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儕

儕

儕 U+5115, 儕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5115
← 儔
[U+5114] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 儖 →
[U+5116]
See also: 侪 and 㑪

Translingual

Han character

儕 (radical 9 人+14, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人卜X (OYX), four-corner 20223, composition ⿰亻齊)

References

  • KangXi: page 119, character 38
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1227
  • Dae Jaweon: page 253, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 231, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+5115

Chinese

trad. 儕
simp. 侪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儕
Bronze inscriptions

b12298

b12299
Small seal script

s05750
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (齊) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
儕 *zriːl
麡 *zriːl, *ʔsliːl, *zliːl
齋 *ʔsriːl
穧 *ʔsleds, *ʔsliːls, *zliːls
擠 *ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
躋 *ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
齏 *ʔsliːl
齎 *ʔsliːl, *ʔslil
櫅 *ʔsliːl
齌 *ʔsliːl, *sʰliːl, *zliːls
隮 *ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
賷 *ʔsliːl
虀 *ʔsliːl
濟 *ʔsliːlʔ, *ʔsliːls
癠 *ʔsliːlʔ, *zliːl, *zliːlʔ, *zliːls
霽 *ʔsliːls
齊 *zliːl, *zliːls
臍 *zliːl
蠐 *zliːl, *zlil
懠 *zliːl, *zliːls
薺 *zliːlʔ, *zlil
鱭 *zliːlʔ
嚌 *zliːls
劑 *zliːls, *ʔslel
齍 *ʔslil

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zriːl) : semantic 人 + phonetic 齊 ‎(OC *zliːl, *zliːls).

Etymology 1

From 齊 (OC *zliːl, *zliːls).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 儕
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 崇 (20)
Final (韻) 皆 (33)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 士皆切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /d͡ʒˠɛi/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖ͡ʐᵚæi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /d͡ʒɐi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖ͡ʐəɨj/
Li
Rong		 /d͡ʒɛi/
Wang
Li		 /d͡ʒɐi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɖ͡ʐʱăi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chái
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 儕
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 chái
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dzrɛj ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[dz]ˤ<r>əj/
English category, equals

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 儕
Reading # 1/1
No. 10029
Phonetic
component		 齊
Rime
group		 脂
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 豺
Old
Chinese		 /*zriːl/

Definitions

儕

  1. †fellows; associates; company; companion
  2. † to make (two people) become a pair; to make people marry
  3. †together; with each other
  4. (Wu) all; both; completely

Compounds

  • 儕倫／侪伦
  • 儕居／侪居
  • 儕輩／侪辈
  • 同儕／同侪 (tóngchái)
  • 吾儕／吾侪
  • 奴儕／奴侪
  • 朋儕／朋侪
  • 詩酒朋儕／诗酒朋侪

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

儕 (Hakka)

  1. person
  2. Classifier for people.
    食个人，婦人家㧯細人仔以外，約有五千儕。 [Hakka, trad.]
    食个人，妇人家㧯细人仔以外，约有五千侪。 [Hakka, simp.]
    From: 現代臺灣客語譯本 (Today's Taiwan Hakka Version), 馬太福音 (Matthew) 14:21
    Sṳ̍t ke ngìn, fu-ngìn-kâ lâu se-ngìn-è yî-ngoi, yok yû ńg-chhiên sà. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
    And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

Compounds

  • 儕儕／侪侪
  • 別儕／别侪
  • 各儕／各侪
  • 哪儕／哪侪
  • 單儕／单侪
  • 坐儕毋知企儕苦／坐侪毋知企侪苦
  • 打魚儕食魚屎／打鱼侪食鱼屎
  • 每儕／每侪
  • 逐儕／逐侪
  • 釘礱無㓾雞，三儕人罅挨／钉砻无㓾鸡，三侪人罅挨
  • 飯後一杯茶，餓死醫藥儕／饭后一杯茶，饿死医药侪
  • 麼儕／么侪

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 儕 – see 濟 (“(Min) many”).
(This character, 儕, is a variant form of 濟.)

Japanese

Kanji

儕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 㑪)

  1. fellow
  2. together

Readings

Korean

Hanja

儕 • ‎(je) (hangeul 제, revised je, McCune-Reischauer che)

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