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涕
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

snot

HSK 7
Human →Body →Skeleton
tì
テイ
なみだ、な.く
체
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 弟 represents the sound.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 弟 younger brother =
涕 snot
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
弟 Phonetic component
dì younger brother
young brother
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
涕
Regular
Modern
Chinese
涕 [tì]
tears; nasal mucus
Japanese
涙 、 泪 (rare) 、 涕 (rare) なみだ 、 なみた (old) 、 なだ (old) 、 なんだ (old) 同音

noun

  1. tear; tears; lachrymal secretion
  2. sympathy
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
２粒の涙が彼女のほおを流れ落ちた。
Two tears fell down her cheeks.
Japanese Names
涕 てい
Tei unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (23)
鼻涕 [bí​tì] #8,084
nasal mucus
痛哭流涕 [tòng​kū​liú​tì] #28,772
weeping bitter tears
流鼻涕 [liú​bí​tì] #25,655
to have a runny nose
感激涕零 [gǎn​jī​tì​líng] #40,472
to shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears
破涕为笑 [pò​tì​wéi​xiào] #43,836
to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
破涕为笑 [pò​tì​wéi​xiào] #43,836
to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
擤鼻涕 [xǐng​bí​tì] #50,163
to blow one's nose
滴滴涕 [dī​dī​tì] #50,929
DDT (loanword)
涕泣 [tì​qì] #53,794
to weep
涕零 [tì​líng] #59,209
to shed tears
13 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
⭐ 涙 [なみだ] #756
tear
流涕 [りゅうてい] #144,004
crying
涕泣 [ていきゅう]
weeping