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
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #254 U+5E26
How 带 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A belt, creasing one's robe above 卅 but not below 巾
How to remember it
sash · Heisig RSH #421
apron + 一 one + 小 small
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 带 as their sound component
These characters all use 带 (dài) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 带 sound component | dài | belt, strap; band, ribbon; area, zone; to carry, to raise, to wear |
| 滞 | zhì | to block, to obstruct; sluggish, stagnant |
Words containing 带
| 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 |