# 帯

| 帯 | U+5E2F, &#24111; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E2F |
| ← 帮 [U+5E2E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 帰 → [U+5E30] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 帶 |
| Shinjitai | 帯 |
| Simplified | 带 |

### Han character

帯 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿十月中月 (TJBLB) or 難廿十月中 (XTJBL), composition ⿳丗冖巾)

#### Derived characters

* 滞, 鿮

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 332, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8929
* Dae Jaweon: page 638, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 739, character 12
* Unihan data for U+5E2F

## Chinese

* For pronunciation and definitions of 帯 – see 帶 (“belt; ribbon; tape; tyre; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 帶).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 帯 |
| Kyūjitai | 帶 |

### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 帶)

#### Readings

* Go-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
* Kun: おび (obi, 帯, Jōyō)、おびる (obiru, 帯びる, Jōyō)、はく (haku, 帯く)

#### Compounds

* 温帯(おんたい) (ontai)
* 寒帯(かんたい) (kantai)
* 携帯(けいたい) (keitai)
* 世帯(せたい) (setai)
* 束帯(そくたい) (sokutai)
* 地帯(ちたい) (chitai)
* 貞操帯(ていそうたい) (teisōtai, “chastity belt”)
* 熱帯(ねったい) (nettai)
* 包帯(ほうたい) (hōtai)
* 連帯(れんたい) (rentai)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 帯
* おび Grade: 4
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 帶 (kyūjitai)
⟨obi$_1$⟩ → */obʲi/ → /obi/
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *ənpi.
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 帯ぶ (obu, “to put something on the body”, transitive), following 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō, “quadrigrade conjugation”).
First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おび [óꜜbì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [o̞bʲi]

#### Noun

帯(おび) • (obi)
* obi - the sash worn with a kimono
* paper wrapper (on books, CD, etc.)

##### Derived terms

* 帯(おび)皮(かわ), 帯(おび)革(かわ) (obikawa): belt
* 帯締(おびじ)め (obijime)
* 角(かく)帯(おび) (kakuobi)
* 腰(こし)帯(おび) (koshiobi)
* 腰(はら)帯(おび) (haraobi), 腰(はら)帯(び) (harabi)
* 兵児(へこ)帯(おび) (hekōbi)
* 帯(おび)広(ひろ) (Obihiro)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 帯
* たい Grade: 4
* on'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 帶 (kyūjitai)
From Middle Chinese 帶 (MC tajH).

#### Suffix

帯(たい) • (-tai)
* band, belt

### References

* 1 2 “帯”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): てー (tē)
* Kun: うーび (ūbi, 帯)、はちゅん (hachun, 帯ちゅん)

#### Compounds

* 所(しゅー)帯(てー) (shūtē)
* 包帯(ほーてー), 繃帯(ほーてー) (hōtē)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 帯
* うーび Grade: 4
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 帶 (kyūjitai)
First attested in the Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ (琉球館譯語), 1469-1470, as 乞角必 (kikyopi).
Also attested in the Shĭ liúqiú lù (使琉球錄), 1534, as 文必 (umpi).
In turn, from Proto-Ryukyuan *obi, from Proto-Japonic *ənpi.
Cognate with Japanese 帯 (obi).

### Pronunciation

* (Shuri) うーび [ùùbì] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [uːbʲi]

### Noun

帯(うーび) (ūbi)
* obi, sash
    帯(うーび)着(ち)ゆん
       ūbi chiyun
       to wear a sash

#### Derived terms

* 身(み)帯(うーび) (miūbi)
* 大(うふ)帯(うーび) (ufūubi)
* 臍(ふす)帯(うーび) (fusūubi)
* 扱(すぐい)帯(うーび) (suguiūbi)
* みんさー帯(うーび) (minsāūbi)
* わらしんぶ帯(うーび) (warashinbūubi)
* 帯(うーび)しーぐち (ūbishīguchi)

### References

* 1 2 Lin, Chihkai (2015 August) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach‎, University of Hawaii at Manoa
* ↑ Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局)