梯

梯 U+68AF, 梯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68AF
← 梮
[U+68AE] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 械 →
[U+68B0]

Translingual

Han character

梯 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木金弓竹 (DCNH), four-corner 48927, composition ⿰木弟)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 531, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14881
  • Dae Jaweon: page 919, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1220, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+68AF

Chinese

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Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (弟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
梯 *tʰiːl
睇 *tʰiːl, *diːls
涕 *tʰiːlʔ, *tʰiːls
挮 *tʰiːlʔ
鬀 *tʰiːls, *diːls
剃 *tʰiːls
綈 *diːl
蕛 *diːl
稊 *diːl
苐 *diːl
鵜 *diːl
銻 *diːl
鮷 *diːl
罤 *diːl
弟 *diːlʔ, *diːls
娣 *diːlʔ, *diːls
悌 *diːlʔ, *diːls
第 *diːls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰiːl) : semantic 木 (“wood, tree”) + phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls) – a wooden ladder.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • thui - vernacular;
  • the - literary.
Rime
Character 梯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 土雞切
Baxter thej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /tʰei/
Pan
Wuyun		 /tʰei/
Shao
Rongfen		 /tʰɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /tʰɛj/
Li
Rong		 /tʰei/
Wang
Li		 /tʰiei/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /tʰiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 tī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 tai1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 梯
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 tī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ thej ›
Old
Chinese		 /*l̥ˁ[ə]j/
English stairs

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 梯
Reading # 1/1
No. 2279
Phonetic
component		 弟
Rime
group		 脂
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 梯
Old
Chinese		 /*tʰiːl/

Definitions

梯

  1. ladder; steps; stairs (Classifier: 條／条 c; 堂 c)
    擔堂梯／担堂梯 [Cantonese]  ―  daam1 tong4 tai1 [Jyutping]  ―  to carry a ladder
  2. ladder-shaped object
  3. to climb
  4. to lean against
  5. (Hong Kong, in compounds) escalator
    梯旁 [Cantonese]  ―  tai1 pong4 [Jyutping]  ―  along the Central–Mid-Levels escalator

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms of 自動扶梯 (“escalator”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 自動扶梯, 電動扶梯, 電扶梯
Mandarin Taiwan 自動扶梯, 電動扶梯, 電扶梯, 手扶梯
Malaysia 電梯
Singapore 電動扶梯, 電梯
Cantonese Hong Kong 扶手電梯, 行人電梯, 自動電梯, 電梯, 自動梯, 扶梯
Macau 電梯
Hakka Kuching (Hepo) 電梯
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 扶手電梯, 電梯, 扶梯

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji
梯

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

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Compounds
Compounds

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Hanja

Wikisource 梯 • (je) (hangeul 제)

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Vietnamese

Han character

梯: Hán Nôm readings: thê

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