底
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bottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record; (suffix) end of a year or month; (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3 shu4])
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 广 +5
- Structure
- Upper-left enclosure 左上包
- Traditional
- 底
- Common rank
- #397
- Unicode
- U+5E95
Sound it out + = · + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
bottom · Heisig RSH #1376
cave + calling card
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 底
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水底相机 | underwater camera | |
| 眼皮子底下 | right in front of sb's eyes; right under sb's nose; current; at the moment | |
| 底格里斯河 | Tigris River, Iraq | |
| 打底子 | to sketch; to draft; to lay the foundation | |
| 天底下 | in this world; under the sun | |
| 底格里斯 | Tigris River, Iraq | |
| 眼底下 | in front of one's eyes; in full view as a panorama; right now | |
| 眼皮底下 | in front of one's eyes | |
| 底子 | base; foundation; bottom | |
| 水底 | the bottom of a body of water | |
| 心底 | bottom of one's heart | |
| 底比斯 | Thebes, place name in ancient Egypt; Thebes, ancient Greek city state | |
| 地底 | subterranean; underground | |
| 无底 | bottomless | |
| 天底 | (astronomy) nadir | |
| 家底 | family property; patrimony | |
| 海底 | seabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean | |
| 底气 | lung capacity; lung power; boldness; confidence; self-assurance; vigor | |
| 底面 | bottom; bottom side; bottom surface | |
| 本底计数 | background count |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 氐 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 氐 sound part | the name of an ancient tribe | |
| 低 | low; to lower, to hang; to bend, to bow | |
| 抵 | to resist; to arrive; mortgage | |
| 邸 | official residence | |
| 鸱 | kite, horned owl; wine cups | |
| 坻 | islet; river delta, embankment; to stop | |
| 胝 | corn, callus | |
| 砥 | whetstone; to polish | |
| 柢 | root, base | |
| 牴 | to butt, to gore; to resist | |
| 诋 | to slander; to condem, to reproach | |
| 羝 | ram, he-goat | |
| 骶 | coccyx, sacrum | |
| 祗 | to revere, to respect, to look up to |