Character

底

dǐ HSK 4

底 dǐ HSK 4

1. the bottom part (～子, ～儿)
2. foundation, root cause, or inside story of a matter
3. end of a year, month, or ten-day period
4. draft or document kept as a reference or record
5. background surface for a pattern or design (～儿)
6. short for 底数 (base of a logarithm or number system)
7. to reach, to arrive at
8. a surname
9. interrogative pronoun: what; which
10. demonstrative pronoun: this; these
11. demonstrative pronoun: thus; in this way

Words using 底 as dǐ (14)

Structure & writing

底 dǐ — the bottom part (～子, ～儿)

底 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

1 广 guǎng — wide; broad (opposite of 狭)

广 is a component in 31 characters

HSK 1

床 chuáng bed (furniture for sleeping) 店 diàn shop; store

HSK 3

应 yìng to reply; to answer 康 kāng healthy 矿 kuàng mineral resources

HSK 4

庆 qìng to congratulate; to celebrate 序 xù order; sequence 底 dǐ the bottom part (～子, ～儿) 度 dù instrument or unit for measuring length 座 zuò seat; honorific term for a high-ranking official in former times

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庭 tíng hall; main room of a house 麻 má herbaceous plant of the hemp family (e.g. cannabis, ramie, abutilon, flax); stem-bark fiber used to make rope and cloth

HSK 5

席 xí mat woven from reed, bamboo, or grass strips, used to cover a bed, floor, or build a shelter 库 kù storehouse; warehouse; storage facility 府 fǔ government office; organ of state power 扩 kuò to expand, enlarge; to increase in scope, scale, or quantity 腐 fǔ to rot; to decay

HSK 6

庄 zhuāng village; rural settlement 庞 páng large (in size or quantity) 廊 láng covered corridor or passageway under eaves

HSK 7

唐 táng boastful; exaggerated (in speech) 庇 bì to shelter, to shield 庙 miào ancestral shrine (where ancestral tablets are enshrined) 废 fèi to discontinue; to stop using 庸 yōng ordinary; mediocre

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廉 lián upright and honest; incorruptible 廓 kuò outer edge or contour of an object 旷 kuàng empty and vast; open and spacious 缠 chán to wind around, to wrap around 遮 zhē to block from view; to obscure 鹰 yīng hawk; eagle (a bird of prey with hooked beak, short neck, feathered legs, and sharp talons)

2 氐 dī — ancient ethnic group of northwest China and Sichuan

氐 is a component in 3 characters

HSK 4

低 dī low (opposite of 'high'); close to the ground 底 dǐ the bottom part (～子, ～儿)

HSK 6

抵 dǐ to prop up; to support

Stroke order