滴

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to drip; to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc); (bound form) a drop (of liquid); classifier for drops of liquid

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 啇 sound

Components 氵啇

drip · Heisig RSH #452

水 water + antique

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一点一滴	yī diǎn yī dī	bit by bit; every little bit
滴道区	Dī dào Qū	Didao, a district of Jixi City 雞西市\|鸡西市[Ji1 xi1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
水滴鱼	shuǐ dī yú	blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus)
打点滴	dǎ diǎn dī	to put sb on an intravenous drip
滴定管	dī dìng guǎn	burette
滴漏计时器	dī lòu jì shí qì	hourglass; water clock; clepsydra
滴虫病	dī chóng bìng	trichomoniasis (medicine)
水滴石穿	shuǐ dī shí chuān	dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success; You can…
滴水石穿	dī shuǐ shí chuān	dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success; You can…
滴水穿石	dī shuǐ chuān shí	dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success; You can…
滴水不漏	dī shuǐ bù lòu	lit. not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument)
水滴	shuǐ dī	drop of water
滴水	dī shuǐ	water drop; dripping water
小滴	xiǎo dī	droplet
滴滴出行	Dī dī Chū xíng	Didi Chuxing Technology Co., aka DiDi, app-based transportation company, headquartered in …
滴下	dī xià	to fall or let fall in drops; to drip
滴道	Dī dào	see 滴道區\|滴道区[Di1 dao4 Qu1]
滴石	dī shí	a dripstone (geology); stalactites and stalagmites
滴点	dī diǎn	melting point (of lubricating oil)
点滴	diǎn dī	a drip; a little bit; intravenous drip (used to administer drugs)

Characters sharing the sound component 啇 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
啇 sound part	—	stalk, stem, root, foot, base
敌	dí	enemy, foe, rival; to match; to resist
嫡	dí	wife, wife's child
谪	zhé	to censure, to blame; to exile, to banish
嘀	dī	to whisper
镝	dí	dysprosium