梯
(bound form) ladder; stairs
11 strokes
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How 梯 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “wood”) + 弟 (phonetic, dì)
How to remember it
ladder · Heisig RSH #2281
木 tree + 弟 younger brother
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 弟
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 弟 (dì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弟 sound component | dì | young brother, junior |
| 递 | dì | to deliver, to hand over; substitute |
| 涕 | tì | tears; mucus |
| 剃 | tì | to shave |
| 鹈 | tí | pelican |
| 睇 | dì | to glance, to look, to stare |
| 娣 | dì | younger sister; younger brother's wife |
| 绨 | tí | coarse pongee, heavy silk |
| 锑 | tī | antimony |
Words containing 梯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 梯度回波 | tī dù huí bō | gradient echo |
| 自动楼梯 | zì dòng lóu tī | escalator |
| 温度梯度 | wēn dù tī dù | temperature gradient |
| 防火梯 | fáng huǒ tī | fire escape |
| 南奥塞梯 | Nán Ào sài tī | South Ossetia |
| 梯次队形 | tī cì duì xíng | echelon formation (military) |
| 自动扶梯 | zì dòng fú tī | escalator |
| 坐电梯 | zuò diàn tī | to take an elevator |
| 梯子 | tī zi | ladder; stepladder; (Internet slang) VPN or other tool used to circumvent internet censors… |
| 人梯 | rén tī | human ladder (formed to help sb climb a wall etc); (fig.) person who sacrifices himself fo… |
| 楼梯口 | lóu tī kǒu | head of a flight of stairs |
| 天梯 | tiān tī | stairway to heaven; high mountain road; tall ladder on a building or other large structure… |
| 电梯 | diàn tī | elevator; escalator; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4] |
| 楼梯台 | lóu tī tái | staircase balcony; landing |
| 梯式配股 | tī shì pèi gǔ | laddering (of stock sales) |
| 电梯井 | diàn tī jǐng | elevator shaft |
| 楼梯间 | lóu tī jiān | staircase; flight of stairs |
| 梯恩梯当量 | tī ēn tī dāng liàng | TNT equivalent |
| 梯度 | tī dù | gradient |
| 梯形 | tī xíng | trapezoid; ladder-shaped; terraced |