| 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 涕 𬲻 㖒 㣢 绨 𡌡 𡥩 𢚖 娣 悌 挮 晜 𦯔 梯 珶 焍 [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：韦束之次弟也。从古字之象。凡弟之属皆从弟。 |
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| Guangyun: | 《···》弟：兄弟。《》云：男子先生爲兄后生爲弟。徒礼切，又特计切，七。
《···》弟：见上注又音上声。 |
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| Kangxi: | 《··》弟：〔古文〕𠂖𢦢《》徒礼切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》待礼切，𠀤第上声。《》朿韦之次第也。《》弟，第也，相次第而上也。《》今爲兄弟字。《·》男子先生爲兄，后生爲弟。《书·君𨻰》惟孝友于兄弟。又与悌通。《广雅》弟，顺也，言顺于兄。《礼·曲礼》僚友称其弟也。又易也。《》恺悌，一作岂弟。《·》齐子岂弟。《传》岂，乐也。弟，易也。又《》特计切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》大计切，𠀤音第。义同。◎按《集韵》以兄弟、岂弟之弟爲上声，孝弟之弟爲去声，据《》荠、霁二韵，弟俱训兄弟，霁韵悌训孝悌，又上声。宋礼部韵，悌训恺悌，上去二声通押。则兄弟、岂弟、孝弟，俱可通用上去二声也。 |
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| Fanqie: | 徒礼 (《···》) 特计 (《···》) 特计 (《···》) |
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| Unihan definition: | young brother; junior; i, me |
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dì ㄉㄧˋ (1): 次第，次序。后作“第”。 Sequence, order.
| 《·》: | 乱必有弟，大乱五，小乱三，讨乱三，故《》曰：“毋过乱门” | | 《·》: | 弟：韦束之次弟也。 |
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dì ㄉㄧˋ (2.1): 弟弟。 Younger brother.
| 《·》: | 宴尔新昏、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.
| 《》: | 哙以吕后弟吕须为妇，生子伉，故其比诸将最亲。 |
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dì ㄉㄧˋ (3): 后。 Late.
| 《·》: | 夫诸侯无二君，而周无二王，君若无卑天子，以干其不祥，而曰吴公，孤敢不顺从君命长弟！ |
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dì ㄉㄧˋ (4): 副词：但，只是，只管。 But, only.
| 《·》: | 予观春秋、国语，其发明五帝德、帝系姓章矣，顾弟弗深考，其所表见皆不虚。 | | 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. | | 《·》: | 南方有云梦，陛下弟出伪游云梦，会诸侯于陈。 |
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tì ㄊㄧˋ (5): 顺敬兄长。后作“悌”。 Respect one's elders.
| 《·》: | 子曰：“弟子入则孝，出则弟，谨而信，泛爱众，而亲仁。” | | 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." | | 《·》: | 徐行后长者谓之弟，疾行先长者谓之不弟。 | | 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. | | 《·》: | 能以事亲谓之孝，能以事兄谓之弟，能以事上谓之顺，能以使下谓之君。 |
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tuí ㄊㄨㄟˊ (6): 见“弟靡”。 See 弟靡.
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tuí mǐ ㄊㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧˇ : 颓唐。 Dejected, depressed.
| 《·》: | 吾与之虚而委蛇，不知其谁何，因以为弟靡，因以为波流，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): 第与子。 Younger brothers and sons.
| 《·》: | 子曰：“弟子入则孝，出则弟，谨而信，泛爱众，而亲仁。” | | 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): 门人，学生。 Student, disciple.
| 《·》: | 哀公问：“弟子孰为好学？” | | The Duke Ai asked which of the disciples loved to learn. | | 《·》: | 故孔子不仕，退而修诗书礼乐，弟子弥众，至自远方，莫不受业焉。 |
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