Character: 弟
Modern (Beijing) reading: dì
Preclassic Old Chinese: Ł(h)ǝ̄jʔ
Classic Old Chinese: Ł(h)ǝ̄́j
Western Han Chinese: lǝ̄́j (~ Łh-)
Eastern Han Chinese: l(h)ǝ̄́j
Early Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ǝ̄́j
Middle Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ǝ̄́j
Late Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ǝ̄́j
Middle Chinese: diéj
English meaning : younger brother
Russian meaning[s]: 1) младший брат; младший; эпист. я (к старшему); ты (к младшему); 2) порядок, последовательность, см. 第
Comments: Also read *Ł(h)ǝ̄jʔ-s, MC dìej (FQ 特計) id. Used also in the phrase 豈弟 *khǝ̄jʔ-Ł(h)ǝ̄jʔ 'to be joyous, pleased'. Viet d_ệ is colloquial; regular Sino-Viet. is d_ễ.
Radical: 57
Four-angle index: 4647
Karlgren code: 0591 a-c
Vietnamese reading: d_ệ
Jianchuan Bai: -thi1
Dali Bai: -the6
Bijiang Bai: -thie1
Shijing occurrences: 26.2, 35.2_, 39.2_, 51.1_, 51.2, 58.5
