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

simp. and trad.		梯

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

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tī (ti¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ti¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tai¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hai¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thôi

  (Hailu, HRS): toi^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): toi¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): tăi
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tui¹ / te¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thui / the

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tui¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹thi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ti
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi¹
    • Yale: tī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ti
    • Palladius: ти (ti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ti¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ti
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tai¹
    • Yale: tāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: toi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: toi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: toi^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoi⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: toi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoɪ⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tăi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: tui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰui⁵³³/
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: te¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰe⁵³³/

Note:

• tui1 - vernacular;
• te1 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines, Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thui
    • Tâi-lô: thui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tuy
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /tʰui³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Longyan): /tʰui³³⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: the
    • Tâi-lô: the
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tef
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe³³/

Note:

• thui - vernacular;
• the - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: tui¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thui
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰui³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹thi
    • MiniDict: thi^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: thej

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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tai1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤ[ə]j/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰiːl/

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; 支 mn; 張／张 mn-t)

   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

Dialectal synonyms of 梯子 (“ladder”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		梯子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	梯子
	Taiwan	梯子
	Harbin	梯子
	Malaysia	樓梯
	Singapore	樓梯
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	梯子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	梯子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	梯子
	Wanrong	梯子
	Xi'an	梯子
	Xining	梯子
	Xuzhou	梯子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	梯子
	Lanzhou	梯架
	Ürümqi	梯架
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	梯子
	Wuhan	梯子, 樓梯
	Guiyang	樓梯
	Liuzhou	梯子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	梯子
	Yangzhou	梯子
	Nantong	扶梯
	Hefei	梯子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	梯, 梯橫
	Hong Kong	梯
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	梯
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	梯
	Macau	梯
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	梯橫
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	梯
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	梯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	梯
	Foshan	梯橫
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	梯
	Foshan (Shunde)	梯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	梯
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	梯
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	梯橫
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	梯
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	梯
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	梯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	梯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	梯
	Taishan	憑企
	Kaiping (Chikan)	憑企
	Enping (Niujiang)	憑企
	Heshan (Yayao)	梯
	Dongguan	梯
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	梯
	Yangjiang	梯
	Wuzhou	梯
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	梯
	Hepu (Shatian)	梯
	Qinzhou	梯
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	梯
	Beihai	梯
	Beihai (Nankang)	梯
	Beihai (Yingpan)	梯
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	梯
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	梯
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	爬梯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	梯
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	梯
	Móng Cái	腳梯
Gan	Nanchang	樓梯
	Lichuan	樓批
	Pingxiang	樓梯
Hakka	Meixian	梯
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	梯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	梯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	梯
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	梯
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	梯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	梯仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	梯仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	梯仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	梯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	梯仔, 梯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	梯
	Hong Kong	陡梯
	Senai (Huiyang)	梯
	Kuching (Hepo)	樓梯
Huizhou	Jixi	梯
Jin	Taiyuan	梯子
	Xinzhou	梯子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	樓階
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	梯, 樓梯
Southern Min	Xiamen	梯, 樓梯
	Manila (Hokkien)	樓梯, 梯
	Chaozhou	梯
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	梯
	Haikou	梯
Puxian Min	Putian	樓梯
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	樓梯
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	樓梯
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	樓梯
	Xianyou	樓梯
	Xianyou (Fengting)	樓梯
	Xianyou (Youyang)	樓梯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	樓梯
Wu	Shanghai	胡梯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	梯
	Suzhou	梯
	Wuxi	梯子, 竹梯
	Danyang	梯, 梯子
	Hangzhou	梯子
	Ningbo	路梯
	Wenzhou	樓梯
	Jinhua	梯兒
Xiang	Changsha	樓梯, 梯子
	Shuangfeng	樓梯

Dialectal synonyms of 自動扶梯 (“escalator”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		自動扶梯, 電動扶梯, 電扶梯
Northeastern 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	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	扶手電梯, 電梯, 扶梯

Compounds

• 人梯 (réntī)
• 去梯言
• 回旋梯
• 太平梯 (tàipíngtī)
• 天梯 (tiāntī)
• 安全梯
• 扶梯 (fútī)
• 抽梯子
• 拔短梯
• 搭梯子
• 摺梯 / 折梯
• 木拐梯子
• 梯凳
• 梯媒
• 梯子 (tīzi)
• 梯山
• 梯山航海 (tīshānhánghǎi)
• 梯己
• 梯形 (tīxíng)
• 梯恩梯 (tī'ēntī)
• 梯桄
• 梯橋 / 梯桥
• 梯次 (tīcì)
• 梯氣 / 梯气
• 梯河
• 梯田 (tītián)
• 梯級 / 梯级 (tījí)
• 梯航
• 梯衝 / 梯冲
• 梯隊 / 梯队 (tīduì)
• 樓梯 / 楼梯 (lóutī)
• 氣壓梯度 / 气压梯度
• 滑梯 (huátī)
• 滑稽突梯
• 登梯
• 登雲梯 / 登云梯
• 盤梯 / 盘梯
• 禍梯 / 祸梯
• 突梯
• 突梯滑稽
• 第三梯隊 / 第三梯队
• 等腰梯形 (děngyāo tīxíng)
• 緪梯
• 繩梯 / 绳梯
• 翻梯子
• 胡梯 (hútī)
• 航海梯山
• 舷梯 (xiántī)
• 軟梯 / 软梯
• 鉤梯 / 钩梯
• 階梯 / 阶梯 (jiētī)
• 雲梯 / 云梯 (yúntī)
• 雲梯車 / 云梯车
• 電扶梯 / 电扶梯 (diànfútī)
• 電梯 / 电梯 (diàntī)
• 飛梯 / 飞梯
• 魚梯 / 鱼梯

References

• “梯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

梯

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: たい (tai)
• Kan-on: てい (tei)
• Kun: はしご (hashigo, 梯)

Compounds

• 雲梯(うんてい) (untei)
• 階梯(かいてい) (kaitei)
• 魚梯(ぎょてい) (gyotei)
• 雲(くも)の梯(かけはし) (kumo no kakehashi)
• 舷梯(げんてい) (gentei)
• 古言梯(こげんてい) (kogentei)
• 索梯(さくてい) (sakutei)
• 桟梯(さんてい) (santei)
• 梯形(ていけい) (teikei)
• 梯梧(でいご) (deigo), 梯姑(でいご) (deigo): Indian coral tree
• 梯尺(ていしゃく) (teishaku)
• 梯状(ていじょう) (teijō)
• 梯陣(ていじん) (teijin)
• 梯隊(ていたい) (teitai)
• 梯団(ていだん) (teidan)
• 梯子(はしご) (hashigo), 梯子(ていし) (teishi): ladder
• 梯立(はした)て (hashitate)
• 梯(はし)の子(こ) (hashi no ko)
• 磐梯山(ばんだいさん) (Bandaisan)

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [제]

Hanja

Wikisource

梯 • (je) (hangeul 제)

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Vietnamese

Han character

梯: Hán Nôm readings: thê

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