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氐

dǐ

Meanings

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dǐ
  1. 1.foundation
  2. 2.on the whole
Dī
  1. 1.name of an ancient tribe

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.Di (ethnic group)
  2. 2.(Chinese astronomy) Root (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
  3. 3.Original form of 低 (dī, “to lower; to bow”).
  4. 4.Original form of 低 (dī, “cheap; inexpensive”).
  5. 5.Original form of 柢 (dǐ, “root of a tree”).
  6. 6.Original form of 柢 (dǐ, “basis; fundamental”).
  7. 7.Original form of 抵 (dǐ, “to reach; to arrive”).
  8. 8.Original form of 抵 (dǐ, “to match; to be equal to”).
  9. 9.only used in 氐池 (“an ancient county”) and 閼氐／阏氐 (“wife of a Xiongnu chief”)

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Etymology

Pictogram (象形): 氏 (“clan; bowing figure”) + 一, hence 氏 with an empty circle (then a line, today either a line or a point) underneath: perhaps a bowing figure depicted while sowing a field or the root of a tree (see 柢) with a mark at the bottom.

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Stroke order

Components

氐氏㇔

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Derived terms

氐士貉氐宿氐族氐羌根氐

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