jinhua	梯兒
Xiang	Changsha	樓梯, 梯子
	Shuangfeng	樓梯

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Japanese

Kanji

梯

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: たい (tai)
• Kan-on: てい (tei)
• Kun: はしご (hashigo, 梯)

Compounds

Compounds

• 雲梯(うんてい) (untei)
• 階梯(かいてい) (kaitei)
• 魚梯(ぎょてい) (gyotei)
• 雲(くも)の梯(かけはし) (kumo no kakehashi)
• 舷梯(げんてい) (gentei)
• 古言梯(こげんてい) (kogentei)
• 索梯(さくてい) (sakutei)
• 桟梯(さんてい) (santei)
• 梯形(ていけい) (teikei)
• 梯梧(でいご) (deigo), 梯姑(でいご) (deigo): Indian coral tree
• 梯尺(ていしゃく) (teishaku)
• 梯状(ていじょう) (teijō)
• 梯陣(ていじん) (teijin)
• 梯隊(ていたい) (teitai)
• 梯団(ていだん) (teidan)
• 梯子(はしご) (hashigo), 梯子(ていし) (teishi): ladder
• 梯立(はした)て (hashitate)
• 梯(はし)の子(こ) (hashi no ko)
• 磐梯山(ばんだいさん) (Bandaisan)

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Korean

Hanja

梯 • (je) (hangeul 제)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 梯 (thê)

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