娣

娣 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女金弓竹 (VCNH), four-corner 4842₇, composition ⿰女弟)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 263, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6329
• Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1053, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5A23

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *diːlʔ, *diːls) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls, “young family member”).

Same word as 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls, “younger brother”).

娣

1. ^† younger of two women married to a man; (in general) concubine of a man
2. ^† younger sister
3. ^† wife of husband's younger brother
4. ^† mother's younger sister
5. a surname
6. Used in the given name of a girl to symbolize the hope that she will have a younger brother.

   招娣  ―  Zhāodì  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   引娣  ―  Yǐndì  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• “娣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. younger sister
2. sister-in-law

• On (unclassified): てい (tei); だい (dai)
• Kun: いもうと (imōto); おば (oba)

娣 • (je) (hangeul 제, revised je, McCune–Reischauer che)

1. younger sister
2. sister-in-law

娣: Hán Nôm readings: đệ

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