See also: and
U+5BFE, 対
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BFE

[U+5BFD]
CJK Unified Ideographs 寿
[U+5BFF]

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

(Kangxi radical 41, 寸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜大木戈 (YKDI), four-corner 04400, composition )

Derived characters

  • 𠲝, 𢙪, 𢬭, 𨒻, 𧻐, 𩛜, 𣋇, 𢇉

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 294, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7419
  • Dae Jaweon: page 581, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 504, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5BFE

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Glyph origin

Simplified from (⿱业𦍌).

Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. facing, opposed
  2. pair, duo, dyad

Readings

  • Go-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
  • Tō-on: つい (tsui, Jōyō)つゐ (twi, historical)
  • Kun: あいて (aite, )あひて (afite, , historical)こたえる (kotaeru, 対える)こたへる (kotaferu, 対へる, historical)そろい (soroi, 対い)そろひ (sorofi, 対ひ, historical)つれあい (tsureai, 対い)つれあひ (tureafi, 対ひ, historical)ならぶ (narabu, 対ぶ)むかう (mukau, 対かう)むかふ (mukafu, 対かふ, historical)
  • Nanori: つし (tsushi)

Usage notes

  • Most dictionaries do not have "つゐ" as a historical reading for 対. According to historical data, the tōon-reading of 対 is the modern "つい". However, the Dai Kanwa Jiten has "つゐ" and related -ゐ historical on-readings.

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (MC twojH).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

(たい) • (tai

  1. versus
    Synonym: バーサス (bāsasu)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
つい
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (MC twojH).

Pronunciation

Counter

(つい) • (-tsui

  1. items that come in pairs
  2. sets of furniture etc.
Derived terms
  • (いっ)(つい) (ittsui)
  • (そう)(つい) (sōtsui)
  • (えん)()(つい) (enkitsui)
  • (ねつ)(でん)(つい) (netsudentsui)

Noun

(つい) • (tsui

  1. pair
    (つい)(つく)
    tsui o tsukuru
    to form a pair

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 대답할 (daedaphal dae))

  1. hanja form? of (alternative form of )

References

  • Zonmal.com Hanja Dictionary (존말닷컴 한자사전/漢字辭典) (2002-2005). [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: đối[1]
: Nôm readings: đổi[1], đối[1], đói[1], đuổi[1]

  1. alternative form of

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Nguyễn et al. (2009).