狄

狄 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大竹火 (KHF), four-corner 4928₀, composition ⿰犭火)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 707, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20290
• Dae Jaweon: page 1120, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1337, character 1
• Unihan data for U+72C4

"northern foreigners"

Unknown. Goldin (2011) proposes that 狄 (dí)/翟 (dí) was a "pseudo-ethnonym" and meant "feathered"; Liji mentioned that the Dí's clothings were made of birds' feathers and mammals' hairs. If so, see 翟 (dí) for more etymology.

"low servant"

Either based on the northern foreigners' endo-ethnonym, or more likely Austroasiatic (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Proto-Monic *ɗiik, Proto-Bahnaric *ɗɨc, as well as Proto-Mon-Khmer **ɗiək ~ ɗiik ~ *ɗik (“slave”).

狄

1. the Di people; Zhou dynasty era term for tribes from northern China
2. ^† low servant
3. ^† Alternative form of 翟
4. a surname

   狄仁傑／狄仁杰  ―  Dí Rénjié  ―  Di Renjie (Tang dynasty chancellor)

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. barbarian

• On (unclassified): てき (teki)
• Kun: えびす (ebisu)

• 夷狄(いてき) (iteki)

From Middle Chinese 狄 (MC dek). Recorded as Middle Korean 뎍〮 (tyék) (Yale: tyek) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Wikisource 狄 (eumhun 오랑캐 적 (orangkae jeok))

1. Hanja form^? of 적 (“tribe from northern China”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

狄: Hán Nôm readings: địch, đệt

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