締

See also: 缔

Translingual

Han character

締 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火卜月月 (VFYBB), four-corner 2092₇, composition ⿰糹帝)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 930, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27651
• Dae Jaweon: page 1368, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3430, character 14
• Unihan data for U+7DE0

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Chinese

trad.		締
simp.		缔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
膪	*rtaːɡs, *rteːɡs
揥	*tʰeds, *teː
腣	*teː, *teːɡs
諦	*teːɡs
偙	*teːɡs
渧	*teːɡs
帝	*teːɡs
楴	*tʰeːɡs
啼	*deː
蹄	*deː
締	*deː, *deːɡs
崹	*deː
鶙	*deː
禘	*deːɡs
啻	*hljeɡs
嫡	*rteɡ, *teːɡ
摘	*rteːɡ, *tʰeːɡ
謫	*rteːɡ
讁	*rteːɡ
擿	*deɡ
蹢	*deɡ, *teːɡ
適	*tjeɡ, *hljeɡ, *teːɡ
啇	*teːɡ
滴	*teːɡ
鏑	*teːɡ
甋	*teːɡ
樀	*teːɡ, *deːɡ
敵	*deːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *deː, *deːɡs) : semantic 糸 + phonetic 帝 (OC *teːɡs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dì (di⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai³ / tai³ / dai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tē / tè

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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: dai³ / tai³ / dai⁶
    • Yale: dai / tai / daih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai³ / tai³ / dai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei³ / tei³ / dei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯³³/, /tʰɐi̯³³/, /tɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē
    • Tâi-lô: tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: de
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /te³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tè
    • Tâi-lô: tè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /te¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dej, dejH

Rime
Character	締	締
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	杜奚切	特計切
Baxter	dej	dejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dei/	/deiH/
Pan Wuyun	/dei/	/deiH/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛi/	/dɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛj/	/dɛjH/
Li Rong	/dei/	/deiH/
Wang Li	/diei/	/dieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱiei/	/dʱieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tí	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tai4	dai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*deː/, /*deːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	締	締
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2317	2320
Phonetic component	帝	帝
Rime group	支	賜
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	嗁	第
Old Chinese	/*deː/	/*deːɡs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 締

1. to form; to establish
2. to associate
3. to restrain; to suppress

References

• “締”, 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

締

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): てい (tei, Jōyō)
• Kun: しまる (shimaru, 締まる, Jōyō); しめる (shimeru, 締める, Jōyō); むすぶ (musubu, 締ぶ)

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Korean

Hanja

締 • (che) (hangeul 체, revised che, McCune–Reischauer ch'e, Yale chey)

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