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第 (Kangxi radical 118,竹+5, 11 strokes,cangjie input竹弓中竹 (HNLH),four-corner8822₇,composition⿱𥫗𢎨)

• 𭊗,𡠨,𭞟,𰜷,𭧞,𬄏,𫦒

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 881, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25943
• Dae Jaweon: page 1308, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2959, character 9
• Unihan data for U+7B2C

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*diːls): semantic 𥫗(“bamboo”) + phonetic 弟(OC*diːlʔ, *diːls).竹 here refers to the bamboo strips used for writing (e.g. accounting, classification) in ancient times. See also等.

Alternatively, may have originally been written弟.

Karlgren (1956: 14) connects this word with → tī梯 ‘ladder’.

第

1. sequence;number
2. grade;degree
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)mansion;residence(of a high official)

   • 裴封叔之第在光德里。[Literary Chinese,trad. andsimp.]

     From:c. 800,柳宗元(Liu Zongyuan),《梓人傳》, translated byYang Xianyi andGladys Yang

     Péi Fēngshū zhīdì zài Guāngdélǐ.[Pinyin]

     [My brother-in-law] Pei Fengshu lives in Guangde Lane.

   • 晤謝曰：“處賤，無以拒也。”太尉曰：“然終不以在吾第。”以如司農治事堂，栖之梁木上。[Literary Chinese,trad.]
     晤谢曰：“处贱，无以拒也。”太尉曰：“然终不以在吾第。”以如司农治事堂，栖之梁木上。[Literary Chinese,simp.]

     From:814,柳宗元(Liu Zongyuan),《段太尉逸事狀》, translated byYang Xianyi andGladys Yang

     Wù xiè yuē: “Chǔ jiàn, wúyǐ jù yě.” Tàiwèi yuē: “Rán zhōng bù yǐ zài wúdì.” Yǐ rú sīnóng zhìshì táng, qī zhī liángmù shàng.[Pinyin]

     “My rank was too low to refuse,” apologized Wei Wu. “Still, this must not remain in myhouse,” declared the marshal. He thus stowed the gift over a beam in his offce in the ministry of agriculture.

4. (historical)rank inimperial examinations
5. (literary)only;just

   • 嘉為檄召鄧通詣丞相府，不來，且斬通。通恐，入言文帝。文帝曰：「汝第往，吾今使人召若。」通至丞相府，免冠徒跣頓首謝。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     嘉为檄召邓通诣丞相府，不来，且斩通。通恐，入言文帝。文帝曰：「汝第往，吾今使人召若。」通至丞相府，免冠徒跣顿首谢。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From: TheRecords of the Grand Historian, bySima Qian,c. 91BCE

     Jiā wéi xí zhào Dèng Tōng yì chéngxiàngfǔ, bùlái, qiě zhǎn Tōng. Tōng kǒng, rù yán Wéndì. Wéndì yuē: “Rǔdì wǎng, wú jīn shǐ rén zhào ruò.” Tōng zhì chéngxiàng fǔ, miǎnguān túxiǎn dùnshǒu xiè.[Pinyin]

     [Shentu] Jia wrote out a despatch to summon Deng Tong to come to the chancellor's office; if he refuses to come, he would behead Tong forthwith. Tong was frightened and went in to tellEmperor Wen. Emperor Wen said, “Youjust go. I shall send someone now to summon you back.” When Tong reached the chancellor's office, he took off his cap, bared his feet, and struck his forehead on the ground to apologize.

   • 江山之外，第見風帆沙鳥，煙雲竹樹而已。[Literary Chinese,trad.]
     江山之外，第见风帆沙鸟，烟云竹树而已。[Literary Chinese,simp.]

     From:999 Sept. 27,王禹偁(Wang Yucheng),《黃州新建小竹樓記》, translated by Luo Jingguo (罗经国)

     Jiāngshān zhīwài,dì jiàn fēngfān shāniǎo, yānyún zhúshù éryǐ.[Pinyin]

     Within my field of vision besides the mountains and the river, there arenothing but sailing boats, shorebirds, mists, clouds, and stands of bamboo.

6. (literary)but;however

   • 第為上者不能察，使匹夫攘袂，群起以伸其憤。識者固知元政紊弛，而變興自下之漸矣。[Literary Chinese,trad.]
     第为上者不能察，使匹夫攘袂，群起以伸其愤。识者固知元政紊弛，而变兴自下之渐矣。[Literary Chinese,simp.]

