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涕

tì

tear

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 弟 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

弟 sound component

弟  Sound component

dì, tì

  

younger brother

Evolution

涕 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
涕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
涕 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
涕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

涕  

tì

tear; snivel, nasal mucus; tears; nasal mucus

Most common words with 涕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鼻涕

snivel

涕

tears

痛哭流涕

weeping bitter tears

流鼻涕

to have a runny nose

感激涕零

to shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[l̥]ˤ[ə]jʔ

thejX

tì

tears (n.)

*[l̥]ˤ[ə]jʔ-s

thejH

tì

tears (n.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.8832% of movies

2784th most common character in movies

3006th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+6D95

Shuowen

“涕，泣也。从水，弟聲。”


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