醍

Translingual

Han character

醍 (radical 164 酉+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一田日一人 (MWAMO), four-corner 1668₁, composition ⿰酉是)

1. essential oil of butter (used as a metaphor for the purity of the highest Buddhist teachings)
2. a fairly clear, pink or light red wine

References

• KangXi: page 1285, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39924
• Dae Jaweon: page 1785, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3589, character 10
• Unihan data for U+918D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

醍 (Yale tai4)

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Japanese

Kanji

醍

Readings

• On: てい (tei), たい (tai), だい (dai)

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Korean

Hanja

醍 (hangeul 제, revised je, McCune-Reischauer che, Yale cey)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

醍 (pinyin tí (ti2), Wade-Giles t'i²)

Compounds

• 醍醐

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Vietnamese

Han character

醍 (thể, đề)

Last modified on 24 May 2013, at 21:14