CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- di3
- English meanings
- underside, bottom, base, end, ground
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Enclosed from the upper left structure
Enclosed from the upper left arrangement: outside 广; inside 氐.
Meaning & sound clues
广 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “building”.
氐 is identified as the sound component (dī). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 底.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
lower
dike
emperor; god
younger brother
resist; reach
enemy; oppose
wash; cleanse
a drop
whetstone; sharpen
flute; whistle
ordinal prefix (the)
form; conclude; establish
fruit stem; base
truth; attentively
guide; enlighten
to hand over
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 到底
- 功底
- 垫底
- 年底
- 底下
- 底子
- 底层
- 底线
- 底蕴
- 归根到底
- 彻底
- 月底
- 海底
- 说到底
- 谜底