dì
careful
Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 帝 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 諦
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
the real meaning | ||
to examine | ||
to listen carefully | ||
to look carefully |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.2494% of movies
3347th most common character in movies
3338th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 16 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8AE6 |
Shuowen | “諦，審也。从言，帝聲。” |
Sources
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