禔

禔 U+7994, 禔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7994 ← 禓 [U+7993] CJK Unified Ideographs 禕 → [U+7995]

Translingual

Han character

禔 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈火日一人 (IFAMO), four-corner 3628₁, composition ⿰礻是)

1. happiness
2. peace
3. good fortune
4. graphic variant of 祇

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 845, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24773
• Dae Jaweon: page 1266, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2405, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7994

Chinese

simp. and trad.		禔

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (是) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鞮	*teː
隄	*teː, *deː
堤	*teː, *teːʔ, *dje
鍉	*teː
蝭	*teːs, *deː
醍	*tʰeːʔ, *deː
緹	*tʰeːʔ, *deː
提	*deː, *dje
瑅	*deː
題	*deː, *deːs
媞	*deː, *deːʔ, *djeʔ
褆	*deː, *deʔ, *djeʔ
禔	*deː, *tje, *dje
騠	*deː
趧	*deː
鯷	*deː, *deːs, *djes
踶	*deːs, *deʔ
徥	*deʔ, *djeʔ
匙	*dje
是	*djeʔ
諟	*djeʔ
翨	*hljes, *kles
睼	*tʰeːns
寔	*djɯɡ
湜	*dɯɡ
遈	*djɯɡ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tí (ti²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tí
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tí
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi²
    • Yale: tí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyi
    • Palladius: ти (ti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tai⁴
    • Yale: tàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsye, dzye, dej

Rime
Character	禔	禔	禔
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	常 (25)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	支 (11)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	IV
Fanqie	章移切	是支切	杜奚切
Baxter	tsye	dzye	dej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇ/	/d͡ʑiᴇ/	/dei/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛ/	/d͡ʑiɛ/	/dei/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjɛ/	/d͡ʑjɛ/	/dɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciə̆/	/d͡ʑiə̆/	/dɛj/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕie/	/ʑie/	/dei/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕǐe/	/ʑǐe/	/diei/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕie̯/	/ʑie̯/	/dʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhī	chí	tí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi1	si4	tai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*deː/, /*tje/, /*dje/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	禔	禔	禔
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	11627	11640	11644
Phonetic component	是	是	是
Rime group	支	支	支
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	嗁	支	提
Old Chinese	/*deː/	/*tje/	/*dje/

Definitions

禔

1. calm; peaceful; tranquil; quiet
2. comfortable; at ease
3. safe; secure
4. (of an elderly person) to enjoy in peace
5. blessing; happiness; prosperity; good fortune
6. (obsolete) to bless
7. happy; pleased; joyful
8. joyful; worth celebrating

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐ (zhi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chih³
    • Yale: jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/

Definitions

禔

1. only; just; simply; merely
2. just right; as luck would have it; as it turns out, by lucky coincidence
3. originally; at first

Japanese

Kanji

禔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. happiness
2. peace
3. good fortune

Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi); じ (ji); てい (tei); だい (dai)
• Kun: さいわい (saiwai)

Korean

Hanja

禔 • (je, si) (hangeul 제, 시, revised je, si, McCune–Reischauer che, si, Yale cey, si)

1. happiness
2. peace
3. good fortune

Vietnamese

Han character

禔: Hán Nôm readings: đề

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