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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
11 strokes

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
2nd round simp. ⿹兯丿
alternative forms 弟
苐

Glyph origin

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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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Note:
  • doi1 - vernacular;
  • di7 - literary.

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/
Bernhard
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. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) mansion; residence (of a high official)
  4. (historical) rank in imperial examinations
  5. (literary) only; just
  6. (literary) but; however
  7. 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
  8. 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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Definitions

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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, Philippine and Penang Hokkien) most
Synonyms
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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, obsolete) 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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Descendants

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

Others:

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)

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
第
だい
Grade: 3
goon
Alternative spelling
㐧 (ryakuji)

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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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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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
第
ついで
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 第 – see the following entry.
【次ついで】3
[noun] order, sequence
[noun] follower, successor; the next thing in a sequence
[noun] occasion, opportunity, doing something incidental to something else
Alternative spellings
序, 序で, 次いで, 尋いで, 次第, 嗣
(This term, 第, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 第 (MC dejH).

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:

第 (eumhun 차례(次例) 제 (charye je))

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

Compounds

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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]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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第: Hán Nôm readings: đệ

Prefix

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第

  1. chữ Hán form of đệ
    1. (only before Sino-Vietnamese numerals) ordinal number marker, used only to mark the generation of a person who shares their name with their parents or grandparents, equivalent to the use of I, II, III, etc. in English.
    2. (only before Sino-Vietnamese numerals, rare) ordinal number marker in general

Derived terms

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