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Mythic Mandarin

第二 (dì èr): meaning and stroke order

第二 (dì èr) means second, number two, next, secondary.

第二

Simplified
第二
Traditional
第二 (same form)
Pinyin
dì èr

Stroke order of 第二

第

  • dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed
  • 11 strokes

Stroke by stroke

二

  • èr two; 2
  • 2 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 第二

  1. dì èr
    • second
    • number two
    • next
    • secondary

Radicals of the characters

第
Radical 竹 (Kangxi radical 118) · 11 strokes · 𥫗 on top, 𢎨 below
二
Radical 二 (Kangxi radical 7) · 2 strokes · 一 on top, 一 below

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.

第二 in our stories

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  • 老奶奶说：“往前走，到第二个路口往左拐，书店就在银行旁边。”

    lǎonǎinai shuō wǎng qián zǒu dào dì-èr gè lùkǒu wǎng zuǒ guǎi shūdiàn jiù zài yínháng pángbiān

    The old lady says, "Go straight on, turn left at the second junction, and the bookshop is next to the bank."

    From the story How do I get to the bookshop? HSK 2

  • 第二天，她就搬进了这个房间。

    dì-èr tiān tā jiù bān jìn le zhè gè fángjiān

    The next day she moves in.

    From the story The cheap room HSK 3

  • 第二天，罗丹接到了公司的电话：她可以下个星期来上班了。

    dì-èr tiān Luó Dān jiē dào le gōngsī de diànhuà tā kěyǐ xià gè xīngqī lái shàngbān le

    The next day Luo Dan gets a call from the company: she can start work next week.

    From the story The honest answer HSK 3

Stories using 第二

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).