醍

醍 U+918D, 醍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-918D ← 醌 [U+918C] CJK Unified Ideographs 醎 → [U+918E]

Translingual

Han character

醍 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一田日一人 (MWAMO), four-corner 1668₁, composition ⿰酉是)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1285, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39924
• Dae Jaweon: page 1785, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3589, character 10
• Unihan data for U+918D

Chinese

trad.		醍
simp. #		醍

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鞮	*teː
隄	*teː, *deː
堤	*teː, *teːʔ, *dje
鍉	*teː
蝭	*teːs, *deː
醍	*tʰeːʔ, *deː
緹	*tʰeːʔ, *deː
提	*deː, *dje
瑅	*deː
題	*deː, *deːs
媞	*deː, *deːʔ, *djeʔ
褆	*deː, *deʔ, *djeʔ
禔	*deː, *tje, *dje
騠	*deː
趧	*deː
鯷	*deː, *deːs, *djes
踶	*deːs, *deʔ
徥	*deʔ, *djeʔ
匙	*dje
是	*djeʔ
諟	*djeʔ
翨	*hljes, *kles
睼	*tʰeːns
寔	*djɯɡ
湜	*dɯɡ
遈	*djɯɡ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tí (ti²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tí
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tí
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi²
    • Yale: tí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyi
    • Palladius: ти (ti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tai⁴
    • Yale: tàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dej

Rime
Character	醍
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	杜奚切
Baxter	dej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dei/
Pan Wuyun	/dei/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛj/
Li Rong	/dei/
Wang Li	/diei/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*deː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	醍
Reading #	2/2
No.	11625
Phonetic component	是
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	嗁
Old Chinese	/*deː/

Definitions

醍

1. Only used in 粢醍.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǐ (ti³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi³
    • Yale: tǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tii
    • Palladius: ти (ti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: thejX

Rime
Character	醍
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	他禮切
Baxter	thejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰeiX/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰeiX/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛjX/
Li Rong	/tʰeiX/
Wang Li	/tʰieiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰieiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tai2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰeːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	醍
Reading #	1/2
No.	11618
Phonetic component	是
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	體
Old Chinese	/*tʰeːʔ/

Definitions

醍

1. fairly clear, pink or light red alcohol

Compounds

• 粢醍

 

Japanese

Kanji

醍

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. whey
2. good Buddhist teaching

Readings

• Go-on: たい (tai)、だい (dai)
• Kan-on: てい (tei)

Compounds

• 醍(だい)醐(ご) (daigo, “ghee; fifth flavor in the Nirvana Sutra”)

Korean

Hanja

醍 • (je) (hangeul 제, revised je, McCune–Reischauer che, Yale cey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

醍: Hán Nôm readings: thể, đề

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