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U+68AF, 梯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68AF

[U+68AE]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+68B0]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 75, +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木金弓竹 (DCNH), four-corner 48927, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 531, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14881
  • Dae Jaweon: page 919, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1220, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+68AF

Chinese

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simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *tʰiːl) : semantic (wood, tree) + phonetic (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls) – a wooden ladder.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • thui - vernacular;
  • the - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (6)
Final () (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter thej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰei/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰei/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰɛj/
Li
Rong
/tʰei/
Wang
Li
/tʰiei/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tai1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ thej ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˁ[ə]j/
English stairs

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 2279
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰiːl/

Definitions

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  1. ladder; steps; stairs (Classifier: c;  c)
    [Cantonese]  ―  daam1 tong4 tai1 [Jyutping]  ―  to carry a ladder
  2. ladder-shaped object
  3. to climb
  4. to lean against
  5. (Hong Kong, in compounds) escalator
    [Cantonese]  ―  tai1 pong4 [Jyutping]  ―  along the Central–Mid-Levels escalator

Synonyms

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Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

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  • Go-on: たい (tai)
  • Kan-on: てい (tei)
  • Kun: はしご (hashigo, )

Compounds

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Korean

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(je) (hangeul )

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: thê

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