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悌

tì

Character

What 悌 means

1. to do one's duty as a younger brother

Words starting with 悌

• 悌友tì yǒuto show brotherly love for friends
• 悌睦tì mùto live at peace as brothers

Words containing 悌

• 友悌yǒu tìbrotherly bond
• 孝悌xiào tìfilial piety and fraternal duty
• 恺悌kǎi tìhappy and easygoing; friendly
• 孝悌忠信xiào tì zhōng xìnConfucian moral injunctions of fidelity; piety to one's parents, respect to one's older…

Characters built on 弟

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

• 递dìto hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
• 梯tī(bound form) ladder; stairs
• 剃tìto shave
• 涕tìtears; nasal mucus
• 睇dì(literary) to cast a sidelong glance; (dialect) to see; to look at
• 锑tīantimony (chemistry)
• 娣dìwife of a younger brother
• 鹈tíused in 鹈鹕

Sounds the same

Read tì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 替to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace
• 嚏sneeze
• 屉drawer; tier; tray
• 惕fearful; respectful
• 涕tears; nasal mucus
• 剃to shave
• 倜used in 倜傥
• 逖(literary) remote; far away
• 籊long bamboo (for fishing rod)
• 揥get rid of; ivory hairpin
• 趯to jump; way of stroke in calligraphy
• 洟nasal mucus; Taiwan pr. yí