弟子

弟子

1. disciple
2. (dialectal Mandarin, Min Bei, dialectal Wu) younger brother

From Middle Chinese 弟子 (MC dei^X t͡sɨ^X). Probably the initial borrowing.

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) て​ーし [téꜜèshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [te̞ːɕi]

弟子 (hiragana ていし, rōmaji teishi)

1. a disciple, an apprentice
2. (Buddhism) on a mala or Buddhist rosary, the ten small beads closest to the end of the portion that hangs free from the largest bead

Appears to be a shift from teishi above, adopting the 慣用音 (kan'yōon, “customary reading”) of de for the first character. This is now the most common reading for the disciple, apprentice sense.

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) でし​ [dèshíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [de̞ɕi]

弟子 (hiragana でし, rōmaji deshi)

1. an apprentice, a disciple
   • Yamazaki, Kore, “第1篇　April showers bring May flowers. [Composition 1: April showers bring May flowers.]”, in 魔法使いの嫁The Ancient Magus Bride [The Ancient Magus’ Bride], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, page 20:

     君きみを魔法使いぼくの弟で子しとして歓かん迎げいするよ　死の愛し仔スレイ・ベガ…いや　チセ

     Kimi o boku no deshi to shite kangeisuru yo Surei Bega… Iya Chise

     You are welcome as my apprentice, Sleih Beggey… I mean, Chise

Compound of 弟 (oto, “younger”, cognate with 弟 (otōto, “younger brother”), itself from oto + 人 (hito, “person”)) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).[2] The ko changes to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• 乙子

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [o̞to̞ɡo̞]

弟子 (hiragana おとご, rōmaji otogo)

1. the youngest child
2. short for 弟子月 (otogo-zuki, “December” in the lunar calendar)

(youngest child):

• 末 (ばっ)子 (し) (basshi)
• 末 (すえ)っ子 (こ) (suekko)

(December):

• 師 (し)走 (わす) (shiwasu) (old lunar calendar)
• 十 (じゅう)二 (に)月 (がつ) (jūnigatsu) (modern solar calendar)

弟子 • (jeja) (hangeul 제자)

1. Hanja form^? of 제자 (“disciple; pupil”).

弟子

1. Hán tự form of đệ tử (“disciple; underling”).