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U+4F4E, 低
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F4E

[U+4F4D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4F4F]

Translingual

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Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 9, +5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人竹心一 (OHPM) or 人竹女戈 (OHVI), four-corner 22240, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 504
  • Dae Jaweon: page 207, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 137, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+4F4E

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tiːl) : semantic (man, person) + phonetic (OC *tiːl, *til) – a person lowering themselves, bowing.

Etymology 1

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Cognate with (OC *tiːlʔ, “bottom”), (OC *tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls, “root of a tree; base”), Tibetan མཐིལ (mthil, bottom; floor) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (5)
Final () (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter tej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tei/
Pan
Wuyun
/tei/
Shao
Rongfen
/tɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tɛj/
Li
Rong
/tei/
Wang
Li
/tiei/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dai1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 2234
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tiːl/

Definitions

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  1. low (of height)
  2. low (of quantity); behind average
    他們抱怨工資 [MSC, trad.]
    他们抱怨工资 [MSC, simp.]
    Tāmen bàoyuàn gōngzī guò . [Pinyin]
    They complained that the wages were too low.
    豆漿豆浆  ―  táng de gāo xiān dòujiāng  ―  Low Sugar, High Fiber Soy Milk
  3. low (of voice); quiet; soft
  4. (Cantonese) down (adverb)
    [Cantonese]  ―  se2 dai1 [Jyutping]  ―  to write down
  5. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) short (in stature)
  6. to lower; to hang (one's head); to bend; to bow
Synonyms
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Compounds

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See also

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Southern Min) Alternative form of (low)

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. low
  2. short
  3. humble

Readings

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Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 낮을 (najeul jeo))

  1. hanja form? of (low)
  2. hanja form? of (cheap)

Compounds

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Tày

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Adjective

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(đây)

  1. Nôm form of đây (good, beautiful).

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: đây, đay, đê

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References

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