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兄弟 (xiōng dì): meaning and stroke order

兄弟 (xiōng dì) means brothers, younger brother, 个, I, me (humble term used by men in public speech), brotherly.

兄弟

Simplified
兄弟
Traditional
兄弟 (same form)
Pinyin
xiōng dì

Stroke order of 兄弟

兄

  • xiōng elder brother
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

弟

  • dì younger brother; junior male
  • tì variant of 悌[ti4]
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 兄弟

  1. xiōng dì
    • brothers
    • younger brother
    • CL:個|个[ge4]
    • I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)
    • brotherly
    • fraternal

Radicals of the characters

兄
Radical 儿 (Kangxi radical 10) · 5 strokes · 口 on top, 儿 below
弟
Radical 弓 (Kangxi radical 57) · 7 strokes · 丷 on top, 𢎨 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.

兄弟 in our stories

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  • 路上，她遇到了一个去同一所书院的书生梁山伯。两人一见如故，就在路边结拜成了兄弟。

    lù shàng tā yùdào le yí gè qù tóng yì suǒ shūyuàn de shūshēng Liáng Shānbó liǎng rén yíjiànrúgù jiù zài lùbiān jiébài chéng le xiōngdì

    On the way she met a scholar, Liang Shanbo, heading for the same academy. They got on like old friends at once and swore brotherhood by the roadside.

    From the story The Butterfly Lovers HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 兄弟

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).