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DI-1

('di' in the first tone)

Some 64 standard Chinese characters have a 'di' pronunciation. Common sound-defining components of more complicated characters are: (11 occurences), (11),  (7)

= low, vertically short (opposite of 'tall')

Composition of :

The left part of the character is the radical. The distinctive feature of this character is on the right side, . For the character , a dot is added.  By itself, = shi(4) is neither common nor important, but it is the distinctive element in several other important characters:

= zhi(3) = paper

= hun(1)= to marry


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Created: September 1, 1995  -  Last updated: October 1, 2007