儕

儕 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+14, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人卜X (OYX), four-corner 2022₃, composition ⿰亻齊)

• KangXi: page 119, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1227
• Dae Jaweon: page 253, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 231, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5115

Historical forms of the character 儕
Bronze inscriptions b12298 b12299 Small seal script s05750
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zriːl) : semantic 人 + phonetic 齊 (OC *zliːl, *zliːls).

From 齊 (OC *zliːl, *zliːls).

儕

1. ^† fellows; associates; company; companion
2. ^† to make (two people) become a pair; to make people marry
3. ^† together; with each other

Possibly related to Proto-Tai *ʑaːjᴬ (“man; male”) (Luo and Deng, 1995; Li, 1997).

儕

1. (Hakka, Min Zhong, in compounds) person
2. (Hakka) Classifier for people.

   • 食个人，婦人家㧯細人仔以外，約有五千儕。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
     食个人，妇人家㧯细人仔以外，约有五千侪。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]

     From: 現代臺灣客語譯本 (Today's Taiwan Hakka Version), 馬太福音 (Matthew) 14:21

     Sṳ̍t ke ngìn, fu-ngìn-kâ lâu se-ngìn-è yî-ngoi, yok yû ńg-chhiên sà. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

     And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

Origins unclear, possibly a development from 全.

First attested in writing in the Ming Dynasty, in The Mountain Songs (山歌) by Feng Monglong, either as a sound-borrowing or through grammaticalisation of Etymology 1. (Shen, 2017)

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儕

1. (Northern Wu) all; completely; each and every one out of a determinate quantity; always; under all circumstances

   大多數貓儕有綠眼睛。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   大多数猫侪有绿眼睛。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   From: 2007, Liejiong Xu, 《上海話「儕」與普通話「都」的異同》 (Similarities between Ze(儕) in Shanghai Dialect and Dou(都) in Mandarin)

   [d̥a̱²² tv̩ʷ⁵⁵ sv̩ʷ²¹ ʔmɔ⁵³ z̥e̞²³ ɦiɜ³³  lʊʔ¹¹ ŋe̞²² t͡ɕɪɲ²³] [IPA]

   Most cats have in common their green eyes.

   城裡向各店家。我儕問到個。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   城里向各店家。我侪问到个。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   From: 1908, 《土話指南》

   Each and every shop in the city; I have asked all of them.

   天浪太陽月亮，年年才是一樣。 [Suzhounese, trad.]
   天浪太阳月亮，年年才是一样。 [Suzhounese, simp.]

   From: 1949, Haishu Ni, 《蘇州話詩經》——〈天浪太陽月亮〉(The Sun and The Moon In the Sky, from The Suzhounese Book of Songs)

   The sun and the moon in the sky, always are the same year after year.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 㑪)

1. fellow
2. together

• Go-on: せい (sei)
• Kan-on: さい (sai)
• Kan’yō-on: ぜ (ze)
• Kun: ともがら (tomogara, 儕)

儕 (eum 제 (je))

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儕: Hán Nôm readings: sài

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