# 第

| 第 | U+7B2C, &#31532; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B2C |
| ← 笫 [U+7B2B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 笭 → [U+7B2D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

第 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓中竹 (HNLH), four-corner 8822$_7$, composition ⿱𥫗𢎨)

#### Derived characters

* 𭊗, 𡠨, 𭞟, 𰜷, 𭧞, 𬄏, 𫦒

### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 881, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25943
* Dae Jaweon: page 1308, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2959, character 9
* Unihan data for U+7B2C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 梯 | *tʰiːl |
| 睇 | *tʰiːl, *diːls |
| 涕 | *tʰiːlʔ, *tʰiːls |
| 挮 | *tʰiːlʔ |
| 鬀 | *tʰiːls, *diːls |
| 剃 | *tʰiːls |
| 綈 | *diːl |
| 蕛 | *diːl |
| 稊 | *diːl |
| 苐 | *diːl |
| 鵜 | *diːl |
| 銻 | *diːl |
| 鮷 | *diːl |
| 罤 | *diːl |
| 弟 | *diːlʔ, *diːls |
| 娣 | *diːlʔ, *diːls |
| 悌 | *diːlʔ, *diːls |
| 第 | *diːls |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *diːls): semantic 𥫗 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls). 竹 here refers to the bamboo strips used for writing (e.g. accounting, classification) in ancient times. See also 等.
Alternatively, may have originally been written 弟.

### Etymology 1

Karlgren (1956: 14) connects this word with → tī 梯 ‘ladder’.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dì (di$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): di$^4$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): dī
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ди (di, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dai$^6$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): doi$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ai$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ti$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thi
    (Hailu, HRS): ti$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ti$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): di$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): dì
* Eastern Min (BUC): dâ̤
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): de$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tē
    (Teochew, Peng'im): doin$^6$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): dai$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$di
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): di$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dì
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dì
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^4$
*** Yale: dì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih
*** Palladius: ди (di)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: di$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: di
*** Sinological IPA : /ti²¹³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: dī
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ди (di, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dai$^6$
*** Yale: daih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐi̯²²/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: doi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔi³²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ai$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ai³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ti$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi
*** Hakka Romanization System: ti
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ti$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ti$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ti$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: di$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ti⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dì
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁴²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dâ̤
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑ²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: de$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /te²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē
*** Tâi-lô: tē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: de
*** IPA (Xiamen): /te²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /te³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: doin$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tŏiⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /tõĩ³⁵/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: dai$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /təi²²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$di
*** MiniDict: di$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$di
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: di$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ti²¹/
* Middle Chinese: dejH
Rime :
| Character | 第 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 特計切 |
| Baxter | dejH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dei$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dei$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɛi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dɛj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /dei$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /diei$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱiei$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l]ˤəjʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*diːls/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 第 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | dì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dej$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[l]ˁəjʔ-s/ |
| English | sequence |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 第 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2298 |
| Phonetic component | 弟 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 第 |
| Old Chinese | /*diːls/ |
| Notes | 弟轉註字見左傳 |

