Translingual

Han character

娣 (radical 38 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女金弓竹 (VCNH), four-corner 4842₇, composition ⿰女弟)

1. younger wife in ancient polygamy
2. younger concubine
3. younger sister
4. wife of younger brother of a woman’s husband

References

• KangXi: page 263, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6329
• Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1053, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5A23

Cantonese

Hanzi

娣 ‎(Jyutping dai6, tai5, Yale dai6, tai5)

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. younger sister
2. sister-in-law

Readings

• On: てい (tei), だい (dai)
• Kun: いもうと (imouto), おば (oba)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. younger sister
2. sister-in-law

Mandarin

Hanzi

娣 ‎(Pinyin dì (di4), Wade-Giles ti⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

娣 (đệ)

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References

• Nom Foundation