Radical
Strokes
14
Residual strokes
10
Mandarin
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
10 strokes
Strokes
14 strokes
Mandarin
tè / nì

Definitions by reading

têg4
Mandarin equivalent
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng têg4 Chaoyang têg4 Chenghai têg4 Jieyang têg4 Raoping têg4 Shantou têg4
①邪恶,恶念:~人(邪恶的人) | ~作(奸恶之人乘机而起) | ~伪(奸伪) | ~礼(不正之礼) | 隐~(人家不知道的罪恶)。
②阴气。
③灾害:“以伏蛊~”。
④奸邪
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nêg8
Mandarin equivalent
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng nêg8 Chaoyang nêg8 Chenghai nêg8 Jieyang nêg8 Raoping nêg8 Shantou nêg8
隐匿。 《集韵•入职》:"慝,隐惰饰非曰慝。"
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English meaning

do evil in secret; evil, vice

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
透母 一等 開口 登韵 入声 他德切
Reconstruction:
Original

惡也。