諦

See also: 谛

諦 U+8AE6, 諦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AE6 ← 諥 [U+8AE5] CJK Unified Ideographs 諧 → [U+8AE7]

Translingual

Han character

諦 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜月月 (YRYBB), four-corner 0062₇, composition ⿰訁帝)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1170, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35716
• Dae Jaweon: page 1635, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4001, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8AE6

Chinese

trad.		諦
simp.		谛

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (帝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
膪	*rtaːɡs, *rteːɡs
揥	*tʰeds, *teː
腣	*teː, *teːɡs
諦	*teːɡs
偙	*teːɡs
渧	*teːɡs
帝	*teːɡs
楴	*tʰeːɡs
啼	*deː
蹄	*deː
締	*deː, *deːɡs
崹	*deː
鶙	*deː
禘	*deːɡs
啻	*hljeɡs
嫡	*rteɡ, *teːɡ
摘	*rteːɡ, *tʰeːɡ
謫	*rteːɡ
讁	*rteːɡ
擿	*deɡ
蹢	*deɡ, *teːɡ
適	*tjeɡ, *hljeɡ, *teːɡ
啇	*teːɡ
滴	*teːɡ
鏑	*teːɡ
甋	*teːɡ
樀	*teːɡ, *deːɡ
敵	*deːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *teːɡs) : semantic 言 + phonetic 帝 (OC *teːɡs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dì (di⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tè

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dì
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴
    • Yale: dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih
    • Palladius: ди (di)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dai³
    • Yale: dai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tè
    • Tâi-lô: tè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /te²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /te¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tejH

Rime
Character	諦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	都計切
Baxter	tejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/teiH/
Pan Wuyun	/teiH/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛjH/
Li Rong	/teiH/
Wang Li	/tieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*teːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	諦
Reading #	1/1
No.	2308
Phonetic component	帝
Rime group	賜
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	帝
Old Chinese	/*teːɡs/

Definitions

諦

1. to examine; to scrutinise
2. careful; attentive
3. principle; basis; essence
4. (Buddhism) truth
5. (Cantonese) to satirize; to mock; to ridicule; to have a dig at

Synonyms

• (to satirize):

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• 作弄 (zuònòng)
• 僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
• 刺 (literary, or in compounds)
• 刺溪 (chié-*kă̤) (Eastern Min)
• 創弄／创弄 (Hokkien)
• 創景／创景 (Hokkien)
• 創治／创治 (chhòng-tī) (Hokkien)
• 剾損／𠛅损 (Hokkien)
• 剾洗／𠛅洗 (khau-sé) (Hokkien)
• 剾洗／𠛅洗 (Hokkien)
• 剾褻／𠛅亵 (Hokkien)
• 𠢕滾／𠢕滚 (Hokkien)
• 取樂／取乐 (qǔlè)
• 取笑 (qǔxiào)
• 呾笑話／呾笑话 (dan³ cio³ uê⁷) (Teochew)
• 呾耍笑 (Teochew)
• 嗤笑 (chīxiào)
• 嘲弄 (cháonòng)
• 嘲笑 (cháoxiào)
• 嘲訕／嘲讪 (cháoshàn)
• 嘲諷／嘲讽 (cháofěng)
• 嘲謔／嘲谑 (cháoxuè)
• 奚落 (xīluò)
• 尋開心／寻开心 (Wu)
• 巴銳／巴锐 (Hokkien)
• 恥笑／耻笑 (chǐxiào)
• 戲弄／戏弄 (xìnòng)
• 戲謔／戏谑 (xìxuè)
• 挖苦 (wākǔ)
• 捉弄 (zhuōnòng)
• 損／损 (sǔn) (colloquial)
• 撩 (Hakka)
• 撚化 (nan² faa³) (Cantonese)
• 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
• 擺弄／摆弄
• 消遣 (xiāoqiǎn)
• 湊趣／凑趣 (còuqù)
• 𤊶人 (Hakka)
• 玩 (colloquial)
• 玩弄
• 笑 (xiào)
• 笑話／笑话 (xiàohuà)
• 耍 (shuǎ)
• 耍弄 (shuǎnòng)
• 耍忽 (sua² huah⁴) (Jin)
• 落八 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 見笑／见笑 (jiànxiào)
• 訕笑／讪笑 (shànxiào)
• 詼謔／诙谑 (huīxuè)
• 說風涼話／说风凉话 (shuō fēngliánghuà)
• 調笑／调笑 (tiáoxiào)
• 諷刺／讽刺 (fěngcì)
• 謔潲／谑潲 (Hokkien)
• 謔燒／谑烧 (Hokkien)
• 講笑／讲笑 (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
• 講耍笑／讲耍笑 (Hokkien)
• 譏刺／讥刺 (jīcì)
• 譏嘲／讥嘲 (jīcháo)
• 譏笑／讥笑 (jīxiào)
• 譏誚／讥诮 (jīqiào) (literary)
• 譏諷／讥讽 (jīfěng)
• 變弄／变弄 (Hokkien)
• 𧮙 (Wu)
• 起鬨／起哄 (qǐhòng)
• 輕體／轻体 (Hokkien)
• 逗 (dòu)
• 逗弄
• 鄙笑 (Hokkien)
• 酸笑 (Hokkien)
• 鈍／钝 (Wu)
• 開心／开心 (kāixīn)
• 開涮／开涮 (kāishuàn) (colloquial)
• 開玩笑／开玩笑 (kāi wánxiào)
• 鬧玩笑／闹玩笑 (nào wánxiào)

 

Compounds

• 三諦／三谛
• 二諦／二谛
• 十諦／十谛
• 四諦／四谛
• 圓融三諦／圆融三谛
• 揭諦／揭谛 (jiēdì)
• 洗耳諦聽／洗耳谛听
• 真諦／真谛 (zhēndì)
• 聖諦／圣谛 (shèngdì)
• 諦視／谛视 (dìshì)
• 諦聽／谛听 (dìtīng)

 

Japanese

Kanji

諦

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to give up

Readings

• Go-on: たい (tai)
• Kan-on: てい (tei, Jōyō)
• Kun: あきらめる (akirameru, 諦める, Jōyō)、つまびらか (tsumabiraka, 諦らか)、まこと (makoto, 諦)
• Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)

Korean

Hanja

諦 • (che) (hangeul 체, revised che, McCune–Reischauer ch'e, Yale chey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

諦: Hán Nôm readings: đế

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