漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
第: No., residence
JLPT N111 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
竹 carries the meaning · 弟 gives the sound
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ダイdai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 第一だいいちfirst
- 第六感だいろっかんsixth sense
- 第三者だいさんしゃthird person
- 次第にしだいにgradually
- 落第するらくだいするfail, flunk
- 及第点きゅうだいてんthe cutoff point (for exams)
Also read テイ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)竹 bamboo, as 𥫗 (meaning) + 弟 (sound)
竹 here refers to the bamboo strips used for writing (e.g. accounting, classification) in ancient times.
Source: Wiktionary, 第 (rev. 93469896), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Under the bamboo canopy! This radical brings the practicality and craftsmanship of bamboo to the head of many kanji.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ダイ
11 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side第 No. · 弟
vs笑 laugh · 夭In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · dì
Same form: 第 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 第 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 第 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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