荻

荻 U+837B, 荻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-837B ← 荺 [U+837A] CJK Unified Ideographs 荼 → [U+837C]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

荻 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 10 (Mainland China, Japan), 11 (Hong Kong) strokes, cangjie input 廿大竹火 (TKHF), four-corner 4428₉, composition ⿱艹狄)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1032, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31005
• Dae Jaweon: page 1492, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3223, character 12
• Unihan data for U+837B

Chinese

trad.		荻
simp. #		荻
alternative forms		蔐 藡

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
逖	*tʰeːɡ
悐	*tʰeːɡ
狄	*deːɡ
荻	*deːɡ
梑	*deːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dí (di²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dí
    • Wade–Giles: ti²
    • Yale: dí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyi
    • Palladius: ди (di)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: dik⁶
    • Yale: dihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: dek

Rime
Character	荻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒歷切
Baxter	dek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/dek̚/
Wang Li	/diek̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*deːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	荻
Reading #	1/1
No.	2207
Phonetic component	狄
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	荻
Old Chinese	/*deːɡ/

Definitions

荻

1. Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
2. a surname

Compounds

• 修母畫荻 / 修母画荻 (xiū mǔ huàdí)
• 歐母畫荻 / 欧母画荻 (ōu mǔ huàdí)
• 畫荻 / 画荻 (huàdí)
• 畫荻教子 / 画荻教子 (huàdí jiào zǐ)
• 荻筆 / 荻笔 (díbǐ)
• 蘆荻 / 芦荻 (lúdí)