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弟
dì
1. younger brother
2. junior male
3. I (modest word in letter)
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

弟
dì
young brother, junior
HSK 2 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

仁弟
réndì
(honorific written address to younger man) My dear young friend
令弟
lìngdì
honorable little brother
兄弟
xiōngdì
brothers
HSK 5
内弟
nèidì
wife's younger brother
堂弟
tángdì
younger male patrilineal cousin
子弟
zǐdì
child
学弟
xuédì
junior or younger male schoolmate
家弟
jiādì
(polite) my younger brother
小弟
xiǎodì
little brother
师弟
shīdì
young disciple (of the same master)
幼弟
yòudì
younger brother
弟兄
dìxiong
brothers
弟妹
dìmèi
younger sibling
弟妇
dìfù
younger brother's wife
弟媳
dìxí
younger brother's wife
弟子
dìzǐ
disciple
弟弟
dìdi
younger brother
HSK 2
徒弟
túdì
apprentice
HSK 6
御弟
yùdì
emperor's young brother
杆弟
gāndì
caddie (golf)

Alternate Entries

弟
tì
variant of [[悌<tì>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
815
Word Frequency Rank
2,687 of 84,292

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