Zi:第

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[] ​第 order/sequence; (ordinal number) Nth (第​ ‘first’, 第​ ‘tenth’); ​第 rank/grade; ​; ​, ​; …; (​)

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

¹dì* {A} pref. marker of ordinal numeralsdì-yī 第一 firstdì-èr 第二 secondb.f.sequence; order ►cìdì 次第rank; grade; degree ►pǐndì 品第mansion; residence ►¹zháidì 宅第

The Shuōwén Seal form of 第 dì ‘order/sequence’ is said to combine ​ (zhú) ‘bamboo’, and ​ dì ‘successive turns of string wound on a spool’ (abbrev. phonetic).
    Note: The ​(​𠂖) component (missing ​ above) is abbreviated to a shape like ​𢎨(​𢎣) diào ‘mourn/console’; the ​ component might relate to ​ zhújiǎn ‘bamboo strips’ written on in ancient 第 ‘imperial examinations’, as in ​ déng (​第 ‘rank/grade’).
    Note: ​ writes 第 in the SW entry for ​, but DYC added an entry for 第 to his edition based on an old citation of SW.
►references: Guǎngyùn:371.46; Karlgren:AD985,GSR591c; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:5.2959.9; Mathews:6203; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:881.04; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:197.0.09; EDOC:1
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►Cantonese: daih-
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