Chinese Character Wiki

柢

dǐ

root

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

tree

氐 sound component

氐  Sound component

dī, dǐ

  

bottom

Evolution

柢 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
柢 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
柢 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
柢 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
柢 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

柢  

dǐ

root, base; bottom of object; foundation; root

Most common words with 柢
Freq.
Word
Meaning

柢

root

归根结柢

ultimately

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5362nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+67E2

Shuowen

“柢，木根也。从木，氐聲。”


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