U+4F4E, 低
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F4E

[U+4F4D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4F4F]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 9, +5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人竹心一 (OHPM) or 人竹女戈 (OHVI), four-corner 22240, composition )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 504
  • Dae Jaweon: page 207, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 137, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+4F4E

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character


References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *tiːl): semantic (man, person) + phonetic (OC *tiːl, *til) – a person lowering themselves, bowing.

Etymology 1 edit

Cognate with (OC *tiːlʔ, “bottom”), (OC *tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls, “root of a tree; base”), Tibetan མཐིལ (mthil, bottom; floor) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (5)
Final () (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter tej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tei/
Pan
Wuyun
/tei/
Shao
Rongfen
/tɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tɛj/
Li
Rong
/tei/
Wang
Li
/tiei/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dai1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 2234
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tiːl/

Definitions edit

  1. low (of height)
  2. low (of quantity); behind average
    他們抱怨工資 [MSC, trad.]
    他们抱怨工资 [MSC, simp.]
    Tāmen bàoyuàn gōngzī guò . [Pinyin]
    They complained that the wages were too low.
    豆漿豆浆  ―  táng de gāo xiān dòujiāng  ―  Low Sugar, High Fiber Soy Milk
  3. low (of voice); quiet; soft
  4. (Cantonese) down (adverb)
    [Cantonese]  ―  se2 dai1 [Jyutping]  ―  to write down
  5. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) short (in stature)
  6. to lower; to hang (one's head); to bend; to bow
Synonyms edit

Compounds edit

See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. (Southern Min) Alternative form of (low)

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. low
  2. short
  3. humble

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eumhun 낮을 (najeul jeo))

  1. Hanja form? of (low).
  2. Hanja form? of (cheap).

Compounds edit

Tày edit

Adjective edit

(đây)

  1. Nôm form of đây (good, beautiful).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: đây, đay, đê

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References edit