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

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/

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	/tei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/tei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛj^H/
Li Rong	/tei^H/
Wang Li	/tiei^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tiei^H/
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

to examine; to scrutinise
careful; attentive
principle; basis; essence
(Buddhism) truth
(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

Japanese

Kanji

諦

(Jōyō kanji)

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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