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U+5F1F, 弟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F1F

[U+5F1E]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5F20]

Translingual

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Han character

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Stroke order
0 strokes

(Kangxi radical 57, +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 金弓中竹 (CNLH), four-corner 80227, composition 丿)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 357, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9737
  • Dae Jaweon: page 673, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 244, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5F1F

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
2nd round simp. ⿹兯丿
alternative forms 𠂖

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) of a spear handle wrapped in a leather strap. The wrapping signified order or sequence, which extended to "younger brother".

Pronunciation

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Note: hai4 - in 阿弟.
Note: thâi/tai1 - vernacular, in 老弟.
Note:
  • tī/tǐ - vernacular;
  • tē/tě - literary;
  • tî/ti/tih - limited, e.g 阿弟, 弟弟.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (7) (7)
Final () (39) (39)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dai6 dai6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ dejX ›
Old
Chinese
/*lˁəjʔ/
English younger brother

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 # 1/2 2/2
No. 2294 2297
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*diːlʔ/ /*diːls/
Notes

Definitions

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  1. younger brother
  2. junior male
  3. (literary, humble) I; me (between male friends)
  4. Original form of (, “sequence”).

Compounds

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Descendants

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  • Thai: ตี๋ (dtǐi, younger brother) (said by Chinese race)

Synonyms

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  • (younger brother):

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
おと
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
おとS
[noun] [from 712] (archaic) a younger sibling
[noun] [from late 1500s] (archaic) the youngest sibling
[noun] [from late 1500s] (archaic) clipping of 乙娘 (oto musume) a young woman
[noun] [from late 1500s] (archaic, Noh theater) clipping of 乙御前 (oto goze): a stock character in 狂言 (kyōgen) comic interludes, played as a plump and clumsy but earnest young woman
[prefix] applied to a noun denoting a person, or to a person's name:
[prefix] next, younger, youngest
[prefix] beautiful, beloved, cute, dear
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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  on Japanese Wikipedia
(otōto): the orange highlighting indicates the younger brother relative to all of the children to the left.
Kanji in this term
おとうと
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

/otopito//otoɸito//otowito//*otowuto//otouto//otoːto/

Originally a compound of (oto, younger sibling) +‎ (hito, person).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(おとうと) (otōto

  1. one’s own younger brother
  2. a younger male

(alternative reading hiragana おとっ, rōmaji oto')

  1. (Kagoshima) younger brother
Usage notes
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Used when referring to one’s own younger brother. To refer to someone else’s younger brother, the suffixed form さん (otōto-san) is used instead. When addressing one’s own younger brother, the given name is used, often with a suffix, such as 太郎 (Tarō-kun). Contrast with addressing one’s own older brother, when one uses the honorific お兄さん (onīsan).

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC dejX).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕe̞(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 아우 (au je))

  1. hanja form? of (younger brother)

Compounds

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: đệ, dễ

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