坻 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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chí, dǐ

an islet

Components

土 Meaning component

tǔ

earth

氐 Sound component

dī, dǐ

bottom

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

chí

an islet, a rock in a river; an embankment; to stop; islet; rock in river

dǐ

place name

Most common words with 坻

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	宝坻	Baodi rural district in Tianjin 天津[Tiānjīn]
	宝坻区	Baodi rural district in Tianjin 天津[Tiānjīn]
	坻	islet

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[d]rij	drij	chí	islet

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6455th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	8
Unicode	U+577B
Shuowen	“坻，小渚也。《詩》曰：‘宛在水中坻。’从土，氐聲。汷，坻或从水，从攵。，坻或从水，从耆。”

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