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嫡

dí

Character

What 嫡 means

1. bound formof or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with {庶|shù})

Words starting with 嫡

• 嫡系dí xìdirect line of descent; under one's personal command…
• 嫡传dí chuánhanded down in a direct line from the founder
• 嫡出dí chūborn of the wife (i.e. not of a concubine)
• 嫡堂dí tánghaving the same paternal grandfather but different father
• 嫡子dí zǐson, esp. the eldest son, of the wife (contrasted with 庶子
• 嫡母dí mǔfather's wife…
• 嫡亲dí qīnclosely related by blood

Characters built on 啇

These share the phonetic component 啇 (), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 滴dīto drip; to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc); (bound form) a drop (of liquid)
• 嘀dī(onomatopoeia) sound of dripping water, a ticking clock etc
• 镝dīdysprosium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 嫡

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 催cuīto urge; to press; to prompt
• 嫣yān(literary) lovely; sweet
• 嬉xī(literary) to amuse oneself; to play; to have fun
• 慵yōnglethargic
• 熵shāngentropy (character created in 1923)
• 媾gòuto marry; to copulate

Sounds the same

Read dí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 敌(bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist…
• 迪to enlighten
• 笛flute
• 狄low ranking public official (old)
• 翟long-tail pheasant
• 涤to wash; to cleanse
• 的really and truly
• 嘀used in 嘀咕
• 荻Anaphalis yedoensis (pearly everlasting reed); used in Japanese names with phonetic value…
• 籴to buy up (grain)
• 篴flute
• 觌face to face