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| Traditional | 齒 |
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| Shinjitai | 歯 |
| Simplified | 齿 |
齒 (Kangxi radical 211,齒+0, 15 strokes,cangjie input卜一山人人 (YMUOO),four-corner21772,composition⿱止𠚕)
| trad. | 齒 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 齿 | |
| alternative forms | ||
| Historical forms of the character齒 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) | Liushutong (compiled inMing) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Pictogram (象形) – a mouth full of teeth. Nowphono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声) with phonetic止 (OC*kjɯʔ) added.
Unclear. Not related toTibetanམཆེ་བ(mche ba,“fang, tusk”), which is cognate with齻 /𱌺(diān,“eyetooth”), but may be the same word asProto-Min*kʰiᴮ(“tooth”). Another possibility is a derivation from an Austroasiatic etymon;Schuessler, 2007 (p.188) suggests a possible relationship toKhmerខ្នាយ(khnaay,“tusk, spur”), as Austroasiatic medial /n/ is often deleted in loans.
| Variety | Location | 齒 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴/ |
| Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹³/ | |
| Tianjin | /t͡sʰz̩¹³/ | |
| Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/ | |
| Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵³/ | |
| Xi'an | /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/ | |
| Xining | /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁴⁴²/ | |
| Ürümqi | /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡sʰz̩⁴²/ | |
| Chengdu | /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/ | |
| Guiyang | /t͡sʰz̩²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵³/ | |
| Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹²/ | |
| Hefei | /t͡sʰʐ̩²⁴/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/ |
| Pingyao | /sz̩⁵³/平~磨 /t͡sz̩⁵³/~輪兒 | |
| Hohhot | /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡sz̩³⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /t͡sʰz̩ʷ⁵¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡ɕʰi³¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁴¹/ |
| Xiangtan | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁴²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sʰz̩²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰz̩³¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /tʃʰï³¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰi³⁵/ |
| Nanning | /t͡sʰi³⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡sʰi³⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡sʰi⁵³/ /kʰi⁵³/ |
| Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kʰi³²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sʰi²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Teochew) | /kʰi⁵³/ | |
| Haikou (Hainanese) | /xi²¹³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 齒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 昌 (24) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 昌里切 |
| Baxter | tsyhiX |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕʰɨX/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕʰɨX/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕʰieX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cʰɨX/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕʰiəX/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕʰĭəX/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕʰiX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ci2 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 齒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | chǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyhiX › |
| Old Chinese | /*t-[k]ʰə(ŋ)ʔ/ (or *t.ŋ̊əʔ) |
| English | front teeth |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 齒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17302 |
| Phonetic component | 止 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 齒 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰjɯʔ/ |
齒
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 理,管,睬,理睬,理會 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 理,搭理,搭咯 |
| Taiwan | 理,管 | |
| Singapore | 理,管 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 理,搭理 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 招,理 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 理,睬,理視,耳視,張視 |
| Wuhan | 邇,理,睬 | |
| Guilin | 理 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 睬 |
| Hefei | 理,睬 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 睬,理,騷 |
| Hong Kong | 睬,理,騷 | |
| Yangjiang | 理,睬 | |
| Singapore(Guangfu) | 理 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 理,搭 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 睬,唰 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 理,理睬 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 理 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 叕,插 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 插,插趖,插潲,插管,管待,嘀厾,理落 |
| Quanzhou | 插,插趖,插潲,嘀厾 | |
| Zhangzhou | 插,插潲,插管,管待 | |
| Tainan | 插,管,管待 | |
| Penang(Hokkien) | 插潲 | |
| Singapore(Hokkien) | 插,插潲,管,插管,甩 | |
| Manila(Hokkien) | 插,插潲,管 | |
| Chaozhou | 睬 | |
| Shantou | 理 | |
| Jieyang | 睬 | |
| Singapore(Teochew) | 插 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan(Longdu, Shaxi) | 理 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 睬,理 rare |
| Suzhou | 理,睬 | |
| Wenzhou | 朝,理 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 齒 |
| Shuangfeng | 齒,搭,邇 | |
| 歯 | |
| 齒 |
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji,shinjitai form歯)
FromMiddle Chinese齒 (MC tsyhiX). Recorded asMiddle Korean치〯(chǐ) (Yale:chi) inHunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

齒:Hán Việt readings:xỉ (
齒:Nôm readings:xỉ[1][2][4],xỉa[1][3][5],xẻ[3]