See also:
U+59EA, 姪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59EA

[U+59E9]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+59EB]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 38, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女一戈土 (VMIG), four-corner 41414, composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6226
  • Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1043, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+59EA

Chinese edit

trad. /
simp.
alternative forms

𡥺
 
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Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *diːɡ, *diɡ): semantic (woman) + phonetic (OC *tjiɡs).

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b/m-ləj (grandchild; nephew) + *-t (nominalizing final). Cognate with Burmese မြေး (mre:, grandchild).

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • Taiwan:
    • ti̍t - vernacular;
    • chit - literary.
  • (Teochew)
  • Note:
    • diag8 - Shantou;
    • diêg8 - Chaozhou.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
    Harbin /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴/
    Tianjin /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴⁵/
    Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴²/
    Qingdao /tʃz̩⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴²/
    Xi'an /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴/
    Xining /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴/
    Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩¹³/
    Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩¹³/
    Ürümqi /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    Wuhan /t͡sz̩²¹³/
    Chengdu /t͡sz̩³¹/
    Guiyang /t͡sz̩²¹/
    Kunming /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³¹/
    Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩ʔ⁵/
    Hefei /ʈ͡ʂəʔ⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /t͡səʔ⁵⁴/
    Pingyao /ʈ͡ʂʌʔ⁵³/
    Hohhot /t͡sz̩³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /zəʔ¹/
    Suzhou /zəʔ³/
    Hangzhou /d͡zəʔ²/
    Wenzhou /d͡zai²¹³/
    Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰi²²/
    Tunxi /t͡ɕʰi¹¹/
    Xiang Changsha /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴/
    Xiangtan /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴/
    Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰɨʔ²/
    Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰət̚⁵/
    Taoyuan /tʃʰït̚⁵⁵/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sɐt̚²/
    Nanning /t͡sɐt̚²²/
    Hong Kong /t͡sɐt̚²/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /tit̚⁵/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /tiʔ⁵/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ti²⁴/
    Shantou (Teochew) /tiak̚⁵/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /t͡sit̚³/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial () (11) (7)
    Final () (49) (87)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division () III IV
    Fanqie
    Baxter drit det
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /ɖˠiɪt̚/ /det̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ɖᵚit̚/ /det̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ȡiet̚/ /dɛt̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ɖjit̚/ /dɛt̚/
    Li
    Rong
    /ȡjĕt̚/ /det̚/
    Wang
    Li
    /ȡĭĕt̚/ /diet̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /ȡʱi̯ĕt̚/ /dʱiet̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    zhí dié
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    zat6 dit6
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 17352 17367
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    2 2
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*diːɡ/ /*diɡ/

    Definitions edit

    1. fraternal nephew or niece (originally only of a woman, but also of a man after the Jìn dynasty)
    2. child of a (male) friend in the same generation
    3. Used to call oneself before someone in one's father's generation.

    Synonyms edit

    Antonyms edit

    Compounds edit

    References edit

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

    Readings edit

    Compounds edit

    Etymology edit

    Kanji in this term
    めい
    Jinmeiyō
    kun’yomi

    /me1hi/: [mepi] → [meɸi] → [mewi] → [mei]. Initial /me/ is cognate with (me1, female).

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    (めい) (meiめひ (mefi)?

    1. the daughter of one's sibling; a niece

    Antonyms edit

    Derived terms edit

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    (jil, jeol) (hangeul , , revised jil, jeol, McCune–Reischauer chil, chŏl)

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    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Nôm readings: đẹt

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