弟 (dì)
Younger brother
How 弟 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 丷 — eight/divide
- Traditional
- 弟
- Simplified
- 弟 (unchanged)
Components
- 丷 eight/divide
- 弓 bow
- 丨 line
- ㇒ N/A
弟 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- dì
- younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
- tì
- variant of 悌[ti4]
Common words using 弟
- 兄弟 xiōngdì
- brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 弟弟 dìdi
- younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 小弟 xiǎodì
- little brother; I, your little brother (humble)
- 弟子 dìzǐ
- disciple; follower
- 徒弟 túdì
- apprentice; disciple
- 老弟 lǎodì
- (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy; old pal
- 表弟 biǎodì
- younger male cousin via female line
- 令弟 lìngdì
- honorable little brother
- 兄弟會 xiōngdìhuì
- fraternity
- 堂兄弟 tángxiōngdì
- father's brother's sons; paternal male cousin
- 堂弟 tángdì
- younger male cousin (sharing paternal grandfather)
- 子弟 zǐdì
- child; the younger generation
弟 in a sentence
我弟弟還在念大學。
Wǒ dìdi hái zài niàn dàxué.
“My younger brother is still in college.”
How common is 弟?
弟 is the 814th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 85.6% of all running text.
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