題

See also: 题

題	U+984C, 題 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-984C

← 顋
[U+984B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

額 →
[U+984D]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

題 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 日人一月金 (AOMBC), four-corner 6180₈, composition ⿺是頁)

Derived characters

𢖤, 𤄭, 𣠢, 禵

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1406, character 38
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43584
Dae Jaweon: page 1924, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4381, character 4
Unihan data for U+984C

Chinese

trad.		題
simp.		题

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *deː, *deːs) : phonetic 是 (OC *djeʔ) + semantic 頁 (“head”) – “forehead”.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tí (ti²)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tai⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thì
Eastern Min (BUC): dà̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tê / tôe

(Teochew, Peng'im): doi⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶di

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/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thì
  - Hakka Romanization System: ti^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ti²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dà̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tê
  - Tâi-lô: tê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dee
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /te²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /te¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /te²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tôe
  - Tâi-lô: tuê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doee
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /tue²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: doi⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tôi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /toi⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶di
  - MiniDict: di^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²³/

Middle Chinese: dej

Rime
Character	題
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tai⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*deː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	題
Reading #	1/2
No.	11623
Phonetic component	是
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	嗁
Old Chinese	/*deː/

Definitions

題

^† forehead
title
question; quiz; problem (Classifier: 道 m; 條／条 c)
命題／命题 ― mìngtí ― to set a question

解題／解题 ― jiětí ― to solve exam questions or exercise problems

刷題／刷题 ― shuātí ― to do a large number of exam questions

送命題／送命题 ― sòngmìngtí ― brutal question
Classifier for questions. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
to sign; to write; to inscribe
題名／题名 ― tímíng ― to sign one's name

題字／题字 ― tízì ― to write words of commemoration
Alternative form of 提 (“to mention”)
a surname

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dì (di⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dì
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴
  - Yale: dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih
  - Palladius: ди (di)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: dejH

Rime
Character	題
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	特計切
Baxter	dejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/dei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛj^H/
Li Rong	/dei^H/
Wang Li	/diei^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱiei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dai⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*deːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	題
Reading #	2/2
No.	11635
Phonetic component	是
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	第
Old Chinese	/*deːs/

Definitions

題

^† Alternative form of 睇 (“to look at; to scrutinize”)
^‡ Alternative form of 㼵 (dì, “small basin”)

References

“題”, 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

Alternative forms

(theme): お題(だい) (o-dai)

Kanji

題

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Go-on: だい (dai, Jōyō)
Kan-on: てい (tei)
Kun: ひたい (hitai, 題)

Compounds

品(ひん)題(だい) (hindai): evaluation; title
問(もん)題(だい) (mondai): issue; problem
宿(しゅく)題(だい) (shukudai): homework; assignment

Etymology

Kanji in this term
題
だい Grade: 3
goon

From Middle Chinese 題 (MC dej|dejH).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だい [dáꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [da̠i]

Noun

題(だい) • (dai)

title
theme
今回(こんかい)のお題(だい)は […]
konkai no o-dai wa […]
The theme/topic this time is […]
issue
problem

Counter

題(だい) • (-dai)

questions on a test

Suffix

題(だい) • (-dai)

question on a test
(calligraphy) calligraphy by […]

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

題 (eumhun 제목 제 (jemok je))

hanja form^? of 제 (“title”)

Vietnamese

Han character

題: Hán Nôm readings: đề

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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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