第
第 — je
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 차례 제
- Romanization
- je
- English
- sequence, number; grade, degree
- Mandarin
- dì
- Japanese on'yomi
- ダイ, テイ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- ただ ついで やしき
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #160 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 竹 (118, 5 residual)
- Unicode
- U+7B2C
How 第 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 第 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 竹, 弟.
Korean example words with 第
- 사제私第 Korean gloss: 개인 소유의 집
- 향제鄕第 Korean gloss: 고향에 있는 집
- 저제邸第 Korean gloss: 규모가 아주 큰 집
- 본제本第 Korean gloss: ‘본가’를 이르는 말
- 차제次第 Korean gloss: 그 즉시. 또는 그 다음
- 제이第二 Korean gloss: 여럿 가운데서 둘째가는 것
- 제일第一 Korean gloss: 여럿 가운데서 첫째가는 것
- 갑제甲第 Korean gloss: 크고 넓게 아주 잘 지은 집
- 등제하다登第 Korean gloss: 과거에 급제하다
- 낙제하다落第 Korean gloss: 진학 또는 진급을 못 하다
- 제일류第一流 Korean gloss: 제일가는 등급
- 제일보第一步 Korean gloss: 어떤 일의 시작
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 第
- 次第にしだいに gradually; by degrees; little by little
- 第一歩だいいっぽ first step
- 第三者だいさんしゃ third party; third person; outsider
- 第一人者だいいちにんしゃ leading person; foremost figure
- 第二次世界大戦だいにじせかいたいせん Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII
- 第一線だいいっせん the front (of a battlefield); forefront
- 第一声だいいっせい first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech
- 第三国だいさんごく a third country
- 次第しだい depending on; as soon as; immediately after
- 第一義だいいちぎ primary significance; primary importance; first principle
- 第一次世界大戦だいいちじせかいたいせん First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI
- 第一印象だいいちいんしょう first impression
Other hanja read “제”
Other hanja with radical 竹
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