爹
dad
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,653 U+7239
How 爹 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
父 (semantic, “father”) + 多 (phonetic, duō)
How to remember it
dad · Heisig RSH #2312
父 father + 多 many
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 多
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 多 (duō) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 多 sound component | duō | much, many, multi-; more than, over |
| 哆 | duō | to quiver, to tremble, to shudder |
| 眵 | chī | rheum from the eyes |
| 黟 | yī | ebony; shining black |
Words containing 爹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喜当爹 | xǐ dāng diē | (neologism c. 2012) (slang) to become a stepfather when one's partner turns out to be preg… |
| 爹地 | diē dì | daddy (loanword) |
| 公爹 | gōng diē | husband's father |
| 老爹 | lǎo diē | (dialect) father; old man; sir |
| 阿爹 | ā diē | dad; father; (paternal) grandfather; old man |
| 沙爹酱 | shā diē jiàng | satay sauce |
| 干爹 | gān diē | adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) |
| 沙爹 | shā diē | satay (sauce) |
| 亲爹 | qīn diē | biological father; real dad |
| 糖爹 | táng diē | (slang) sugar daddy |
| 野爹 | yě diē | (vulgar) a man sb's mother has an affair with |
| 拼爹 | pīn diē | (slang) to rely on one's father's wealth or prestige to get ahead |
| 爹娘 | diē niáng | (dialect) parents |
| 坑爹 | kēng diē | to get one's father involved in a difficult situation; (vulgar) (of sth that makes one fee… |
| 姑爹 | gū diē | husband of father's sister; uncle |
| 爹爹 | diē die | daddy; granddad |