禘

禘 U+7998, 禘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7998 ← 禗 [U+7997] CJK Unified Ideographs 禙 → [U+7999]

Translingual

Han character

禘 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈火卜月月 (IFYBB), four-corner 3022₇, composition ⿰礻帝)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 845, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24778
• Dae Jaweon: page 1266, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2405, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7998

Chinese

simp. and trad.		禘
alternative forms		祶

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (帝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
膪	*rtaːɡs, *rteːɡs
揥	*tʰeds, *teː
腣	*teː, *teːɡs
諦	*teːɡs
偙	*teːɡs
渧	*teːɡs
帝	*teːɡs
楴	*tʰeːɡs
啼	*deː
蹄	*deː
締	*deː, *deːɡs
崹	*deː
鶙	*deː
禘	*deːɡs
啻	*hljeɡs
嫡	*rteɡ, *teːɡ
摘	*rteːɡ, *tʰeːɡ
謫	*rteːɡ
讁	*rteːɡ
擿	*deɡ
蹢	*deɡ, *teːɡ
適	*tjeɡ, *hljeɡ, *teːɡ
啇	*teːɡ
滴	*teːɡ
鏑	*teːɡ
甋	*teːɡ
樀	*teːɡ, *deːɡ
敵	*deːɡ

The character is composed by the radical of the sacrifical altar 示 next to the pictogram of tied-up firewood used perhaps as a sacrifice 帝. However, many other interpretations of the right component exist.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dì (di⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dì
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴
    • Yale: dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih
    • Palladius: ди (di)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dai³
    • Yale: dai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē
    • Tâi-lô: tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: de
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dejH

Rime
Character	禘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	特計切
Baxter	dejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deiH/
Pan Wuyun	/deiH/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛjH/
Li Rong	/deiH/
Wang Li	/dieiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*deːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	禘
Reading #	1/1
No.	2321
Phonetic component	帝
Rime group	賜
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	第
Old Chinese	/*deːɡs/

Definitions

禘

1. (historical) imperial ancestral worship in ancient China

Japanese

Kanji

禘

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): てい (tei)、だい (dai)
• Kun: まつり (matsuri)