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第

See also: 笫, 笰, and 㐧
第 U+7B2C, 第
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B2C
← 笫
[U+7B2B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 笭 →
[U+7B2D]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 

Han character

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第 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓中竹 (HNLH), four-corner 88227, composition ⿱𥫗𢎨)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 881, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25943
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1308, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2959, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+7B2C

Chinese

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trad. 第
simp. # 第
alternative forms 弟
苐

Glyph origin

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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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *diːls) : semantic 𥫗 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls). 竹 here refers to the bamboo strips used for writing (e.g. accounting, classification) in ancient times. See also 等.

Alternatively, may have originally been written 弟.

Etymology 1

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Karlgren (1956: 14) connects this word with → tī 梯 ‘ladder’.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 第
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 特計切
Baxter dejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/deiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/deiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dɛjH/
Li
Rong 		/deiH/
Wang
Li 		/dieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		dai6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 第
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		dì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dejH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[l]ˁəjʔ-s/
English sequence

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 第
Reading # 1/1
No. 2298
Phonetic
component 		弟
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		第
Old
Chinese 		/*diːls/
Notes 弟轉註字見左傳

Definitions

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第

  1. sequence; number
  2. grade; degree
  3. (historical) rank in the imperial examinations
  4. Ordinal number marker, used before a number to make the number ordinal.
    第二  ―  dì'èr  ―  second
    第十  ―  dìshí  ―  tenth
    安全第一  ―  ānquán dìyī  ―  safety first
  5. a surname

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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Contraction of 第二 (dai6 ji6, “second”).

Pronunciation

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第

  1. (Cantonese) different; another; other
Compounds
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Etymology 3

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Contraction of 第一 (tē-it, “first”).

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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第

  1. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) most
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 最 (“most”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 最, 至
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 最
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 最, 頂
Taiwan 最
Malaysia 最
Singapore 最
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 最, 頂
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 最
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 最, 第一
Wuhan 頂
Guilin 最
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 頂, 最
Hefei 頂, 最
Cantonese Guangzhou 最, 至
Hong Kong 最, 至
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 最
Taishan 最, 至
Yangjiang 至
Hepu (Lianzhou) 最
Hepu (Shatian) 最
Beihai 最
Beihai (Nankang) 最
Beihai (Yingpan) 最
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 最
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 最
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 最
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 最
Singapore (Guangfu) 最
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 最
Móng Cái 最
Gan Nanchang 頂
Hakka Meixian 最, 第一
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 盡, 最
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 最, 盡
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 最
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 盡, 最
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 最
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 頭
Hong Kong 最
Jin Taiyuan 頂
Northern Min Jian'ou 頂, 最, 第一
Eastern Min Fuzhou 第一, 最
Matsu 第一
Southern Min Xiamen 第一, 第, 一, 上
Quanzhou 第一, 第, 上
Jinjiang 上
Zhangzhou 第一, 上
Zhao'an 上
Dongshan 上
Taipei 上
Kaohsiung 上
Yilan 上
Changhua (Lukang) 上
Taichung 上
Tainan 上
Hsinchu 上
Kinmen 上
Penang (Hokkien) 第一
Singapore (Hokkien) 上
Manila (Hokkien) 第, 上
Chaozhou 上頂, 上
Shantou 上, 最
Shantou (Chaoyang) 一
Jieyang 上, 上頂
Singapore (Teochew) 上
Pontianak (Teochew) 上
Wenchang 最
Qionghai 最
Wu Shanghai 最, 最最, 頂
Suzhou 頂, 最
Ningbo 頂, 頂頂
Wenzhou 頂, 最
Xiang Changsha 頂, 最
Shuangfeng 頂, 最

Further reading

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Etymology 4

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From 是 or 然.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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第

  1. (Shanghainese, obselete) this
Usage notes
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This pronunciation was used in both Songjiang and urban Shanghai in the 19th Century, but is obsolete in all forms of modern Shanghainese, having been replaced by the glottalized variant 迭. The character 第 is still occasionally used to write the latter pronunciation.

Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 這 (“this”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 此, 斯, 是, 之, 茲 anteclassical, 夫, 爾
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 這
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 這
Taiwan 這
Chengde 這
Chifeng 這
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 這
Heihe 這
Qiqihar 這
Jiamusi 這
Baicheng 這
Changchun 這
Tonghua 這
Shenyang 這
Jinzhou 這
Malaysia 這
Singapore 這
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 這
Tangshan 這
Cangzhou 這
Baoding 這
Shijiazhuang 這
Lijin 這
Jinan 這
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 這
Dandong 這
Yantai 這
Qingdao 這
Zhucheng 這
Central Plains Mandarin Lingbao 這
Jining 這
Linfen 這
Shangqiu 這
Yuanyang 這
Zhengzhou 這
Xinyang 這
Baihe 這
Xi'an 這
Baoji 這
Tianshui 這
Xining 這
Xuzhou 這
Pizhou 這
Lianyungang (Ganyu) 這
Donghai 這
Fuyang 這
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 這
Lanzhou 這
Dunhuang 這
Hami 這
Ürümqi 這
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 這
Nanchong 這
Dazhou 這
Hanyuan 這
Xichang 這
Zigong 這
Chongqing 這
Wuhan 這
Yichang 這
Tianmen 這
Guiyang 這
Zunyi 這
Bijie 這
Liping 這
Zhaotong 這
Dali 這
Kunming 這
Mengzi 這
Guilin 這
Liuzhou 這
Jishou 這
Changde 這
Hanzhong 這
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 這
Yangzhou 這
Baoying 這
Taizhou 這
Zhenjiang 這
Lianyungang 這
Huai'an (Huaiyin) 這
Lianshui 這
Xuyi 這
Nantong 這
Rugao 這
Yancheng 這
Funing 這
Sihong 這
Wuhu 這
Hefei 這
Hong'an 這
Cantonese Guangzhou 呢, 依
Hong Kong 呢, 依
Macau 呢
Taishan 該
Dongguan 呢
Yangjiang 果
Nanning 阿
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 呢
Singapore (Guangfu) 呢, 依
Gan Nanchang 箇
Nanchang (Wangcheng) 箇
Anyi 箇
Lushan 箇
Duchang 箇
Wuning (Quankou) 該
Poyang 箇
Yugan 該
Wannian 該
Yanshan 這
Yichun 箇
Yifeng 箇
Gao'an 箇
Fengxin 箇
Shanggao 里
Wanzai 箇
Fengcheng 該
Xinyu 該
Fuzhou (Shangdundu) 該
Fuzhou (Dongxiang) 箇
Nancheng 箇
Nanfeng 箇
Yihuang 箇
Lichuan 該
Chongren 該
Pingxiang 該
Ji'an 蓋
Taihe 箇
Xiajiang 該
Yingtan (Yujiang) 箇
Guixi 箇
Jianning 個
Jinxian 箇
Jinxi 箇
Le'an 該
Guangchang 改
Suichuan 底
Wan'an 介
Jing'an 箇
Zhangshu 該
Xingan 個
Fenyi 改
Hakka Changting 爾
Ninghua 只
Qingliu 這
Yudu 底
Ningdu 底
Ruijin 底
Shicheng 底
Xunwu 底
Huichang 底
Xingguo 界
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 這
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 這
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 這
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 這
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 這
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 這
Hong Kong 這
Huizhou Jixi 爾
Shexian 這
Wuyuan 伊
Jin Taiyuan 這
Yangyuan 這
Datong 這
Xinzhou 這
Lüliang (Lishi) 這
Changzhi 這
Linhe 這
Jining 這
Hohhot 這
Erenhot 這
Pingshan 這
Zhangjiakou 這
Handan 這
Suide 這
Northern Min Jian'ou 𱕇
Eastern Min Fuzhou 只, 者, 嚽
Fuzhou (Changle) 這
Lianjiang 這
Fuqing 者
Pingtan 這
Yongtai 這
Minqing 這
Gutian 這
Pingnan 這
Luoyuan 這
Fu'an 這
Ningde 這
Xiapu 這
Zherong 這
Shouning 這
Zhouning 這
Fuding 這
Singapore (Fuqing) 這
Southern Min Xiamen 這
Xiamen (Tong'an) 這
Quanzhou 只, 這
Jinjiang 這
Nan'an 這
Shishi 這
Hui'an 這
Anxi 這
Yongchun 這
Dehua 這
Zhangzhou 這
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 這
