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])
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #397 U+5E95
How 底 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
广 (semantic, “building”) + 氐 (phonetic, dǐ)
How to remember it
bottom · Heisig RSH #1376
cave + calling card
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 氐
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 氐 (dǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 氐 sound component | dǐ | the name of an ancient tribe |
| 低 | dī | low; to lower, to hang; to bend, to bow |
| 抵 | dǐ | to resist; to arrive; mortgage |
| 邸 | dǐ | official residence |
| 鸱 | chī | kite, horned owl; wine cups |
| 坻 | dǐ | islet; river delta, embankment; to stop |
| 胝 | zhī | corn, callus |
| 砥 | dǐ | whetstone; to polish |
| 柢 | dǐ | root, base |
| 牴 | dǐ | to butt, to gore; to resist |
| 诋 | dǐ | to slander; to condem, to reproach |
| 羝 | dī | ram, he-goat |
| 骶 | dǐ | coccyx, sacrum |
| 祗 | zhī | to revere, to respect, to look up to |
Words containing 底
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水底相机 | shuǐ dǐ xiàng jī | underwater camera |
| 眼皮子底下 | yǎn pí zi dǐ xià | right in front of sb's eyes; right under sb's nose; current; at the moment |
| 底格里斯河 | Dǐ gé lǐ sī Hé | Tigris River, Iraq |
| 打底子 | dǎ dǐ zi | to sketch; to draft; to lay the foundation |
| 天底下 | tiān dǐ xia | in this world; under the sun |
| 底格里斯 | Dǐ gé lǐ sī | Tigris River, Iraq |
| 眼底下 | yǎn dǐ xia | in front of one's eyes; in full view as a panorama; right now |
| 眼皮底下 | yǎn pí dǐ xia | in front of one's eyes |
| 底子 | dǐ zi | base; foundation; bottom |
| 水底 | shuǐ dǐ | the bottom of a body of water |
| 心底 | xīn dǐ | bottom of one's heart |
| 底比斯 | Dǐ bǐ sī | Thebes, place name in ancient Egypt; Thebes, ancient Greek city state |
| 地底 | dì dǐ | subterranean; underground |
| 无底 | wú dǐ | bottomless |
| 天底 | tiān dǐ | (astronomy) nadir |
| 家底 | jiā dǐ | family property; patrimony |
| 海底 | hǎi dǐ | seabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean |
| 底气 | dǐ qì | lung capacity; lung power; boldness; confidence; self-assurance; vigor |
| 底面 | dǐ miàn | bottom; bottom side; bottom surface |
| 本底计数 | běn dǐ jì shù | background count |