弟

弟 U+5F1F, 弟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F1F
← 弞
[U+5F1E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 张 →
[U+5F20]

Translingual

Han character
Stroke order

弟 (radical 57, 弓+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 金弓中竹 (CNLH), four-corner 80227, composition ⿹丿弚)

Derived characters

References
  • KangXi: page 357, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9737
  • Dae Jaweon: page 673, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 244, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5F1F

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 弟
variant forms 𠂖

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

Pronunciation
Note:
  • tī/tǐ - vernacular;
  • tē/tě - literary;
  • tî/ti/tih - limited, e.g 阿弟, 弟弟.
Rime
Character 弟 弟
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 齊 (39) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 徒禮切 特計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /deiX/ /deiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /deiX/ /deiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /dɛiX/ /dɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /dɛjX/ /dɛjH/
Li
Rong		 /deiX/ /deiH/
Wang
Li		 /dieiX/ /dieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱieiX/ /dʱieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 dì dì
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 弟
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 dì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dejX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*lˁəjʔ/
English younger brother

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 弟 弟
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 2294 2297
Phonetic
component		 弟 弟
Rime
group		 脂 脂
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 弟 第
Old
Chinese		 /*diːlʔ/ /*diːls/
Notes 甲金文象繩束弋（朱芳圃說），繞弋繩須次第不亂方利於射，
爲第初文

Definitions

弟

  1. younger brother
  2. junior
  3. (humble) I; me

Compounds
Derived terms from 弟

References

Japanese

Kanji
弟

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
弟
おと
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Cognate with the verb 劣る (otoru, “to be lesser, inferior”).[1]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

弟 (hiragana おと, rōmaji oto)

  1. a younger sibling

See also

Etymology 2
弟 (otōto): the orange highlighting indicates the younger brother relative to all of the children to the left.
Kanji in this term
弟
おとうと
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

/otopito/ → /otoɸito/ → /otowito/ → /*otowuto/ → /otouto/ → /otoːto/

Originally a compound of 弟 (oto, “younger sibling”) +‎ 人 (hito, “person”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

弟 (hiragana おとうと, rōmaji otōto)

  1. one’s own younger brother
  2. a younger male

(alternative reading hiragana おとっ, romaji oto')

  1. (Kagoshima) younger brother
Usage notes

Used when referring to one’s own younger brother. To refer to someone else’s younger brother, the suffixed form 弟さん (otōto-san) is used instead. When addressing one’s own younger brother, the given name is used, often with a suffix, such as 太郎君 (Tarō-kun). Contrast with addressing one’s own older brother, when one uses the honorific お兄さん (onīsan).

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

弟 • (je)

  • Eumhun:
    • Sound (hangeul): 제
    • Name (hangeul): 아우 (revised: au, McCune–Reischauer: au, Yale: awu)
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Vietnamese

Han character

弟 (đệ, dễ)

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