Wiktionary

德

See also: 徳 and 惪
德 U+5FB7, 德
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FB7
← 徶
[U+5FB6] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 徸 →
[U+5FB8]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

德 (radical 60, 彳+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹人十田心 (HOJWP), four-corner 24236, composition ⿰彳𢛳)

Derived charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 371, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10243
  • Dae Jaweon: page 698, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 841, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+5FB7

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.
 德
alternative forms
 
徳
惪
悳
㥁
恴
徳
惪
悳
㥁
恴
㥀
㤫
𢛳
𢜖
𢠀
𢤊
𨗌
𨗤

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 德
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Small seal script
       
Characters in the same phonetic series (直) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
置 *tɯɡs
值 *dɯɡs, *dɯɡ
植 *dɯɡs, *djɯɡ
埴 *tʰjɯɡs, *djɯɡ
惪 *tɯːɡ
德 *tɯːɡ
稙 *tɯɡ
淔 *tʰɯɡ
直 *dɯɡ
犆 *dɯɡ
殖 *djɯɡ

EtymologyEdit

“virtue; morality; favour”
An allofam is probably 直 (OC *dɯɡ, “straight; right”) (Schuessler, 2007).
“Germany”
Shortening of 德意志 (Déyìzhì), derived from German Deutsch.

PronunciationEdit

Rime
Character 德
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 德 (131)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 多則切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tək̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tək̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tək̚/
Li
Rong 		/tək̚/
Wang
Li 		/tək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/tək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		de
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 德
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		dé
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tok ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tˁək/
English virtue

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 德
Reading # 1/1
No. 17266
Phonetic
component 		直
Rime
group 		職
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		德
Old
Chinese 		/*tɯːɡ/

DefinitionsEdit

德

  1. virtue; morality; ethics
  2. favor; benevolence; kindness
  3. mind; faith; character
  4. Short for 德國／德国 (Déguó, “Germany”).

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 德

JapaneseEdit

Shinjitai

徳

Kyūjitai

德

KanjiEdit

德

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 徳)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 徳.

ReadingsEdit

  • On (unclassified): とく (toku)
  • Kun: おしえ (oshie)

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

德 • (deok) (hangeul 덕, revised deok, McCune–Reischauer tŏk, Yale tek)

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CompoundsEdit

VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

德 (đức)

NounEdit

德

  1. Hán tự form of đức (“virtue; righteousness”).

Proper nounEdit

德

  1. Hán tự form of Đức (“Germany”).

AdjectiveEdit

德

  1. Hán tự form of Đức (“German”).
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