梯

梯 U+68AF, 梯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68AF ← 梮 [U+68AE] CJK Unified Ideographs 械 → [U+68B0]

Translingual

Han character

梯 (radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木金弓竹 (DCNH), four-corner 4892₇, composition ⿰木弟)

References

• KangXi: page 531, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14881
• Dae Jaweon: page 919, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1220, character 2
• Unihan data for U+68AF

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		梯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (弟) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
梯	*tʰiːl
睇	*tʰiːl, *diːls
涕	*tʰiːlʔ, *tʰiːls
挮	*tʰiːlʔ
鬀	*tʰiːls, *diːls
剃	*tʰiːls
綈	*diːl
蕛	*diːl
稊	*diːl
苐	*diːl
鵜	*diːl
銻	*diːl
鮷	*diːl
罤	*diːl
弟	*diːlʔ, *diːls
娣	*diːlʔ, *diːls
悌	*diːlʔ, *diːls
第	*diːls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tʰiːl): semantic 木 (“wood, tree”) + phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls) – a wooden ladder.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tī (ti¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thôi
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): thui / the

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tui¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧ
    • Wade–Giles: t'ih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ti
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ti
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai¹
    • Yale: tāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: toi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: toi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thui / the
    • Tâi-lô: thui / the
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tuy, tef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰui⁴⁴/, /tʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰui³³/, /tʰe³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰui⁴⁴/, /tʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰui⁴⁴/, /tʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰui⁴⁴/, /tʰe⁴⁴/

Note:

• thui - vernacular;
• the - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: tui¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thui
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰui³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /tʰei/▼

Rime
Character	梯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	土雞切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰei/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰei/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛj/
Li Rong	/tʰei/
Wang Li	/tʰiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tī

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤ[ə]j/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰiːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	梯
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tī
Middle Chinese	‹ thej ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁ[ə]j/
English	stairs
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	梯
Reading #	1/1
No.	2279
Phonetic component	弟
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	梯
Old Chinese	/*tʰiːl/

Definitions

梯

1. ladder; steps; stairs (Classifier: 條／条 c; 堂 c)

   擔堂梯 / 担堂梯 [Cantonese]  ―  daam¹ tong⁴ tai¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to carry a ladder

2. ladder-shaped object
3. to climb
4. to lean against

Synonyms

Compounds

• 人梯
• 去梯言
• 回旋梯
• 天梯 (tiāntī)
• 太平梯 (tàipíngtī)
• 安全梯
• 扶梯 (fútī)
• 抽梯子
• 拔短梯
• 搭梯子
• 摺梯／折梯
• 木拐梯子
• 梯凳
• 梯媒
• 梯子 (tīzi)
• 梯山
• 梯山航海
• 梯己
• 梯形 (tīxíng)

• 梯恩梯 (tī'ēntī)
• 梯桄
• 梯橋／梯桥
• 梯次
• 梯氣／梯气
• 梯河
• 梯田 (tītián)
• 梯級／梯级 (tījí)
• 梯航
• 梯衝／梯冲
• 梯隊／梯队 (tīduì)
• 樓梯／楼梯 (lóutī)
• 氣壓梯度／气压梯度
• 滑梯 (huátī)
• 滑稽突梯
• 登梯
• 登雲梯／登云梯
• 盤梯／盘梯
• 禍梯／祸梯

• 突梯
• 突梯滑稽
• 第三梯隊／第三梯队
• 等腰梯形
• 緪梯
• 繩梯／绳梯
• 翻梯子
• 胡梯
• 航海梯山
• 舷梯 (xiántī)
• 軟梯／软梯
• 鉤梯／钩梯
• 階梯／阶梯 (jiētī)
• 雲梯／云梯 (yúntī)
• 雲梯車／云梯车
• 電扶梯／电扶梯 (diànfútī)
• 電梯／电梯 (diàntī)
• 飛梯／飞梯
• 魚梯／鱼梯

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Japanese

Kanji

梯

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: たい (tai)
• Kan-on: てい (tei)
• Kun: はしご (hashigo, 梯)

Compounds

Compounds

• 雲梯 (うんてい) (untei)
• 階梯 (かいてい) (kaitei)
• 魚梯 (ぎょてい) (gyotei)
• 雲 (くも)の梯 (かけはし) (kumo no kakehashi)
• 舷梯 (げんてい) (gentei)
• 古言梯 (こげんてい) (kogentei)
• 索梯 (さくてい) (sakutei)
• 桟梯 (さんてい) (santei)
• 梯形 (ていけい) (teikei)
• 梯梧 (でいご) (deigo), 梯姑 (でいご) (deigo): Indian coral tree
• 梯尺 (ていしゃく) (teishaku)
• 梯状 (ていじょう) (teijō)
• 梯陣 (ていじん) (teijin)
• 梯隊 (ていたい) (teitai)
• 梯団 (ていだん) (teidan)
• 梯子 (はしご) (hashigo), 梯子 (ていし) (teishi): ladder
• 梯立 (はした)て (hashitate)
• 梯 (はし)の子 (こ) (hashi no ko)
• 磐梯山 (ばんだいさん) (Bandaisan)

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Korean

Hanja

梯 • (je) (hangeul 제, revised je, McCune–Reischauer che, Yale cey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

梯 (thê)

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