翟

翟 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸一人土 (SMOG), four-corner 1721₄, composition ⿱羽隹)

• 㒛, 嚁, 𡒔, 嬥, 𡽢, 𢖈, 𢣷, 擢, 濯, 㺟, 𫾥, 曜, 櫂, 𣩰, 燿, 𤛹, 𦡱, 𤾫, 矅, 𥜔, 𥣞, 䊮, 䌦, 蠗, 耀, 𧥋, 𬣑, 𧸭, 躍, 𨤠, 𠑝, 鑃, 𩍪, 𦒰, 䴞
• 䢰, 𣰞, 趯, 𩴹, 𫦼, 𨞩, 戳, 𭣟, 㪬, 𣤩, 𭯪, 𩁙, 鸐(𱊱), 藋, 籊, 㿑, 𩱲

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 957, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28727
• Dae Jaweon: page 1403, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3350, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7FDF

Historical forms of the character 翟
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 羽 (“feather”) + 隹 (“bird”).

Schuessler (2007) suggests that the name of the long-tailed pheasant is related to 濯 (OC *d-liauk, “clean, brilliant, glossy; to moisten, to wash”) and its exopassive 濯 (OC *d-liaukh, “to wash clothes”) owing to the birds' shiny feathers. See there for further etymology.

STEDT derives this from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-rik ~ *s-rjak (“pheasant, partridge”).

Goldin (2011) proposes that 翟 (dí) and 狄 (dí, “northern foreigners”) are related, 狄 (dí) being a "pseudo-ethnonym" meaning "feathered".

翟

1. (archaic) a long-tailed species of pheasant

   • 羽畎夏翟 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 7^th – 4^th centuries BCE

     yǔquǎn xiàdí [Pinyin]

     variegated long-tailed pheasants from the ravines of Feather Mountain.

2. (historical) pheasant plumes used in dances

   • 左手執籥、右手秉翟。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     左手执籥、右手秉翟。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zuǒ shǒu zhí yào, yòu shǒu bǐng dí. [Pinyin]

     I grasp a flute with my left hand; I hold a pheasant's feather in my right hand.

3. (obsolete) things decorated with pheasant plumes

   • 玼兮玼兮、其之翟也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Cǐ xī cǐ xī, qí zhī dí yě. [Pinyin]

     How rich and splendid is her pheasant-feather-decorated robe!

4. Alternative form of 狄

   • 夫先王之制，邦內甸服，邦外侯服，侯衛賓服，夷蠻要服，戎翟荒服。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫先王之制，邦内甸服，邦外侯服，侯卫宾服，夷蛮要服，戎翟荒服。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Fú xiānwáng zhī zhì, bāngnèi diànfú, bāngwài hóufú, hóuwèi bīnfú, yímán yàofú, róngdí huāngfú. [Pinyin]

     According to the former kings' plan: insides the state should be the royal domain, outsides the state the nobility's domain, the nobility's attendants in the guest domain, the Yi and Man in the restricted domain, the Rong and Di in the desolate domain.

翟

1. a surname

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. kind of pheasant

• On (unclassified): けき (keki); じゃく (jaku); たく (taku); てき (teki)
• Kun: きじ (kiji)

翟 • (jeok, chaek) (hangeul 적, 책, revised jeok, chaek, McCune–Reischauer chŏk, ch'aek, Yale cek, chayk)

1. pheasant

翟: Hán Nôm readings: địch

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