頹

See also: 頽 and 颓

頹 U+9839, 頹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9839 ← 頸 [U+9838] CJK Unified Ideographs 頺 → [U+983A]

Translingual

Han character

頹 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+7, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹山一月金 (HUMBC), four-corner 2128₆, composition ⿰禿頁)

Derived characters

• 𣟩, 𦢶, 𧔾, 𨯸, 蘈, 㿗

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1405, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43517
• Dae Jaweon: page 1922, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4374, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9839

Chinese

trad.		頹
simp.		颓
alternative forms		頽／颓 頺 穨／颓 隤／𬯎

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 頹
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
藬	*l'uːl
僓	*l̥ʰuːlʔ, *ɡluːds
頹	*l'uːl
穨	*l'uːl
蘈	*l'uːl
隤	*l'uːl
墤	*l'uːl, *kʰruːds
尵	*l'uːl, *r'uːl
蹪	*l'uːl
瀢	*l'uːlʔ, *lulʔ
鞼	*kluːl, *ɡruls
膭	*kluːl, *ɡluːls
憒	*kluːds
靧	*ɡluːds
潰	*ɡluːls
繢	*ɡluːds
嬇	*ɡluːds, *kʰruːds
殨	*ɡluːds
闠	*ɡluːds
簣	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
嘳	*kʰruːds, *kʰruds
蕢	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
聵	*ŋɡruːds
樻	*kʰruds, *ɡruds
䙡	*kʰruds, *kʰluds
匱	*ɡruds
臾	*ɡruds, *lo
饋	*ɡruls
櫃	*ɡruds
遺	*lul, *luls
壝	*lul, *lulʔ
瞶	*luls, *kluls
貴	*kluds

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuí (tui²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tôe / thôe / thōe
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵the; ⁶de

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuéi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui²
    • Yale: twéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twei
    • Palladius: туй (tuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: teoi⁴
    • Yale: tèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tôe
    • Tâi-lô: tuê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tue²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tue¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /tue²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thôe
    • Tâi-lô: thuê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toee
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /tʰue²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰue²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰue¹³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thōe
    • Tâi-lô: thuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toe
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰue³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵the; ⁶de
    • MiniDict: the^去; de^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²the; ³de
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰe³⁴/, /de²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dwoj

Rime
Character	頹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	杜回切
Baxter	dwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/duoi/
Shao Rongfen	/duɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dwəj/
Li Rong	/duᴀi/
Wang Li	/duɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tuí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	teoi4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'uːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	頹
Reading #	1/1
No.	4704
Phonetic component	貴
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	穨
Old Chinese	/*l'uːl/
Notes	同說文穨又隤

Definitions

頹

1. ^† Alternative form of 禿 / 秃 (tū, “bald”)
2. to fall; to drop
3. to collapse; to disintegrate
4. to decline; to degenerate; to decay; to become dilapidated
5. dejected; depressed; down; listless
6. aged; old and feeble
7. (ideophonic) respectful and submissive
8. ^† genitals of a male horse
9. (Cantonese) to be dispirited; to be depressed
10. a surname

Compounds

• 傾頹 / 倾颓 (qīngtuí)
• 山頹木壞 / 山颓木坏
• 扭轉頹勢 / 扭转颓势
• 摧頹 / 摧颓
• 敗宇頹垣 / 败宇颓垣
• 斷井頹垣 / 断井颓垣
• 斷壁頹垣 / 断壁颓垣
• 木壞山頹 / 木坏山颓
• 泰山其頹 / 泰山其颓
• 玉山傾頹 / 玉山倾颓
• 玉山頹 / 玉山颓
• 破瓦頹垣 / 破瓦颓垣
• 胡頹子 / 胡颓子
• 衰頹 / 衰颓 (shuāituí)
• 西頹 / 西颓
• 頹人 / 颓人
• 頹勢 / 颓势 (tuíshì)
• 頹唐 / 颓唐 (tuítáng)
• 頹喪 / 颓丧 (tuísàng)
• 頹圮 / 颓圮
• 頹壞 / 颓坏
• 頹廢 / 颓废 (tuífèi)
• 頹放 / 颓放
• 頹敗 / 颓败 (tuíbài)
• 頹氣 / 颓气
• 頹波 / 颓波
• 頹然 / 颓然
• 頹牆壞壁 / 颓墙坏壁 (tuí qiáng huài bì)
• 頹落 / 颓落
• 頹運 / 颓运
• 頹陽 / 颓阳
• 頹靡 / 颓靡 (tuímǐ)
• 頹靡不振 / 颓靡不振
• 頹風 / 颓风
• 頹飯 / 颓饭
• 頹齡 / 颓龄

 

Japanese

Kanji

頹

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): たい (tai)、た (ta)
• Kun: くずれる (kuzureru)、くずす (kuzusu)、おとがい (otogai)

Korean

Hanja

頹 • (toe) (hangeul 퇴, revised toe, McCune–Reischauer t'oe, Yale thoy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

頹: Hán Nôm readings: tồi

1. poor; bad; mediocre