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Translingual

Han character

(radical 38 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女一戈土 (VMIG), four-corner 41414, composition)

  1. niece
  2. nephew

References

  • KangXi: page 260, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6226
  • Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1043, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+59EA

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*tiɡs
*tiɡs
*tiɡs
*tʰiɡs, *tʰiɡ
*di, *diːɡ
*diɡs
*tjiɡs
*tʰji
*tʰji
*tʰjiɡs
*hriɡs, *tiːɡ, *diːɡ, *tʰiɡ
*tiːɡ, *tiɡ
*tiːɡ, *tiɡ, *tjiɡ
*diːɡ
*diːɡ
*diːɡ, *diɡ
*diːɡ
*diːɡ
*tiɡ
*tiɡ
*tiɡ, *tjiɡ
*tiɡ
*tiɡ
*diɡ, *tjiɡ
*tjiɡ
*tjiɡ
*tjiɡ
*hliɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (11) (7)
Final () (49) (87)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () Chongniu III IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɖˠiɪt̚/ /det̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖᵚit̚/ /det̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȡiet̚/ /dɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖjit̚/ /dɛt̚/
Li
Rong
/ȡjĕt̚/ /det̚/
Wang
Li
/ȡĭĕt̚/ /diet̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȡʱi̯ĕt̚/ /dʱiet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhí dié
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 17352 17367
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*diːɡ/ /*diɡ/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 內姪内姪
  • 內姪女内姪女
  • 叔姪
  • 堂姪
  • 女姪
  • 姪兒姪儿 (zhír)
  • 嫡堂姪
  • 子姪
  • 小姪 (xiǎozhí)
  • 年姪
  • 老賢姪老贤姪
  • 表姪

References


Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Etymology

/me1hi/: [mepi] → [meɸi] → [mewi] → [mei]. Initial /me/ is cognate with (me1, female).

Noun

(hiragana めい, romaji mei, historical hiragana めひ)

  1. the daughter of ones sibling; a niece

Antonyms


Korean

Hanja

(jil, jeol) (hangeul , , revised jil, jeol, McCune-Reischauer chil, chŏl)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(đẹt)

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