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题

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topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention; CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4]

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HSK 3.0
Level 2
Old HSK
Level 2
Strokes
15
Radical
頁 +9
Structure
Lower-left enclosure 左下包
Traditional
題
Common rank
#777
Unicode
U+9898

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 题 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

页 meaning “head” + 是 sound ( shì )

Components 是 页

How to remember it

topic · Heisig RSH #395

页 page + 是 be

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 题

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

WordPinyinMeaning
大题小作 dà tí xiǎo zuò to cut a long story short; a brief treatment of a complicated subject; fig. to treat an im…
小题大作 xiǎo tí dà zuò variant of 小題大做|小题大做[xiao3 ti2 da4 zuo4]
文不对题 wén bù duì tí irrelevant; beside the point
性质命题 xìng zhì mìng tí categorical proposition (logic)
三体问题 sān tǐ wèn tí three-body problem (mechanics)
出难题 chū nán tí to raise a tough question
题外话 tí wài huà off-topic comment; digression
小标题 xiǎo biāo tí subheading
直言命题 zhí yán mìng tí categorical proposition (logic)
小题大做 xiǎo tí dà zuò to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom)
不题 bù tí we will not elaborate on that (used as pluralis auctoris)
安全问题 ān quán wèn tí safety issue; security issue
无题 wú tí untitled
主题曲 zhǔ tí qǔ theme song
标题语 biāo tí yǔ title word; entry (in dictionary)
破题儿 pò tí r erhua form of 破題|破题[po4 ti2] (chiefly used in the colloquial "first-time-ever" sense)
题花 tí huā title design
出题 chū tí to draw up the theme (for discussion)
主题 zhǔ tí theme; subject
主题公园 zhǔ tí gōng yuán theme park

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
是 sound part shì to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
提 tí to hold in the hand; to lift, to raise
匙 chí spoon; surname
堤 dī dike
醍 tí essential oil of butter
踶 dì paw
鞮 dī leather shoes
鳀 tí anchovy
缇 tí orange-red silk; red, brown