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姪
姪
See also: 侄
Translingual
Han character
姪 (radical 38 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女一戈土 (VMIG), four-corner 41414, composition ⿰女至)
References
- KangXi: page 260, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6226
- Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1043, character 11
- Unihan data for U+59EA
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
姪 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (至) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 致 | *tiɡs |
| 輊 | *tiɡs |
| 駤 | *tiɡs |
| 跮 | *tʰiɡs, *tʰiɡ |
| 荎 | *di, *diːɡ |
| 緻 | *diɡs |
| 至 | *tjiɡs |
| 鵄 | *tʰji |
| 胵 | *tʰji |
| 痓 | *tʰjiɡs |
| 咥 | *hriɡs, *tiːɡ, *diːɡ, *tʰiɡ |
| 窒 | *tiːɡ, *tiɡ |
| 蛭 | *tiːɡ, *tiɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 垤 | *diːɡ |
| 耋 | *diːɡ |
| 姪 | *diːɡ, *diɡ |
| 絰 | *diːɡ |
| 恎 | *diːɡ |
| 挃 | *tiɡ |
| 庢 | *tiɡ |
| 銍 | *tiɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 秷 | *tiɡ |
| 螲 | *tiɡ |
| 侄 | *diɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 桎 | *tjiɡ |
| 郅 | *tjiɡ |
| 晊 | *tjiɡ |
| 室 | *hliɡ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓˊ
- Wade-Giles: chih2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyr
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zat6
- Yale: jaht
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzat9
- IPA (key): /t͡sɐt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti̍t
- Tâi-lô: ti̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: dit
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tit̚²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /tit̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tit̚⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /tit̚⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tit̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit
- Tâi-lô: tsit
- Phofsit Daibuun: cid
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕit̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕit̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t
- Tâi-lô: tsi̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: cit
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕit̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 姪 | 姪 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (49) | 屑 (87) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III | IV |
| Fanqie | 直一切 | 徒結切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɖˠiɪt̚/ | /det̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɖᵚit̚/ | /det̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȡiet̚/ | /dɛt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɖjit̚/ | /dɛt̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȡjĕt̚/ | /det̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȡĭĕt̚/ | /diet̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȡʱi̯ĕt̚/ | /dʱiet̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhí | dié |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 姪 | 姪 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 17352 | 17367 |
| Phonetic component |
至 | 至 |
| Rime group |
質 | 質 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
姪 | 秩 |
| Old Chinese |
/*diːɡ/ | /*diɡ/ |
Definitions
姪
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Compounds
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References
Japanese
Kanji
姪
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
Etymology
/me1hi/: [mepi] → [meɸi] → [mewi] → [mei]. Initial /me/ is cognate with 女 (me1, “female”).
Noun
姪 (hiragana めい, romaji mei, historical hiragana めひ)
- the daughter of ones sibling; a niece
Antonyms
- 甥 (oi)
Korean
Hanja
姪 • (jil, jeol) (hangeul 질, 절, revised jil, jeol, McCune-Reischauer chil, chŏl)
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Vietnamese
Han character
姪 (đẹt)
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