See also:
U+723A, 爺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-723A

[U+7239]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+723B]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 88, +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金大尸十中 (CKSJL), four-corner 80127, composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 690, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19734
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1103, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2040, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+723A

Chinese edit

trad.
simp.
alternative forms
𤕓
𨈺
👴 Mainland Internet slang

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *laː) : semantic (father) + phonetic (OC *laː).

Etymology edit

Vovin and McCraw (2011) compare it to Old Turkic [script needed] (uya, relative).

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • ia2 - vernacular (“father”);
  • ie2 - literary (“grandfather”).

    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 14762
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*laː/
    Notes

    Definitions edit

    1. (literary, dialectal or in compounds) father
        ―  niáng  ―  father and mother
      兩仔两仔 [Cantonese]  ―  loeng5 zai2 je4 [Jyutping]  ―  father and son
    2. grandfather
    3. (polite) grandpa; sir (term of address for an elderly man)
    4. (archaic, honorific) sir (term of address for a rich or influential man)
    5. (honorific) term of address for gods and the Buddha
    6. (colloquial, derogatory or familiar, Northern China, male) I; me

    Synonyms edit

    Coordinate terms edit

    Compounds edit

    Japanese edit

    Alternative forms edit

    Kanji in this term
    じじい
    Hyōgaiji
    kun’yomi
    Kanji in this term
    じじ
    Hyōgaiji
    kun’yomi
    Kanji in this term
    じい
    Hyōgaiji
    kun’yomi

    Kanji edit

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. old man
    2. grandfather

    Readings edit

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    (じい) (ぢい (dii)?

    1. a grandfather
      (じい)さん
      (o) jī-san
      grandfather
      (じい)ちゃん
      (o) jī-chan
      grandpa; granddad

    (じい) or (じじ) or (じゞ) or (じじい) or (じゞい) ( or jiji or jijīぢい (dii) or ぢぢ (didi) or ぢぢい (didii)?

    1. an old man; a geezer; a gramps
      (じい)ちゃん
      (o) jī-chan
      mister

    See also edit

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    (eumhun 아비 (abi ya))

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    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Nôm readings: gia

    1. chữ Hán form of gia.