#### Definitions

第
* sequence; number
* grade; degree
* (historical) rank in the imperial examinations
* Ordinal number marker, used before a number to make the number ordinal.
    第二 ― dì'èr ― second
    第十 ― dìshí ― tenth
    安全第一 ― ānquán dìyī ― safety first
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 三元及第
* 上第 (shàngdì)
* 下第 (xiàdì)
* 不第 (bùdì)
* 伊凡第三
* 伊凡第四
* 別第 / 别第
* 劉蕡下第 / 刘𰱟下第
* 印第安人 (yìndì'ānrén)
* 及第 (jídì)
* 及第花
* 名第
* 品第 (pǐndì)
* 天下第一 (tiānxiàdìyī)
* 宅第 (zháidì)
* 寒第
* 居第
* 府第 (fǔdì)
* 得第
* 拜恩私第
* 擢第
* 昏第
* 書香門第 / 书香门第 (shūxiāngméndì)
* 次第 (cìdì)
* 治第
* 潭第
* 狀元及第 / 状元及第
* 甲第 (jiǎdì)
* 甲第星羅 / 甲第星罗
* 甲第連雲 / 甲第连云
* 登甲第
* 登第 (dēngdì)
* 私第 (sīdì)
* 科第
* 第一 (dì-yī)
* 第一人
* 第一人稱 / 第一人称 (dì-yī rénchēng)
* 第一個 / 第一个 (dì-yī gè)
* 第一名 (dìyīmíng)
* 第一國際 / 第一国际 (Dì-yī Guójì)
* 第一夫人 (dì-yī fūrén)
* 第一志願 / 第一志愿 (dì-yī zhìyuàn)
* 第一性徵 / 第一性征 (dì-yī xìngzhēng)
* 第一手 (dìyīshǒu)
* 第一把手 (dìyībǎshǒu)
* 第一次 (dì-yī cì)
* 第一步
* 第一波
* 第一流
* 第一火線 / 第一火线
* 第一炮
* 第一版
* 第一現場 / 第一现场 (dì-yī xiànchǎng)
* 第一眼
* 第一等
* 第一線 / 第一线 (dìyīxiàn)
* 第一義 / 第一义
* 第一要緊 / 第一要紧
* 第一遭
* 第一順位 / 第一顺位
* 第七艦隊 / 第七舰队
* 第三世界 (Dì-sān Shìjiè)
* 第三人稱 / 第三人称 (dì-sān rénchēng)
* 第三國際 / 第三国际 (Dì-Sān Guójì)
* 第三地
* 第三梯隊 / 第三梯队
* 第三者 (dìsānzhě)
* 第三醫學 / 第三医学
* 第九藝術 / 第九艺术
* 第二世界 (Dì-èr Shìjiè)
* 第二代
* 第二性徵 / 第二性征 (dì-èr xìngzhēng)
* 第二把手
* 第二春 (dì'èrchūn)
* 第二職業 / 第二职业
* 第二課堂 / 第二课堂
* 第五 (dì-wǔ)
* 第五縱隊 / 第五纵队 (dì-wǔzòngduì)
* 第八藝術 / 第八艺术
* 第六感 (dìliùgǎn)
* 第四世界
* 第四審 / 第四审
* 第四臺 / 第四台 (dìsìtái)
* 第宅
* 等第 (děngdì)
* 簪纓門第 / 簪缨门第
* 聯科及第 / 联科及第
* 落第 (luòdì)
* 角巾私第
* 諾曼第 / 诺曼第 (Nuòmàndì)
* 進士及第 / 进士及第 (jìnshì jídì)
* 邸第
* 鄂圖第一 / 鄂图第一
* 門第 / 门第 (méndì)
* 門第高 / 门第高
* 開第 / 开第
* 闔第光臨 / 阖第光临
* 陳第 / 陈第
* 高第

### Etymology 2

Contraction of 第二 (dai6 ji6, “second”).

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): dai$^6$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dai$^6$
*** Yale: daih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐi̯²²/

#### Definitions

第
* (Cantonese) different; another; other

##### Compounds

* 第個 / 第个
* 第啲
* 第度
* 第日
* 第時 / 第时
* 第樣 / 第样
* 第處 / 第处

### Etymology 3

Contraction of 第一 (tē-it, “first”).

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): té
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: té
*** Tâi-lô: té
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dea
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /te⁵⁵⁴/

#### Definitions

第
* (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) most

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 最, 至 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 最 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 最, 頂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 最 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 最 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 最 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 最, 頂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 最 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 最, 第一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 頂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 最 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 頂, 最 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 頂, 最 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 最, 至 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 最, 至 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 最, 至 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 至 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 最 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 最 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 頂 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 最, 第一 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 盡, 最 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 最, 盡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 最 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 盡, 最 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 最 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 最 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 頂 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 頂, 最, 第一 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 第一, 最 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 第一 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 第一, 第, 一, 上 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 第一, 第, 上 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 上 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 第一, 上 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 上 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 上 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 上 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 上 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 上 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 上 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 上 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 上 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 上 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 上 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 第一 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 上 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 第, 上 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 上頂, 上 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 上, 最 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 一 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 上, 上頂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 上 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 上 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 最 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 最 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 最, 最最, 頂 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 頂, 最 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 頂, 頂頂 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 頂, 最 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 頂, 最 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 頂, 最 |

#### Further reading

* “Entry #7716”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

### Etymology 4

From 是 or 然.

#### Pronunciation

* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$di
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$di
*** MiniDict: di$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$di
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²³/

