Chinese Character Wiki
對

duì

correct

Original meaning: 

develop land

Depicts a hand (寸) holding a farming tool (丵) to develop land (土). Based on the original meaning "develop land".

Components
丵 iconic component

丵  Iconic component

zhuó

  

chisel

Depicts a farming tool.

土 iconic component

土  Iconic component

tǔ

  

earth

寸 iconic component

寸  Iconic component

cùn

  

(hand), inch

Depicts a hand.

Evolution

對 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
對 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
對 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
對 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
對 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

对 (對) 

duì

correct, right; facing, opposed; right; correct; couple; pair; towards; at; for; to face; opposite; to treat (sb a certain way); to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; classifier: couple

Most common words with 對
Freq.
Word
Meaning

对

right

对不起

unworthy

对于

regarding

绝对

absolute

面对

to confront

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

懟

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[t]ˤ[u]p-s

twojH

duì

respond


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 99.8879% of movies

42nd most common character in movies

33rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

对

Unicode

U+5C0D

Shuowen

“，譍無方也。从丵，从口，从寸。對，或从土。”


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