梯
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(bound form) ladder; stairs
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 木 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 梯
- Common rank
- #1,517
- Unicode
- U+68AF
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Formation & memory
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Words with 梯
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 梯度回波 | gradient echo | |
| 自动楼梯 | escalator | |
| 温度梯度 | temperature gradient | |
| 防火梯 | fire escape | |
| 南奥塞梯 | South Ossetia | |
| 梯次队形 | echelon formation (military) | |
| 自动扶梯 | escalator | |
| 坐电梯 | to take an elevator | |
| 梯子 | ladder; stepladder; (Internet slang) VPN or other tool used to circumvent internet censors… | |
| 人梯 | human ladder (formed to help sb climb a wall etc); (fig.) person who sacrifices himself fo… | |
| 楼梯口 | head of a flight of stairs | |
| 天梯 | stairway to heaven; high mountain road; tall ladder on a building or other large structure… | |
| 电梯 | elevator; escalator; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4] | |
| 楼梯台 | staircase balcony; landing | |
| 梯式配股 | laddering (of stock sales) | |
| 电梯井 | elevator shaft | |
| 楼梯间 | staircase; flight of stairs | |
| 梯恩梯当量 | TNT equivalent | |
| 梯度 | gradient | |
| 梯形 | trapezoid; ladder-shaped; terraced |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 弟 — compare how they read.