#### Definitions

第
* (Shanghainese, obsolete) this

##### Usage notes

This pronunciation was used in both Songjiang and urban Shanghai in the 19th Century, but is obsolete in all forms of modern Shanghainese, having been replaced by the glottalized variant 迭. The character 第 is still occasionally used to write the latter pronunciation.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 此, 斯, 是, 之, 茲 anteclassical, 夫, 爾 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 這 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 這 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 這 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 這 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 這 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 這 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 這 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 這 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 這 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 這 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 這 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 這 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 這 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 這 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 這 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 這 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 這 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 這 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 這 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 這 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 這 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 這 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 這 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 這 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 這 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 這 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 這 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 這 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 這 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 這 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 這 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 這 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 這 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 這 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 這 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 這 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 這 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 這 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 這 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 這 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 這 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Pizhou | 這 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lianyungang (Ganyu) | 這 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Donghai | 這 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 這 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 這 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 這 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 這 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 這 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 這 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 這 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 這 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 這 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Baoying | 這 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Taizhou | 這 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Zhenjiang | 這 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 這 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huai'an (Huaiyin) | 這 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 這 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xuyi | 這 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 這 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Rugao | 這 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yancheng | 這 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Funing | 這 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Sihong | 這 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 這 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 這 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 這 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 呢, 依 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 呢, 依 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 呢 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 該 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 呢 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 果 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 阿 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 呢 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 呢, 依 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 箇 |
| Gan | Nanchang (Wangcheng) | 箇 |
| Gan | Anyi | 箇 |
| Gan | Lushan | 箇 |
| Gan | Duchang | 箇 |
| Gan | Wuning (Quankou) | 該 |
| Gan | Poyang | 箇 |
| Gan | Yugan | 該 |
| Gan | Wannian | 該 |
| Gan | Yanshan (Hekou) | 這 |
| Gan | Yichun | 箇 |
| Gan | Yifeng | 箇 |
| Gan | Gao'an | 箇 |
| Gan | Fengxin | 箇 |
| Gan | Shanggao | 里 |
| Gan | Wanzai | 箇 |
| Gan | Fengcheng | 該 |
| Gan | Xinyu | 該 |
| Gan | Fuzhou (Shangdundu) | 該 |
| Gan | Fuzhou (Dongxiang) | 箇 |
| Gan | Nancheng | 箇 |
| Gan | Nanfeng | 箇 |
| Gan | Yihuang | 箇 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 該 |
| Gan | Chongren | 該 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 該 |
| Gan | Ji'an | 蓋 |
| Gan | Taihe | 箇 |
| Gan | Xiajiang | 該 |
| Gan | Yingtan (Yujiang) | 箇 |
| Gan | Guixi | 箇 |
| Gan | Jianning | 個 |
| Gan | Jinxian | 箇 |
| Gan | Jinxi | 箇 |
| Gan | Le'an | 該 |
| Gan | Guangchang | 改 |
| Gan | Suichuan | 底 |
| Gan | Wan'an | 介 |
| Gan | Jing'an | 箇 |
| Gan | Zhangshu | 該 |
| Gan | Xingan | 個 |
| Gan | Fenyi | 改 |
| Hakka | Changting | 爾 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 只 |
| Hakka | Qingliu | 這 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 底 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 底 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 底 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 底 |
| Hakka | Xunwu | 底 |
| Hakka | Huichang | 底 |
| Hakka | Xingguo | 界 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 這 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 這 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 這 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 這 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 這 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 這 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 這 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 爾 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 這 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 伊 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 這 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 這 |
| Jin | Datong | 這 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 這 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 這 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 這 |
| Jin | Linhe | 這 |
| Jin | Jining | 這 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 這 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 這 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 這 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 這 |
| Jin | Handan | 這 |
| Jin | Suide | 這 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𱕇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 只, 者, 嚽 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 這 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 這 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 者 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 這 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 這 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 這 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 這 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 這 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 這 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 這 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 這 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 這 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 這 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 這 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 這 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 這 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 這 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 這 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 這 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 只, 這 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 這 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 這 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 這 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 這 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 這 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 這 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 這 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 這 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 這 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 這 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 這 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 這 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 這 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 這 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 這 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 只 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 這 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 這 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 這 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 這 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 這 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 這 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 迄好 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 這 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 只 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 只 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 只 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 只 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 只 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 只 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 這 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 這 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 這 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 只蜀 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 只蜀 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 這 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 這 |
| Shaojiang Min | Guangze | 當 |
| Shaojiang Min | Jiangle | 者 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 只 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shunchang | 這 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 亞 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 這 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 個 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 搿, 迭 dated, 第 obsolete |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 搿 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Fengxian) | 格 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jinshan) | 格 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 吉, 講, 葛 also that |
| Wu | Suzhou | 該, 搿 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 個 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 意 |
| Wu | Changshu | 俚 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 葛 |
| Wu | Jiashan | 葛 |
| Wu | Pinghu | 葛 |
| Wu | Haining (Yanguan) | 葛 |
| Wu | Tongxiang | 葛 |
| Wu | Haiyan | 葛 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 資 |
| Wu | Danyang | 格 |
| Wu | Nanjing (Gaochun) | 格 |
| Wu | Huzhou | 格 |
| Wu | Changxing | 格 |
| Wu | Anji | 格 |
| Wu | Deqing | 葛 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 葛 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 葛 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Lin'an) | 葛 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 葛 |
| Wu | Tonglu | 葛 |
| Wu | Tonglu (Wusheng) | 個個 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 咸 |
| Wu | Zhuji | 咸 |
| Wu | Shengzhou | 咸 |
| Wu | Xinchang | 咸 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 葛 |
| Wu | Ningbo (Zhenhai) | 葛 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 耶 |
| Wu | Cixi | 葛 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Huangyan) | 葛 |
| Wu | Tiantai | 葛 |
| Wu | Sanmen | 葛 |
| Wu | Wenling | 葛, 格 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 個 |
| Wu | Yueqing | 個 |
| Wu | Yongjia (Fenglin) | 個 |
| Wu | Rui'an | 個 |
| Wu | Pingyang | 個 |
| Wu | Taishun | 這 |
| Wu | Wencheng | 個 |
| Wu | Lishui | 已 |
| Wu | Qingtian | 已 |
| Wu | Jinyun | 已 |
| Wu | Songyang (Xiping) | 益 |
| Wu | Yunhe | 益 |
| Wu | Qingyuan | 這 |
| Wu | Longquan | 搭 |
| Wu | Suichang | 益 |
| Wu | Jiangshan | 益 |
| Wu | Changshan | 益 |
| Wu | Kaihua | 益 |
| Wu | Longyou | 個 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 等, 待 |
| Wu | Yiwu | 吾 |
| Wu | Yongkang | 個 |
| Wu | Pujiang | 這, 吉 |
| Wu | Dongyang | 個 |
| Wu | Wuyi | 愛個 |
| Wu | Lanxi | 個 |
| Wu | Shangrao | 這 |
| Wu | Shangrao (Guangfeng) | 伊 |
| Wu | Yushan | 伊 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 咯 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 咯 |

