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弟

弟

Translingual

Han character

Stroke order

弟 (radical 57 弓+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 金弓中竹 (CNLH), four-corner 80227, composition ⿹丿弚)

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 357, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9737
  • Dae Jaweon: page 673, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 244, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5F1F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 弟

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 弟 弟
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 齊 (39) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 徒禮切 特計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /deiX/ /deiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /deiX/ /deiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /dɛiX/ /dɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /dɛjX/ /dɛjH/
Li
Rong		 /deiX/ /deiH/
Wang
Li		 /dieiX/ /dieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱieiX/ /dʱieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 dì dì
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 弟
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 dì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dejX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*lˤəjʔ/
English younger brother

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 弟 弟
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 2294 2297
Phonetic
component		 弟 弟
Rime
group		 脂 脂
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 弟 第
Old
Chinese		 /*diːlʔ/ /*diːls/
Notes 甲金文象繩束弋（朱芳圃說），繞弋繩須次第不亂方利於射，爲第初文

Definitions

弟

  1. younger brother
  2. junior
  3. I, me

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

弟

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
弟
おと
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Cognate with the verb 劣る ‎(otoru, “to be lesser, inferior”).[1]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

弟 ‎(hiragana おと, romaji oto)

  1. a younger sibling

See also

Etymology 2

弟 (otōto): the orange highlighting indicates the younger brother relative to all of the children to the left.
Kanji in this term
弟
おとうと
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

/otopito/ → /otoɸito/ → /otowito/ → /*otowuto/ → /otouto/ → /otoːto/

Originally a compound of 弟 ‎(oto, “younger sibling”) +‎ 人 ‎(hito, “person”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

弟 ‎(hiragana おとうと, romaji otōto)

  1. one’s own younger brother
  2. a younger male
Usage notes

Used when referring to one’s own younger brother. To refer to someone else’s younger brother, the suffixed form 弟さん ‎(otōto-san) is used instead. When addressing one’s own younger brother, the given name is used, often with a suffix, such as 太郎君 ‎(Tarō-kun). Contrast with addressing one’s own older brother, when one uses the honorific お兄さん ‎(onīsan).

References

  1. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  3. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

弟 • ‎(je)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 제()
  • Name (hangeul): 아우 (revised: au, McCune-Reischauer: au, Yale: awu)
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Vietnamese

Han character

弟 (đệ, dễ)

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