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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 157 +8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口一人大口 (RMOKR), four-corner 66100)

  1. hesitate, undecided
  2. embarrassed

References

  • KangXi: page 1228, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37645
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1700, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3717, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8E1F

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*l'eds
*l'eds, *ɢʷleds, *ɢʷled
*l̥ʰiːs, *ljiʔ, *l'
*ʔl'e
*te
*ʔl'es
*te
*teɡs, *deɡ
*de
*l'
*hliʔ
*l̥ʰɯ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (11)
Final () (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɖˠiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȡiɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖjiə̆/
Li
Rong
/ȡje/
Wang
Li
/ȡǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȡʱie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chí
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chí
Middle
Chinese
‹ drje ›
Old
Chinese
/*[d]re/
English 踟躕 *[d]re.[d]ro walk hesitatingly

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. 11500
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*de/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 搔首踟躕搔首踟蹰
  • 步踟躕步踟蹰
  • 踟躅
  • 踟躕踟蹰

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(ji) (hangeul , revised ji, McCune-Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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