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Mythic Mandarin

第一 (dì yī): meaning and stroke order

第一 (dì yī) means first, most important; primary; foremost.

第一

Simplified
第一
Traditional
第一 (same form)
Pinyin
dì yī

Stroke order of 第一

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

一

  • yī one; single
  • 1 stroke

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 第一

  1. dì yī
    • first
    • most important; primary; foremost

Radicals of the characters

第
Radical 竹 (Kangxi radical 118) · 11 strokes · 𥫗 on top, 𢎨 below
一
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 1 stroke

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.

第一 in our stories

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  • 第一天早上，她只跑了十分钟就跑不动了。

    dì-yī tiān zǎoshang tā zhǐ pǎo le shí fēnzhōng jiù pǎo bú dòng le

    On the first morning she ran only ten minutes before she couldn't run any more.

    From the story A little more every day HSK 2

  • 杰克走到第一个路口就往左拐了。

    Jiékè zǒu dào dì-yī gè lùkǒu jiù wǎng zuǒ guǎi le

    Jack turns left at the first junction.

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

  • 星期天下午，方明和叶子在一家咖啡店第一次见面。

    xīngqītiān xiàwǔ Fāng Míng hé Yèzi zài yì jiā kāfēidiàn dì-yī cì jiànmiàn

    On Sunday afternoon Fang Ming and Yezi met for the first time, in a cafe.

    From the story The first date HSK 2

Stories using 第一

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).