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第

dì

sequence

Originally a variant of 弟 (younger brother), which originally meant "order".

Components
⺮ unknown component

⺮  Unknown component

zhú

  

bamboo

Corruption of the top part of 弟.

弟 sound,meaning component

弟  Sound Meaning component

dì, tì

  

younger brother

Based on the original meaning of 弟 "order".

Evolution

第 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
第 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

第  

dì

sequence, number; grade, degree; (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc); order; (old) rank in the imperial examinations; mansion; (literary) but; just

Most common words with 第
Freq.
Word
Meaning

第一

first

第

order

第一次

first

第二

second

第二天

next day

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[l]ˤəjʔ-s

dejH

dì

sequence


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 96.8925% of movies

203rd most common character in movies

114th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+7B2C


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