隊

隊 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 弓中廿心人 (NLTPO), four-corner 7823₂, composition ⿰阝㒸)

• 𠾕 𡑖 𡡦 𢢊 𢵌 𣾶 𢵩 𤏢 𦠵 𥖐 𦅭 𧥃 𨅷 䥙 墜 鐆 䔹 䉌

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1357, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41750
• Dae Jaweon: page 1861, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4148, character 9
• Unihan data for U+968A

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'uːds) : semantic 阜 + phonetic 㒸 ().

隊

1. group; team

   樂隊／乐队  ―  yuèduì  ―  (musical) band

   籃球隊／篮球队  ―  lánqiú duì  ―  basketball team

2. (military) army unit

   軍隊／军队  ―  jūnduì  ―  army

   自衛隊／自卫队  ―  zìwèiduì  ―  self-defense forces

3. line; queue (Classifier: 條／条 c)

   排隊／排队  ―  páiduì  ―  to line up; to queue up

   插隊／插队  ―  chāduì  ―  to cut in line; to jump the queue

4. Short for 少年先鋒隊／少年先锋队 (shàonián xiānfēngduì, “Young Pioneers of China”).
5. Classifier for people or objects in groups or rows: group of; line of; row of

   把孩子們分成三隊 [MSC, trad.]
   把孩子们分成三队 [MSC, simp.]

   bǎ háizimen fēnchéng sān duì [Pinyin]

   split the children into three teams

隊

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 墜／坠 (zhuì, “to fall; to be ruined; to fall apart”)

   • 有渝此盟，明神殛之，俾隊其師。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有渝此盟，明神殛之，俾队其师。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Yǒu yú cǐ méng, míngshén jí zhī, bǐ zhuì qí shī. [Pinyin]

     Should anyone renege on this oath, the all-seeing spirits shall destroy them and make their forces ruined.

   • 夫星之隊，木之鳴，是天地之變，陰陽之化，物之罕至者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫星之队，木之鸣，是天地之变，阴阳之化，物之罕至者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Fú xīng zhī zhuì, mù zhī míng, shì tiāndì zhī biàn, yīnyáng zhī huà, wù zhī hǎn zhì zhě yě. [Pinyin]

     That stars (i.e. meteors) fall, and that trees make ringing sounds — such are changes in the natural world, transitions of the Yin and Yang, and the most rare of things.

• “隊”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

隊

1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 㨃 (deoi²)

Shinjitai	隊
Kyūjitai [1][2]	隊󠄁 隊+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	隊󠄄 隊+󠄄? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. team

From Middle Chinese 隊 (MC dwojH); compare Mandarin 隊／队 (duì):

• Go-on: だい (dai)
• Kan-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese; compare Mandarin 隊／队 (zhuì):

• Go-on: ずい (zui)^{←づい (dui, historical)}
• Kan-on: つい (tsui)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: くみ (kumi, 隊)、おちる (ochiru, 隊ちる)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

隊 (eumhun 떼 대 (tte dae))

1. hanja form^? of 대 (“team”)

• 군대 (軍隊, gundae, “army”)

隊: Hán Nôm readings: đội, đỗi, đòi, đụi, dội, dụi, đọi, đôi, giọi, nhụi

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The Hán pronunciation is "đội" :

樂隊 nhạc đội= musical band

軍隊 quân đội = army

隊長 đội trưởng = team leader, section leader

The Nôm pronunciations đỗi, đòi, đụi, dội, dụi, đọi, đôi are derived from the Hán pronunciation "đội"