Chinese Character Wiki

翟

dí, zhái

surname

A bird 隹 with a plumed 羽 tail

Components
羽 meaning component

羽  Meaning component

yǔ

  

feather

隹 meaning component

隹  Meaning component

zhuī

  

bird

Evolution

翟 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
翟 Bronze script Western Zhou (1045-771 BC)

Bronze script

Western Zhou (1045-771 BC)
翟 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
翟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
翟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

翟  

dí

surname; a kind of pheasant; plumes; long-tail pheasant

翟  

Dí

surname Di; variant of 狄[Dí], generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)

翟  

Zhái

surname Zhai

Most common words with 翟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

翟

surname Di

翟志刚

Zhai Zhigang (1966-), Chinese astronaut

翟理斯

Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935), British diplomat and linguist, contributor to the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

耀 曜

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

躍 戳 曜 趯

Unknown component in 2 characters (0 verified)

擢 濯

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lˤewk

dek

dí

pheasant


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3919th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+7FDF

Shuowen

“翟，山雉尾長者。从羽，从隹。”


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