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 這
Hua'an 這
Nanjing 這
Pinghe 這
Zhangpu 這
Yunxiao 這
Zhao'an 只
Dongshan 這
Taipei 這
Kinmen 這
Penang (Hokkien) 這
Singapore (Hokkien) 這
Manila (Hokkien) 這
Longyan 迄好
Zhangping 這
Chaozhou 只
Shantou 只
Jieyang 只
Haifeng 只
Singapore (Teochew) 只
Batam (Teochew) 只
Wenchang 這
Haikou 這
Singapore (Hainanese) 這
Puxian Min Putian 只蜀
Xianyou 只蜀
Central Min Yong'an 這
Sanming (Shaxian) 這
Shaojiang Min Guangze 當
Jiangle 者
Mingxi 只
Shunchang 這
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 亞
Shehua Cangnan 這
Jingning (Hexi) 個
Wu Shanghai 搿, 迭 dated, 第 obsolete
Shanghai (Songjiang) 搿
Shanghai (Fengxian) 格
Shanghai (Jinshan) 格
Shanghai (Chongming) 吉, 講, 葛 also that
Suzhou 該, 搿
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) 個
Wuxi 意
Changshu 俚
Jiaxing 葛
Jiashan 葛
Pinghu 葛
Haining (Yanguan) 葛
Tongxiang 葛
Haiyan 葛
Changzhou 資
Danyang 格
Nanjing (Gaochun) 格
Huzhou 格
Changxing 格
Anji 格
Deqing 葛
Hangzhou 葛
Hangzhou (Yuhang) 葛
Hangzhou (Lin'an) 葛
Hangzhou (Fuyang) 葛
Tonglu 葛
Tonglu (Wusheng) 個個
Shaoxing 咸
Zhuji 咸
Shengzhou 咸
Xinchang 咸
Ningbo 葛
Ningbo (Zhenhai) 葛
Yuyao 耶
Cixi 葛
Taizhou (Huangyan) 葛
Tiantai 葛
Sanmen 葛
Wenling 葛, 格
Wenzhou 個
Yueqing 個
Yongjia (Fenglin) 個
Rui'an 個
Pingyang 個
Taishun 這
Wencheng 個
Lishui 已
Qingtian 已
Jinyun 已
Songyang (Xiping) 益
Yunhe 益
Qingyuan 這
Longquan 搭
Suichang 益
Jiangshan 益
Changshan 益
Kaihua 益
Longyou 個
Jinhua 等, 待
Yiwu 吾
Yongkang 個
Pujiang 這, 吉
Dongyang 個
Wuyi 愛個
Lanxi 個
Shangrao 這
Shangrao (Guangfeng) 伊
Yushan 伊
Xiang Changsha 咯
Shuangfeng 咯

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (第):
  • → Japanese: 第(だい) (dai)
  • → Korean: 제(第) (je)
  • → Vietnamese: đệ (第)

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Japanese

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Kanji

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第

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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  • Go-on: だい (dai, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: てい (tei)
  • Kun: ついで (tsuide, 第で)、やしき (yashiki, 第)、ただ (tada)

Prefix

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Kanji in this term
第
だい
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
㐧 (ryakuji)

第(だい) • (dai-) 

  1. ordinal marker, often with affix 号
    第(だい)２号(にごう)
    dai-ni gō
    The 2nd
    第(だい)１３話(じゅうさんわ)
    dai-jūsan wa
    Chapter 13

Compounds

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Compounds

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 第 (MC dejH).

Historical readings

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕe̞(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [제(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

第 (eumhun 차례(次例) 제)

  1. hanja form? of 제 (“turn; sequence”)

Compounds

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Compounds

References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Han character

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第: Hán Nôm readings: đệ

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Derived terms

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