| Radical: | 弓+ 4 strokes = 7 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.269#16 p.371#47 Kangxi: p.357#17 Cihai: p.501r1c02 GSR: 591.a Hanyu: v1,p0244#10 |
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| Composition: | Top-right: 丿, bottom-left: 弚. Component of: 𨹥 𭃦 俤 剃 㖒 㣢 绨 𡌡 𡥩 𢚖 娣 悌 挮 涕 𬲻 䏲 递 𬀹 晜 𦯔 [More] |
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| Mandarin: | dì tì ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄧˋ |
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| Cantonese: | dai6 tai5 |
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| Tang reconstruction: | *dhěi |
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| Shuowen: | 《》弟：韋束之次弟也。从古字之象。凡弟之屬皆从弟。 |
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| Guangyun: | 《···》弟：兄弟。《》云：男子先生爲兄後生爲弟。徒禮切，又特計切，七。
《···》弟：見上注又音上聲。 |
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| Kangxi: | 《··》弟：〔古文〕𠂖𢦢《》徒禮切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》待禮切，𠀤第上聲。《》朿韋之次第也。《》弟，第也，相次第而上也。《》今爲兄弟字。《·》男子先生爲兄，後生爲弟。《書·君𨻰》惟孝友于兄弟。又與悌通。《廣雅》弟，順也，言順於兄。《禮·曲禮》僚友稱其弟也。又易也。《》愷悌，一作豈弟。《·》齊子豈弟。《傳》豈，樂也。弟，易也。又《》特計切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》大計切，𠀤音第。義同。◎按《集韻》以兄弟、豈弟之弟爲上聲，孝弟之弟爲去聲，據《》薺、霽二韻，弟俱訓兄弟，霽韻悌訓孝悌，又上聲。宋禮部韻，悌訓愷悌，上去二聲通押。則兄弟、豈弟、孝弟，俱可通用上去二聲也。 |
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| Fanqie: | 徒禮 (《···》) 特計 (《···》) 特計 (《···》) |
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| Unihan definition: | young brother; junior; i, me |
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dì ㄉㄧˋ (1): 次第，次序。後作「第」。 Sequence, order.
| 《·》: | 亂必有弟，大亂五，小亂三，討亂三，故《》曰：「毋過亂門」 | | 《·》: | 弟：韋束之次弟也。 |
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dì ㄉㄧˋ (2.1): 弟弟。 Younger brother.
| 《·》: | 宴爾新昏、如兄如弟。 | | You feast with your new wife, [Loving] as brothers. |
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dì ㄉㄧˋ (2.2): 妹妹。 Younger sister.
| 《》: | 噲以呂后弟呂須為婦，生子伉，故其比諸將最親。 |
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dì ㄉㄧˋ (3): 後。 Late.
| 《·》: | 夫諸侯無二君，而周無二王，君若無卑天子，以干其不祥，而曰吳公，孤敢不順從君命長弟！ |
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dì ㄉㄧˋ (4): 副詞：但，只是，只管。 But, only.
| 《·》: | 予觀春秋、國語，其發明五帝德、帝系姓章矣，顧弟弗深考，其所表見皆不虛。 | | I have looked at the 'Spring and Autumn' classic, and the 'Narratives of the States,' which make the 'virtues of the five emperors' and the 'genealogies and names of the emperors' very clear. I have inspected these works, but not thoroughly examined them, and the portions I have quoted are none of them unimportant. | | 《·》: | 南方有雲夢，陛下弟出偽游雲夢，會諸侯於陳。 |
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tì ㄊㄧˋ (5): 順敬兄長。後作「悌」。 Respect one's elders.
| 《·》: | 子曰：「弟子入則孝，出則弟，謹而信，汎愛眾，而親仁。」 | | The Master said, "A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all, and cultivate the friendship of the good." | | 《·》: | 徐行後長者謂之弟，疾行先長者謂之不弟。 | | To walk slowly, keeping behind his elders, is to perform the part of a younger. To walk quickly and precede his elders, is to violate the duty of a younger brother. | | 《·》: | 能以事親謂之孝，能以事兄謂之弟，能以事上謂之順，能以使下謂之君。 |
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tuí ㄊㄨㄟˊ (6): 見「弟靡」。 See 弟靡.
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tuí mǐ ㄊㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧˇ : 頹唐。 Dejected, depressed.
| 《·》: | 吾與之虛而委蛇，不知其誰何，因以為弟靡，因以為波流，故逃也。 | | I confronted him with pure vacancy, and an easy indifference. He did not know what I meant to represent. Now he thought it was the idea of exhausted strength, and now that of an onward flow, and therefore he ran away. |
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dì zǐ ㄉㄧˋ ㄗˇ (1): 第與子。 Younger brothers and sons.
| 《·》: | 子曰：「弟子入則孝，出則弟，謹而信，汎愛眾，而親仁。」 | | The Master said, "A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all, and cultivate the friendship of the good." |
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dì zǐ ㄉㄧˋ ㄗˇ (2): 泛指少年。 Youth, young person.
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dì zǐ ㄉㄧˋ ㄗˇ (3): 門人，學生。 Student, disciple.
| 《·》: | 哀公問：「弟子孰為好學？」 | | The Duke Ai asked which of the disciples loved to learn. | | 《·》: | 故孔子不仕，退而脩詩書禮樂，弟子彌眾，至自遠方，莫不受業焉。 |
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