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U+7B2C, 第
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B2C

[U+7B2B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7B2D]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 118, +5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓中竹 (HNLH), four-corner 88227, composition 𥫗𢎨)

Derived characters

  • 𭊗, 𡠨, 𭞟, 𰜷, 𭧞, 𬄏, 𫦒

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 881, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25943
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1308, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2959, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+7B2C
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *diːls): semantic 𥫗 (bamboo) + phonetic (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls). here refers to the bamboo strips used for writing (e.g. accounting, classification) in ancient times. See also .

Alternatively, may have originally been written .

Etymology 1

Karlgren (1956: 14) connects this word with → tī ‘ladder’.

Pronunciation



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Definitions

  1. sequence; number
  2. grade; degree
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) mansion; residence (of a high official)
  4. (historical) rank in imperial examinations
  5. (literary) only; just
  6. (literary) but; however
  7. Ordinal number marker, used before a number to make the number ordinal.
       'èr   second
       shí   tenth
    安全   ānquán    safety first
  8. a surname

Compounds

Etymology 2

Contraction of 第二 (dai6 ji6, “second”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

  1. (Cantonese) different; another; other
Compounds

Etymology 3

Contraction of 第一 (tē-it, “first”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

  1. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) most
Synonyms

Further reading

Etymology 4

From or .

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Shanghainese, obsolete) this
Usage notes

This pronunciation was used in both Songjiang and urban Shanghai in the 19th Century, but is obsolete in all forms of modern Shanghainese, having been replaced by the glottalized variant . The character 第 is still occasionally used to write the latter pronunciation.

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (だい) (dai)
  • Korean: 제(第) (je)
  • Vietnamese: đệ ()

Others:

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Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: だい (dai, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: てい (tei)
  • Kun: ついで (tsuide, 第で)やしき (yashiki, )ただ (tada)

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Prefix

(だい) (dai-) 

  1. ordinal marker, often with affix
    (だい)2号(にごう)
    dai-ni gō
    The 2nd
    (だい)13話(じゅうさんわ)
    dai-jūsan wa
    Chapter 13
Compounds

Etymology 2

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ついで3
[noun] order, sequence
[noun] follower, successor; the next thing in a sequence
[noun] occasion, opportunity, doing something incidental to something else
Alternative spellings
, 序で, 次いで, 尋いで, 次第,
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC dejH).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕe̞(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

(eumhun 차례(次例) )

  1. hanja form? of (turn; sequence)

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: đệ

Prefix

  1. chữ Hán form of đệ
    1. (only before Sino-Vietnamese numerals) ordinal number marker, used only to mark the generation of a person who shares their name with their parents or grandparents, equivalent to the use of I, II, III, etc. in English.
    2. (only before Sino-Vietnamese numerals, rare) ordinal number marker in general
      第三國際 (Đệ Tam Quốc tế)
      the Third International

Derived terms

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