悌

悌 U+608C, 悌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-608C ← 悋 [U+608B] CJK Unified Ideographs 悍 → [U+608D]

Translingual

Han character

悌 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 心金弓竹 (PCNH), four-corner 9802₇, composition ⿰忄弟)

1. brotherly, respectful

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 386, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10642
• Dae Jaweon: page 719, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2306, character 16
• Unihan data for U+608C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		悌

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／形声, OC *diːlʔ, *diːls) : semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls). Often written as 弟 in Pre-Qin classics.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tì (ti⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai⁶ / tai⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴
    • Yale: tì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tih
    • Palladius: ти (ti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dai⁶ / tai⁵
    • Yale: daih / táih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai⁶ / tai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei⁶ / tei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯²²/, /tʰɐi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē
    • Tâi-lô: tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: de
    • IPA (Xiamen): /te²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /te³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³/

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• Middle Chinese: dejX, dejH

Rime
Character	悌	悌
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	徒禮切	特計切
Baxter	dejX	dejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deiX/	/deiH/
Pan Wuyun	/deiX/	/deiH/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛiX/	/dɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛjX/	/dɛjH/
Li Rong	/deiX/	/deiH/
Wang Li	/dieiX/	/dieiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱieiX/	/dʱieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dì	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dai6	dai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*diːlʔ/, /*diːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	悌	悌
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2296	2301
Phonetic component	弟	弟
Rime group	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	弟	第
Old Chinese	/*diːlʔ/	/*diːls/

Definitions

悌

1. to love and respect one's elder brothers
2. (chiefly in compounds, of the mind) peaceful; at ease

Compounds

• 孝悌 (xiàotì)
• 愷悌／恺悌 (kǎitì)

 

Japanese

Kanji

悌

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): てい (tei)
• Kun: すなお (sunao)、やすらか (yasuraka)、ひらく (hiraku)

Korean

Hanja

悌 (eum 제 (je))

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Vietnamese

Han character

悌: Hán Nôm readings: đễ

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