谛
to examine; truth (Buddhism)
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,434 U+8C1B
How 谛 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 帝 (phonetic, dì)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 帝
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 帝 (dì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 帝 sound component | dì | supreme ruler, emperor; god |
| 蒂 | dì | root cause; the stem of a fruit; the peduncle of a flower |
| 蹄 | tí | hoof; pig's trotter |
| 啼 | tí | to weep, to whimper; to howl; to crow |
| 缔 | dì | to tie, to join; knot, connection |
| 啻 | chì | only, merely, just; to stop at |
| 碲 | dì | tellurium |
Words containing 谛
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 四圣谛 | sì shèng dì | the Four Noble Truths (Buddhism); see also 四諦|四谛[si4 di4] and 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4] |
| 四谛 | sì dì | the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]: all li… |
| 谛视 | dì shì | to look carefully |
| 真谛 | zhēn dì | the real meaning; the true essence |
| 谛听 | dì tīng | to listen carefully |
| 审谛 | shěn dì | to look at sth carefully; to examine |
| 梵谛冈 | Fàn dì gāng | variant of 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈[Fan4 di4 gang1] |
| 揭谛 | jiē dì | revealer (protective god) |