鵜

See also: 鹈

鵜 U+9D5C, 鵜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D5C ← 鵛 [U+9D5B] CJK Unified Ideographs 鵝 → [U+9D5D]

Translingual

Han character

鵜 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金竹竹日火 (CHHAF), four-corner 8722₇, composition ⿰弟鳥)

1. pelican

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1490, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46952
• Dae Jaweon: page 2021, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4637, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9D5C

Chinese

trad.		鵜
simp.		鹈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
梯	*tʰiːl
睇	*tʰiːl, *diːls
涕	*tʰiːlʔ, *tʰiːls
挮	*tʰiːlʔ
鬀	*tʰiːls, *diːls
剃	*tʰiːls
綈	*diːl
蕛	*diːl
稊	*diːl
苐	*diːl
鵜	*diːl
銻	*diːl
鮷	*diːl
罤	*diːl
弟	*diːlʔ, *diːls
娣	*diːlʔ, *diːls
悌	*diːlʔ, *diːls
第	*diːls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *diːl): phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tí (ti²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tí
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tí
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi²
    • Yale: tí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyi
    • Palladius: ти (ti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tai⁴
    • Yale: tàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dej

Rime
Character	鵜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	杜奚切
Baxter	dej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dei/
Pan Wuyun	/dei/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛj/
Li Rong	/dei/
Wang Li	/diei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*diːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鵜
Reading #	1/1
No.	2290
Phonetic component	弟
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	嗁
Old Chinese	/*diːl/

Definitions

鵜

1. only used in 鵜鶘／鹈鹕 (tíhú)

Compounds

• 鵜形目 / 鹈形目
• 鵜燕 / 鹈燕 (tíyàn)
• 鵜鴃 / 鹈𫛞
• 鵜鶘 / 鹈鹕 (tíhú)
• 鷿鵜 / 䴙鹈