第 (dì)
prefix for ordinal numbers (first, second, etc.)
How 第 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Traditional
- 第
- Simplified
- 第 (unchanged)
Components
- ⺮ bamboo
- 弓 bow
- 丨 line
- ㇒ N/A
Common words using 第
- 第一 dìyī
- first; number one
- 第二 dìèr
- second; number two; next
- 第五 dìwǔ
- fifth
- 勃艮第 bógěndì
- Burgundy (Bourgogne), kingdom during medieval period, now region of France
- 印第安 yìndìān
- (American) Indian; native American; indigenous peoples of the Americas
- 印第安人 yìndìānrén
- American Indians
- 印第安納 yìndìānnà
- Indiana, US state
- 印第安納州 yìndìānnàzhōu
- Indiana, US state
- 及第 jídì
- to pass an imperial examination
- 品第 pǐndì
- grade (i.e. quality); rank
- 安第斯 āndìsī
- the Andes mountain chain
- 安第斯山 āndìsīshān
- the Andes mountain range
第 in a sentence
這是他第一次來台灣旅遊。
Zhè shì tā dì-yī cì lái Táiwān lǚyóu.
“This is his first time traveling to Taiwan.”
How common is 第?
第 is the 114th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 44.3% of all running text.
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