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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 142 +5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹心一 (LIHPM), four-corner 52140)

  1. ant eggs

References

  • KangXi: page 1079, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32922
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2844, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+86B3

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*tiːl
*tiːl, *til
*tiːl
*tiːl
*tiːl, *djilʔ
*tiːl, *dil
*tiːl
*tiːl, *tiːls
*tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls
*tiːlʔ
*tiːlʔ
*tiːlʔ, *diːl
*tiːlʔ, *tjelʔ, *dil
*tiːlʔ
*tiːlʔ
*tiːlʔ
*tiːlʔ
*tiːlʔ
*tiːls
*tjelʔ, *tjil, *tjilʔ, *tjils
*til
*til
*til
*dil
*dil
*dil
*dil
*dil
*tjil
*tjilʔ, *tjɯʔ
*tjilʔ
*tʰjil
*kjeʔ, *tjil

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (11)
Final () (17)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɖˠiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖᵚi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȡiɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖji/
Li
Rong
/ȡji/
Wang
Li
/ȡi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȡʱi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chí
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chí
Middle
Chinese
‹ drij ›
Old
Chinese
/*[d]r[ij]/
English ant egg

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 2265
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*dil/

Definitions

  1. ant eggs
  2. A surname.

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Vietnamese

Han character

(chỉ)

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