Chinese Character Wiki
氐

dī, dǐ

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Depicts an object hitting the ground.

Components
氏 iconic component

氏  Iconic component

shì, zhī

  

clan

Depicts an object hitting the ground.

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts the ground.

Evolution

氐 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
氐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
氐 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

氐  

dī

name of an ancient tribe

氐  

dǐ

foundation; on the whole

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (3 verified)

底 低 昏

Sound component in 17 characters (4 verified)

眡 底 低 抵 邸 砥 祗 詆 诋 胝 骶 柢 鴟 鸱 羝 坻 牴

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tˤij

tej

dī

Western tribes

*tˤijʔ

tejX

dǐ

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Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4355th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+6C10

Shuowen

“氐，至也。从氏下箸一。一，地也。林義光《文源》：“當與‘氐’同字。氏、氐音稍變，故加‘一’以別之。‘一’，實非地。氏象根。根在地下，非根之下復有地也。”


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