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 第(だい) (dai)
* → Korean: 제(第) (je)
* → Vietnamese: đệ (第)
Others:
* → Khmer: ទី (tii)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: だい (dai, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: てい (tei)
* Kun: ついで (tsuide, 第で)、やしき (yashiki, 第)、ただ (tada)

### Prefix

* Kanji in this term
* 第
* だい Grade: 3
* on'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 㐧 (ryakuji)
第(だい) • (dai-)
* ordinal marker, often with affix 号
    第(だい)２号(にごう)
       dai-ni gō
       The 2nd
    第(だい)１３話(じゅうさんわ)
       dai-jūsan wa
       Chapter 13

### Compounds

* 第(だい)一(いち) (daīchi)
* 第(だい)二(に) (daini)
* 第(だい)三(さん)紀(き) (daisanki)
* 第(だい)三(さん)者(しゃ) (daisansha)
* 第(だい)四(よん)紀(き) (daiyonki)
* 第(だい)四(し)紀(き) (daishiki)
* 第(だい)七(しち)日(にち) (daishichinichi)
* 次(し)第(だい) (shidai)
* 落(らく)第(だい) (rakudai)
* 及(きゅう)第(だい) (kyūdai)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 第 (MC dejH).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 똉〮 (Yale: ttyéy) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 뎨〯 (tyěy) (Yale: tyěy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕe̞(ː)]
* Phonetic hangul: [제(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

### Hanja

Wikisource 第 (eumhun 차례(次例) 제)
* hanja form of 제 (“turn; sequence”)

#### Compounds

* 급제 (及第, geupje)
* 낙제 (落第, nakje)
* 등제 (登第, deungje)
* 상제 (上第, sangje)
* 제일 (第一, jeil)
* 제차 (第次, jecha)

### References

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

## Vietnamese
### Han character

第: Hán Nôm readings: đệ

### Prefix

第
* chữ Hán form of đệ.
** (only before Sino-Vietnamese numerals) ordinal number marker, used only to mark the generation of a person who shares their name with their parents or grandparents, equivalent to the use of I, II, III, etc. in English.
** (only before Sino-Vietnamese numerals, rare) ordinal number marker in general
    第三國際 (Đệ Tam Quốc tế)the Third International
    第一夫人 (Đệ Nhất Phu nhân)the First Lady

#### Derived terms

* 次第 (thứ đệ)
* 第一 (đệ nhất)
* 第七 (đệ thất)
* 第三 (đệ tam)
* 第九 (đệ cửu)
* 第二 (đệ nhị)
* 第五 (đệ ngũ)
* 第八 (đệ bát)
* 第六 (đệ lục)
* 第十 (đệ thập)
* 第四 (đệ tứ)
* 門第 (môn đệ)