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Mythic Mandarin

底 (dǐ): meaning and stroke order

底 (dǐ) means bottom; base, background; foundation.

底

Simplified
底
Traditional
底 (same form)
Pinyin
dǐ · de

Stroke order of 底

底

  • de (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
  • dǐ bottom; base; background; foundation
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 底

  1. dǐ
    • bottom; base
    • background; foundation
    • copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record
    • (suffix) end of a year or month
    • (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3 shu4])
  2. de
    • (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)

Radical and structure

底
Radical 广 (Kangxi radical 53) · 8 strokes · built from 广 and 氐

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 底

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).