的 (de): meaning and stroke order

的 (de) means of; ~'s (possessive particle), (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun).

的

Simplified: 的
Traditional: 的 (same form)
Pinyin: de · dī · dí · dì

Stroke order of 的

的

de of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])
dí really and truly
8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 的

de
- of; ~'s (possessive particle)
- (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
- (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
- (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one")
- also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
dī
- a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])
dí
- really and truly
dì
- (bound form) bull's-eye; target

Radical and structure

的: Radical 白 (Kangxi radical 106) · 8 strokes · 白 on the left, 勺 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 的

别的 bié de else; other
有的 yǒu de (there are) some (who are...); some (exist)
的话 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause)
真的 zhēn de really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
目的 mù dì purpose; aim; goal; target; objective; CL:個|个[ge4]
似的 shì de seems as if; rather like
总的来说 zǒng de lái shuō generally speaking; to sum up

的 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

这是小文家的照片。

zhè shì Xiǎowén jiā de zhàopiàn

This is a photo of Xiaowen's family.

From the story A photo HSK 1
他打开他的黑包。

tā dǎkāi tā de hēi bāo

He opens his black bag.

From the story Not my bag HSK 1
“我是你的病人！”

wǒ shì nǐ de bìngrén

"I'm your patient!"

From the story Taking a taxi HSK 1

Stories using 的

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).