带

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band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise

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HSK 3.0: Level 2
Old HSK: Level 3
Strokes: 9
Radical: 巾 +6
Structure: Top–bottom 上下
Traditional: 帶
Common rank: #254
Unicode: U+5E26

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

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How 带 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A belt, creasing one's robe above 卅 but not below 巾

Components 卅冖巾

How to remember it

sash · Heisig RSH #421

apron + 一 one + 小 small

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 带

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
带头人	dài tóu rén	leader
拉家带口	lā jiā dài kǒu	see 拖家帶口\|拖家带口[tuo1 jia1 dai4 kou3]
一带一路	Yī dài Yī lù	Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese infrastructure and investment strategy launched in…
不带电	bù dài diàn	uncharged; electrically neutral
小行星带	xiǎo xíng xīng dài	asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
带上门	dài shàng mén	to close the door (when going through it)
热带地区	rè dài dì qū	the tropics
带分数	dài fēn shù	mixed fraction; mixed number (i.e. with an integer part and a fraction part, e.g. four and…
火山带	huǒ shān dài	volcanic belt
不带	bù dài	not to have; without; un-
带子	dài zi	belt; band; ribbon; strap; girdle; (coll.) audio or video tape; Farrer's scallop (Chlamys …
带路人	dài lù rén	a guide; fig. instructor
带大	dài dà	(coll.) to raise (a child or animal) to adulthood; to bring up
水龙带	shuǐ lóng dài	layflat industrial hose; fire hose
一带	yī dài	region; area
带头	dài tóu	to take the lead; to be the first; to set an example
地带	dì dài	zone; CL:個\|个[ge4]
带儿	dài r	erhua variant of 帶\|带[dai4]
自带	zì dài	to bring one's own; BYO; (of software) preinstalled
海带	hǎi dài	kelp

Sound family

These characters use 带 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
带 sound part	dài	belt, strap; band, ribbon; area, zone; to carry, to raise, to wear
滞	zhì	to block, to obstruct; sluggish, stagnant