     From:c. 1370,高啟(Gao Qi),《書博雞者事》

     Dì wéi shàng zhě bùnéng chá, shǐ pǐfū rǎngmèi, qúnqǐ yǐ shēn qí fèn. Shízhě gù zhī Yuán zhèng wěnchí, ér biàn xīng zì xià zhī jiàn yǐ.[Pinyin]

     Yet the government was also to blame for its failure to investigate the case, thus giving rise to disturbances among the common people who longed to vent their resentment. People of sense can perceive that the political proceedings in theYuan Dynasty must be lax and disorderly and that the change [of dynasty] actually grew out of the symptoms at the bottom [of the society].

   • 吾誠願與汝相守以死，第以今日事勢觀之，天災可以死，盜賊可以死，瓜分之日可以死，奸官汙吏虐民可以死，吾輩處今日之中國，國中無地無時不可以死。[Literary Chinese,trad.]
     吾诚愿与汝相守以死，第以今日事势观之，天灾可以死，盗贼可以死，瓜分之日可以死，奸官污吏虐民可以死，吾辈处今日之中国，国中无地无时不可以死。[Literary Chinese,simp.]

     From:1911 April,林覺民(Lin Juemin),《與妻書》, translated by Eva Hung

     Wú chéng yuàn yǔ rǔ xiāng shǒu yǐ sǐ,dì yǐ jīnrì shìshì guān zhī, tiānzāi kěyǐ sǐ, dàozéi kěyǐ sǐ, guāfēn zhī rì kěyǐ sǐ, jiānguān wūlì nüè mín kěyǐ sǐ, wúbèi chǔ jīnrì zhī Zhōngguó, guózhōng wúdìwúshí bùkěyǐ sǐ.[Pinyin]

     It is my fervent wish to live with you to a ripe old age.Yet if we look at the world today, death is a constant presence—natural disasters kill, so do thieves and robbers, so does the breaking up of the nation, so do corrupt officials who trample on commoners. We live in the China of today, a country where death pervades every corner and every moment.

7. Ordinalnumbermarker, usedbefore anumber to make the numberordinal.

   第二  ― dì'èr  ―  second

   第十  ― dìshí  ―  tenth

   安全第一  ― ānquándìyī  ―  safety first

8. asurname

Contraction of第二 (dai6 ji6, “second”).

第

1. (Cantonese)different;another;other

Contraction of第一 (tē-it, “first”).

第

1. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien)most

• “第”, in教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien),Ministry of Education, R.O.C.,2025.

From是 or然.

第

1. (Shanghainese, obsolete)this

This pronunciation was used in both Songjiang and urban Shanghai in the 19th Century, but is obsolete in all forms of modern Shanghainese, having been replaced by the glottalized variant迭. The character 第 is still occasionally used to write the latter pronunciation.

Others:

• → Khmer:ទី(tii)

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on:だい(dai,Jōyō)
• Kan-on:てい(tei)
• Kun:ついで(tsuide,第で)、やしき(yashiki,第)、ただ(tada)

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

第(だい)• (dai-) 

1. ordinal marker, often with affix号

   第(だい)２号(にごう)

   dai-ni gō

   The 2nd

   第(だい)１３話(じゅうさんわ)

   dai-jūsan wa

   Chapter 13

FromMiddle Chinese第 (MC dejH).

• (SK Standard/Seoul)IPA^(key):[t͡ɕe̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul:[제(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

KoreanWikisource has texts containing thehanja:

第

第 (eumhun차례(次例)제)

1. hanja form^? of제(“turn;sequence”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary,전자사전／電子字典.[1]

第:Hán Nôm readings:đệ

第

1. chữ Hán form ofđệ
   1. (only before Sino-Vietnamese numerals)ordinalnumbermarker, used only to mark the generation of a person who shares their name with their parents or grandparents, equivalent to the use of I, II, III, etc. in English.
   2. (only before Sino-Vietnamese numerals, rare)ordinalnumbermarker in general

      第三國際 (Đệ Tam Quốc tế)

      theThird International

      第一夫人 (Đệ Nhất Phu nhân)

      the First Lady

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